Endless Ocean for Wii System Review

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Hey guys, so I've been playing Endless Ocean for the past few years and I thought it'd be worth sharing.  If you're unfamiliar with Endless Ocean, it's a diving game where your objectives are to explore and cover the map. But of course it's also more than that. What makes it unique is its attention to detail with the sea creatures and other features you encounter. The graphics are pretty good, but the avatar does walk around kind of funny. The controls may take a moment to accustom to, but once you have the hang of the controls it's pretty smooth sailing from there - no pun intended.

A favorite feature of mine - well, really I have mixed feelings about it - is the shark encounters. As a kid when I would play this, this feature freaked me out. It wasn't gory or bloody, but I'm pretty sure suspenseful music plays as these sharks head-butt your avatar. You have to pulsar them, or tame them, with the pulsar gun before they reduce all the oxygen in your tank. It's fun to experience now but as a kid it just always made me anxious - to the point I'd toss down the controller and go running.

It's a fun game for those who like the ocean and diving, as well as games with missions. There are occasional missions to complete, but it isn't based off of completing levels like Mario. The game is very kid friendly, unless they'll freak out when the waters get dark like I did. I still enjoyed it despite that! The only slightly negative thing I'd have to mention is that the controls can be a little weird to figure out or work with sometimes. This is mainly because you steer the character around by moving a blue dot around the screen with the Wii controller and not the buttons. It's not a huge, recurring issue but it can be awkward making the character walk or sometimes diving into small crevices. It may take a few tries.

Thanks for reading and feel free to comment if you have any questions, want more details, or have played this fun game yourself! I definitely recommend it because it allows you to interact with and view digital wildlife that accurately depicts the real thing. I will be posting about the second release - 'Endless Ocean: Blue World'- shortly, so keep an eye out for it if you enjoyed this commentary! 

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