Marble Saga: Kororinpa

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  • Summary: (Also known as "Marbles! Balance Challenge") Get ready for the next adventure into the world of Kororinpa! Marble Saga: Kororinpa sets you on a journey to help Anthony the Ant on his quest to find the Golden Sunflower. Only by navigating your customized marble through unique and treacherous(Also known as "Marbles! Balance Challenge") Get ready for the next adventure into the world of Kororinpa! Marble Saga: Kororinpa sets you on a journey to help Anthony the Ant on his quest to find the Golden Sunflower. Only by navigating your customized marble through unique and treacherous mazes can you help Anthony reach his goal! It's up to you to balance the world (literally) with fun and intuitive controls available only on Wii. Marble Saga: Kororinpa is the follow-up to the original Kororinpa: Marble Mania for Wii. Utilizing the same world-turning technique as the first, you'll have to twist and turn the Wii Remote to control the environments around you. As you journey across 7 different worlds, you'll come across different gadgets to help you through your journey. Every one of the 150+ levels features fun challenges to conquer as you help Anthony roll his way to the Golden Sunflower. New features for Marble Saga: Kororinpa include increased customization elements in the game. Design your own marble to navigate more dangerous levels by assigning it certain attributes and techniques. If you really want to get into the game, use your own Mii to put yourself into the marble! Marble Saga: Kororinpa even features a brand-new level editor which lets you create your own unique stages. Through Wii Connect 24, you can share your masterpiece with friends and let them take on your own devious designs. [Hudson Entertainment]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. NintendoWorldReport
    90
    With a large variety of extra collectibles, four-player simultaneous multiplayer, single-player trophy achievements, a level editor, and three difficulty settings, Marble Saga: Kororinpa is a huge offering in a tiny package.
  2. GamePro
    80
    Marble games aren't everyone's idea of a thrilling adventure, but Marble Saga: Kororinpa may very well sneak up and show the curious a good time.
  3. Game Informer
    80
    The intelligently designed stages offer a well-balanced challenge even without bumping the difficulty to hard. [Mar 2009, p.86]
  4. Worth Playing
    75
    The story stuff isn't important, but the gameplay is really solid and well worth checking out.
  5. GameSpot
    70
    It retains some of its predecessor's faults, but Marble Saga is still a leap forward for the Kororinpa series.
  6. Games Master UK
    68
    One for Balance Board owners only, because if you're going to be using the Wii remote, Kororinpa is the better game. [May 2009, p.84]
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  7. Nintendo Life
    60
    Like any good sequel, Marble Saga manages to build upon the unique game play ideas of the original, not to mention addresses the serious lack of levels the first game was plagued with. But for every step forward the game takes, it takes two steps backward with its sluggish physics implementation.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. mariokirby1703
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    It's a great game to test your skill. There are 3 different difficultys you can choose (you have to unlock the hard difficulty). Getting theIt's a great game to test your skill. There are 3 different difficultys you can choose (you have to unlock the hard difficulty). Getting the true 100% on this game can get a little frustrating tho...… Expand
  2. Wal
    Apr 29, 2009
    9
    this game was really fun to play, I dont have much time usually but it was so addictive I finished it within a week. Im not sure what some ofthis game was really fun to play, I dont have much time usually but it was so addictive I finished it within a week. Im not sure what some of the critics are referring to - there is no technical issues, you could only really have problems with the playing the game if dont know how to play a console called a Nintendo Wii or simply have trouble controlling your hands.
    That being said, after the first 20or so basic levels, the game does start to get challenging and requires some skill to get record times (you will hopefully pickup those skills if you enjoy the game)
    For me it was the increasing (but not impossible) challenge of passing the levels that made it enjoyable to play, I recommend this for moderate gamers.    … Expand

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#61 Best Wii Game of 2009