Review of Rabbids Land for Nintendo Wii U

I always seem to confuse Rayman video games with Rabbids games. I do not know if it is the quirkiness of the two games that mixes me up, or that Rayman resembles a weird rabbit like creature; but the fact of the matter is, the only reason I had GameFly ship me this one was because I had mistaken it for an adventure game.

Mini party games have never been my thing, but seeing that I placed the order, and there were not a huge line of new Wii U games on the menu, I went ahead and waited for the game to arrive and I prayed it offered a different outtake in comparison to Nintendo Land, another Wii U party game.

Well, it certainly is not all that similar to Nintendo Land, even though the introduction had me thinking it was. Rabbids Land has its similarities to Nintendo Land, as there are no big storyline, or adventures to be had. It is however a compilation of mini games for you to work your way through in a board game like fashion.

If you think back to the Nintendo Wii, and if you were a fan of Mario Party, this is basically what you will be given in Rabbids Land, only with a much less in depth approach, and you do not get as many mini games as you did in Mario Party games.

Does that make the game bad though?
 
Not at all, but the lack of changing boards, and the fact that the same mini games will be brought up over and over again, you get a huge sense of repetitiveness which quickly becomes drab and boring.

Game Play:
 
Rabbids Land plays in a board game / party game style. The more friends you have playing with you in the room, the funner the game will be. You have up to 4 players which take turns spinning a dice to move randomly around the circular board while attempting to eat up the most trophies in order to make the win.

Random quirky events can take place during your turn, some that will gain you trophies, some that will take them away.

You will compete in mini style party games to gain new trophies. The first to get either 10 or 20 trophies wins the game.

I however was playing solo, so I was up against 3 other computer generated characters. Playing this way is nothing short of boring, and you never get a real sense of what is going on when 2 CG characters are battling one another for trophies. All you get is an end result card of who won, and whom suddenly will have a jump of 3 new trophies.

It would have been nice to be able to wifi pair up with other game owners of this game to play with/against.

The worst thing however about playing solo, and with other players is that the mini games only support up to 2 players. If you rewind back to Mario Party games from long ago, those were able to support many more players than just that in their selection of mini games.

Mini games that only support 1 on 1 battles create a lackluster environment for the other 2 players waiting back on the board for their turn to occur.

Are The Mini Games Any Good?
 
There are 14 total mini games, and sadly you will get through them in about an hours worth of game play. There is a much smaller dose of fun games that you wouldn't mind repeating or re-playing, and then there is a larger dose of games that should not have even been added they are done so poorly.

Controls:
 
The controls all work flawlessly on this game. The game pad touch screen was responsive the entire time I played, and there were absolutely no glitches or issues when it came to the controls.

Graphics:
 
Everything looks clean, crisp, bubbly and fun in the game. The graphics of course could have been better considering the Wii U's capabilities, but I truly have no complaints. It is not the sort of game where graphics are not a big deal, or a deal breaker.

Overall:
 
There is however one major deal breaker when it comes to Rabbids Land, and that is the fact that it is selling for the same price as big ticket games like Assassins Creed 3. That's right, Rabbids Land is touching that $59.99 bracket, and for what it delivers, I couldn't recommend buying it for that price. It is more suited in a $20.00 category.