Monkey Ball nearly killed me...

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nordlead said:
I didn't like the controls on the game, granted I rented it for my little sister in law and thought the game and mini-games would be fun. She didn't like it at all so I only really played the single player a for a few short tries.

I was reading IGN's review of the Step & Roll game, and they say the balance board controls work, but it is a lot harder. They remove obstacles to make it "fair" compared to using the Wii Remote. They also said the controls were essentially the same between the two games.

I thought that the controls on the main game were perfect. Every slight movement of your hand is replicated in the level.  If your hand slightly shakes, the world slightly shakes.  You only have yourself to blame if you fall off of the world.

That being said, the controls are only good for about five of the fifty minigames.  Many are completely unplayable.  It was like the developers decided that they were going to make fifty minigames because they decided that it sounded like a good number and put out a bunch of unfinished ones because it was a launch game. 

I don't hold this against the main game which I thought was fantastic.  If the controls are the same for the new game I will pick it up.  By the way, thanks for going to IGN for me.  I am still most disappointed in myself for going there that one time recently.