gyrostarr by HVS is avail on wiiware now

[theRepublic]

Bought the game a couple of days ago.

Basic gameplay is that you are traveling down a tube shooting at enemies. Your ship always stays at the bottom of the screen, with enimies and energy orbs coming at you from the top of the screen. Your objective is to collect enough energy orbs to get to the next level before time runs out. If you do really well, you get to go to a bonus level. Watch the videos on YouTube or the Nintendo channel for the best idea of the gameplay.

I'm up to level 19 or 20 out of 50 right now. Single player is alright, but it seems to have lost a sense of urgency or speed for me in the regular levels. Your only motivation for shooting anything is for points, since it seems like the power-ups and energy orbs just randomly appear in the tube.

The bonus levels are ridiculously fast though. The real strength of this game lies in multiplayer, which I think was the objective. The game can get really intense with more than one person competing for points. Lots of fun in multiplayer.

I bought this game to support High Voltage. I'm really excited about their upcoming, full Wii game, The Conduit.