[Wii] Dragon Quest Swords Heads to North America

*sigh* I bought it. This game sucks, bad, which is a shame too. The first and most prominent problem is the lack of support for any peripherals. A nunchuck would've been more than extremely helpful, since moving with the D-Pad is awkward. You can use the B button though, which off-sets that, but to run you have to hold both buttons. Now, I'm not very well-versed with the Wiimote, but I'd think that would feel awkward to anyone.

The other problem lies in the combat. You're given two options - set a focal point for all your attacks to go through regardless of where you swing your sword, or swing freely. Swinging freely will result in a 90% failure rate.

The worst offender occurs when you have to swing your sword to deflect arrows back at their shooters. While they're not very difficult targets to hit, you're given very little time to position yourself for the swing or set a focal point on the arrow's target (when one is fired, a blue target appears where it's going to hit).

The games looks good though, and the voices are all well done. But it's extremely short and the experience is so shallow and limited that no, I wouldn't recommend you purchase this title.

Jam it back in, in the dark.