de Blob -- Final Opinion.

I've completed de Blob for the Wii. If I had to estimate, I'd say it took roughly twenty-five hours to fully complete the game with all rewards. The game is traditional platform action title with some Wii Remote waggle thrown in. The goal of the game is to recapture sections of the city by covering them in paint. With that you're put into rather sprawling levels. In fact you'll be spending an hour to an hour and half in each of the game's ten levels. That's if you're going to aim for all the rewards. And de Blob is a game much like Super Mario 64 and Wario Land: Shake It in that if you haven't really completed the game one-hundred percent, you're missing out on the bulk of what the game offers. The game's levels are massive, but you're not in them without some focus. Throughout the levels there are challenges offered up by the game's cast of characters. They keep you focused and moving through the levels and they offer up more time. It's important to note that the timer is king in de Blob. In story mode you're under the gun to finish on time. The more challenges you do, and the more blocks you complete, the more bonus time you'll earn. You're rewarded the more thorough you are. The game offers up some truly fun and interesting platforming action. The monochrome, then colorful graphics actually are very aesthetically pleasing even if the game isn't really pushing the Wii in any way. The music is very interesting. The tracks are very relaxed and almost improvisational and jazz-like in nature. You're able to select whatever music based on Blob's mood for that level. The music adapts and changes based on your actions in the game. There is some gibberish voice acting in the game that's quite good. You'll pick out real words from time to time and it actually has a strange unsettling feel to it for some reason. The story is also interesting in just how much they play up the color revolution aspect of the game. The game's cast is rather serious about their color. The game's control is really rather functional. Which is pretty good considering it's a Wii title featuring waggle. Every once in a while you will fall or miss a jump because the waggle failed to register. I'm impressed with de Blob. Especially with how much of gameplay is there is being offered. And how that gameplay has a decidedly classic feel to it. I'm giving de Blob an 8.5.