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NY Comic Con: Hands-on with Kororinpa for the Wii
by Nick Chester on 02.26.2007 9 comments

NY Comic Con: Hands-on with Kororinpa  for the Wii screenshot
It was surprising to see that Konami had such a sizable presence (with a prime location, across from Marvel) at New York Comic Con. Among the games displayed was Kororinpa: Marble Mania, a quirky little game in the vein of the classic Marble Madness, Monkey Ball or the more recent XBLA title, Marble Ultra Blast.

Originally published by Hudson Soft as a Japanese Wii launch title, a few things will immediately set Kororinpa apart from the rest of the over-saturated marble genre. First, it's disgustingly cute. The build on display at NY Comic Con had me rolling around a little a penguin that was so adorable that it gave me cramps; think Animal Crossing meets Strawberry Shortcake meets The Daily Puppy. The full game will allow you to roll everything from a cat to a gas tank around the 40 plus different levels. And what's cuter than a gas tank?

Using the Wii remote in Kororinpa is simple -- tilt the Wii remote forward, backwards, or turn your wrist left and right to move the environment to roll your ball. I immediately thought I'd be in for some trouble, since similar motions didn't translate so well for me when it came to Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. But once I got into the swing of things, what I was doing with my wrist was predictably translated on-screen. Controls didn't seem overly sensitive and any time my penguin fell to its untimely demise, the blood was on my hands, not that of poor controls.

In the few levels I played, the environments and its hazards were varied. Scissors, magnetized rails (the penguin must be a cyborg), and the like all amounted to a challenging, yet fun experience. Whether or not a marble rolling game is going to be worth your hard earned scratch is up for debate, but if you're a fan of carefully rolling balls through tricky, hazardous environments, this game (or an S&M bar) might hit the spot.

Kororinpa: Marble Madness hits shelves on March 28.

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This has the potential to be way more fun than it actually looks....

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toast!'s Avatar
toast! at 02/26/2007 15:45

man, now i gotta go play some marble mania
toast!'s Avatar
toast! at 02/26/2007 15:46

madness* all these marble names.. jeez
DrRockso's Avatar
DrRockso at 02/26/2007 15:48

Looks cool.

I'll pick it up.
spongbros's Avatar
spongbros at 02/26/2007 16:04

Tingle! Tingle! Kororin~Pa!
jeffstart's Avatar
jeffstart at 02/26/2007 17:31

Wow, only a month away? Sweet! And here I was worried the game would never even make it to the US.

Now if I could only pronounce it...
branflakesinmilk's Avatar
branflakesinmilk at 02/26/2007 17:39

This looks an awful lot like another Konami game coming to the wii....
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 02/27/2007 00:11

This looks insane and I want to play it.
Husky Hog's Avatar
Husky Hog at 02/27/2007 01:38

dude that's tight
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JonDarkwood at 02/28/2007 09:46

This has the potential to be way more fun than it actually looks.

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