Grill off with Ultra-Hand

  
Its been awhile since I posted, but since a few of my friends have been creating new blogs, I decided to pick this up.

On a whim, I decided to buy this from Club Nintendo after reading about it on www.kotaku.com. It was only 80 coins which is a pretty small number compared to what most stuff from Club Nintendo cost.

About the game: The game is a pretty basic casual game. You are an Ultra Hand which is an extendable claw type device. Your sitting in front of 3 bbq's and your job is to take the food that is on top of each of the bbq's and plate em. You have to extend the claw, grab the food, retract the claw and drop the food onto a plate.

What makes the game interesting is the "Just Right's".

Controls: The controls are pretty intuitive. You hold the Nunchuk and Wii Remote Vertical and when you bring them far apart the Ultra Hand extends. When you bring them closer together the Ultra Hand retracts.

Holding down the A grabs and holds the food. Letting go of A drops the food. These controls work pretty well and if you get into a rhythm you can go pretty quick.

You can also control the fire with the B button or the Z button.

Graphics: I was not expecting much here, but they are a cutesy type of graphics. There is some detail with the fire and lightning, but nothing too spectacular.

Sound: This makes the game pretty fun. The sound/music has a good beat and gets your heart pumping as you get closer to a big number with the "Just Rights".

Gameplay: The game is pretty simple, but its the "Just Rights" that make it more interesting. The food will sit on top of the bbq and after about 5sec (depending on the food) the food will get bigger. This is the point in time where you want to grab it. The more consecutive "Just Rights" you get in a row the more points you will get and the more hectic the game becomes.

Something that also makes the game interesting is that you can control the strength of the fire on the bbq. You can either leave the fire alone, or you can make it blazing which cooks the food quicker.

The game ends if you leave food on the bbq for too long or if you drop it.There is a High score list, but its only your scores not anything from other people on the Internet.

Verdict: Playworthy  

Ultra Hand is a pretty fun game for so cheap. The only thing I would have loved to see was some sort of online interactivity. Even if the high score list was able to connect to other players, that would have been better than nothing at all. Even without the online connectivity the game is still very addicting and fun.