This opening salvo is frenetic, disorientating and also really quite difficult.
Its like that oldPilotwingsgame on the SNES, but with everything moving at around five times the speed.
Ed Asners vocal contributions are particularly welcome and the interplay between Carl and Russell is well portrayed.
The way you switch control between Carl and Russell works pretty well, too.
Again, its not anything particularly innovative, but it all works.
And in a way, that sort of sumsUpup.
However, if you are on the lookout for a competent platformer, then you could definitely do worse.
UPfor Nintendo Wii is out now andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.
Rating:
3 out of 5