Go Play Circus Star
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Published in Nintendo Wii | 5 Reviews
The circus is in town, and you're the star!Go Play Circus Starlets you step into the shoes of a circus performer whose job is to wow the crowd with death defying stunts, animal tricks and sleight of hand. As part of Majesco's new Go Play line, Circus Stardelivers a motion-based experience that the entire family can enjoy together!... More >>
- Unlock four different venues and choose from 6 unique stars, each with 5 fabulous costumes
- Compete against up to 3 other players to determine who is the biggest star
- Wii Balance Board compatible with a majority of events
- Fill up your trick meter to pull off a series of more daring and death defying feats
- Use earnings to unlock additional events and progress in your circus career
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December 4th, 2009at (#)
This has been the first game that my 5 year old and myself wanted to quit playing. My husband agreed after trying it as well. To be fair, we tried all the unlocked game options and found a couple OK, but for the most part, some of the mini games were a poor quality copy-cat of a couple of the Wii Sports games (that are fun and easier to master).
The characters were creepy looking. Their movements were often difficult to manage. Basically, it is just an object in frustration playing this game.
If you want to buy this game, mine is for sale
. I’m listing it asap and finding something that someone in this house enjoys.
Rating: 1 / 5
December 4th, 2009at (#)
I agree with the other reviewers in both this games cons & pros. the presentation is better then many other cheap mini game collection games, but can still tell they had to cut corners.
I love the music, I think it really helps keep one going, it seems to have popular classic circus music.
there are only 3 adult male & female stereotypical characters to choose from & no customization, though that’s not the important aspect for game play. interesting is 1 of the characters you can be is a male villain. the ringleader is a bit creepy, but he has a good voice & the acting was done well. the only thing bad is he has limited lines which get repetitive. they don’t hold back when you do poorly, but he doesn’t get mean.
rewards –
the better you do at a game, the more fans & money you win. when you do poorly, you lose fans. the money is used to unlock games, such as the beginner tent, there are 3 games to unlock for $50-200 each. to unlock the next area the advanced arena, you need $1,000. the more fans you have, the more money you get for the same performance, kind of like an added bonus rate. in game, there are the sounds of the fans clapping/cheering or booing & throw fruit/vegetables at you at the end if you do poorly as well as having a small hand/splash art “fan meter.”
menu –
the main area shows the beginner/circus tent, advanced/arena (locked), expert/stadium (locked), circus camp (multi player competition), and training area (to practice w/o losing $ or fans). the training area shows there are 15 additional games to unlock in the whole game, you start out with 6 unlocked in the beginner area. going between menu areas is almost instantaneous which is great, because if you don’t replay a game, it ALWAYS takes you back out of the section, so you’re back to facing all the areas & have to re-click on the area you were once in. game selections is in squares that you can scroll.
controls –
they are surprisingly sensitive. not impossible, but a child under 7 may have a lot of trouble on all the games unless they have great hand/eye coordination or great body awareness balance. even some adults may have trouble getting $$/fans on some games, I did. so far, all the games that use balance or rhythm use the board, only knife throwing did not for obvious reasons. yes, once you finish a game & want to choose another, the board is always shut down, so you have to keep waiting for it to turn on, step off/on calibration. nunchuck is only used for juggling.
games –
almost all games have ~60 sec. timer, there is no pause button.
knife throwing –
1st perform view, usual stuffed dummy on the spinning wheel. hold the wiimote like a dart, point & lock with A & throw & weak throws will not make it/bounce off. it took me time to get all the balloons in the time allotted amount, you have to be nearly perfect. I yet to get good at getting the yellow balloons that float down randomly & change direction.
trampoline –
boring far away 3rd person view, you time your bounce on the BB or wiimote trying to get high, timing the left/right motion as well to hit random floating yellow balloons for extra points, but not bouncing so high you hit the metal beam overhead. the better you do keeping up high & hitting balloons, the meter goes up & when you hit A you get a cut scene trick performed for extra points.
human cannonball –
aim/click on hoop in air, click on the power you want on the meter & fly through hoops to land safely on the mat. BB nor wiimote can I seem to figure this out, I only notice left/right working though slowly/small increments.
pony dancing –
very easy. 1 line of directions scroll on bottom. when hits the circle, move the wiimote or BB in that direction. do well, meter goes up, hit A for cut scene tricks of ponies doing diff things.
tightrope –
line at the bottom, feet icon pop up & you balance wiimote or BB swinging back & forth over the icons w/o going all the way to the end of either side of the line. also has VERY strong wind many times. very sensitive controls to make it much harder than it sounds. also has the meter if do well to hit A for cut scene tricks for more $/fans.
monkey dodging –
like wii fit soccer, but instead of only 3 positions, there are FIVE monkeys. very close 3rd person view. you avoid the pies & pick up bananas. I had a bit of trouble when I only had one monkey not throwing to stay in that safe zone, it was hard to gauge where that safe zone way, even with the wiimote much less BB. you again have a meter & hit A to throw pie back at monkey.
unicycle $50? –
balance on unicycle on tightrope to other side in time. line at the bottom with feet that pop up on diff points. swing your balance over them w/o going all the way at the end of the line on either side, jump (A)to avoid punching glove. also uses the BB. pretty easy considering tightrope is much harder.
elephant balancing $75? –
balance on elephant. same line again, this time there is a elephant head at all times that moves back/forth along it. keep your balance dot over the elephant head at all times not to lose balance. has a meter again when do well to do cut scene tricks.
silks $200 –
3rd person of character holding on silk & using wiimote or BB to change up/down, left/right to pop blue balloons, while also avoiding another flyer who swing on/off screen. better you do, more balloons & no collision, meter goes up & hit A for cut scene tricks.
other locked games (text manual description of game play):
rola bola – balance as weight shift from 1 hand to the other.
trapeze – fly through the air….
big cat taming – keep the rhythm….
stunt diver – lean left/right to fly through hoops into barrel of water.
magic show – touch each star as it appears, then tap, tap tap & see the magic.
juggling – keep up the rhythm to keep the balls in the air
pros
decent graphics for a mini game collection, bright & cheerful
mostly very close cam angle views to make it more exciting
great acting from ringleader
good, very sensitive controls
interesting game play ideas like the meter
great use of the BB
good sounds effects
good music
no career mode in that you don’t have to succeed at ALL games to collect $$/fans to unlock more games
idea of losing fans is interesting
cons
no pause ability
no difficulty setting choices
only 15 games
limited (only a handful) of lines from ringleader & only a couple from your character which can get annoying fast.
cut scene tricks are cool to see the 1st time, but can throw you off your zone, should have game play keep going through it or at least see what’s coming next once it ends
trailer on youtube com under “Go Play Circus Star Game Trailer”
Rating: 3 / 5
December 4th, 2009at (#)
I love the Wii Balance Board and it gets a lot of use in this game.
Each player is a circus star doing various feats, winning or losing fans and earning money to unlock new feats and arenas. Some feats are harder than others to figure out how to do, but they are fun and challenging.
After unlocking many feats, this game is really great to use in the practice/training mode at parties. No scores are given but the ringmaster will let you know how you are doing with his rhymes and prose. People take turns and have fun!
I love the knife throwing, rola-bola, monkey dodging, elephant riding, flying silks, trapeze, and the tight-rope is far superior to the one in the Wii-fit.
I don’t really care much for the magic act.
The feats load faster than the exercises on the Wii-fit and the UI is easier too. Loads of fun, and I was surprised the next day by how many muscles were hurting after sever hours of play on the balance board.
Rating: 4 / 5
December 4th, 2009at (#)
We got this game for $10 at Costco. So for $10, I didn’t expect very much. I would say it is a great value for the price we paid. There are lots of different activities (some better than others), and lots of opportunities to increase the level and unlock different games. The fact that you can use the balance board with it is a plus. The biggest drawback to that, though, is that at the end of each activity in which you use the balance board, the game turns off the balance board, for some reason…then when you want to go back and do that activity (or another that uses the board), you have to go through the process of turning it on again, waiting for it to register, and then step on, let it “sense” you, etc. This process results in annoying waiting time in between EVERY activity. But other than that, it’s a game my 6-year old really likes, and I even have fun playing it. Oh, one more thing…I initially looked into buying it for the possibility of it being active enough that I could count it as a “workout”. It does not serve this purpose. Just an FYI for anyone else considering it for this reason. Only one of the activities (the trampoline) even remotely gets your heart rate up. However, I would still recommend it as definitely worth purchasing; it earns its $10 in fun.
Rating: 3 / 5
December 4th, 2009at (#)
So the wife and i enjoyed it well enough, but the kids are the ones who seiriously got a kick. Josh and Aaron (ten, and twelve) have been wiiing and balancing boarding with thsi game non stop for three or four days now.
Really enjoy it and have thanked me on three different occasions. Good purchase. Couldn’t be happier that my kids are happy.
Rating: 5 / 5