Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2867 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Capcom
• Released on: 2008-01-18
• Platform: Nintendo Wii

Amazon.co.uk Review

An old fashioned LucasArts style graphic adventure, as seen through the eyes of Capcom's Japanese developers, this is one of the Wii's very best games. Zack the pirate is able to use objects around him, as well as employ Wiki the flying monkey to turn animals into tools (!). This results in a series of bizarre--but perfectly logical--puzzles as you try to recover all of Barbaros' treasure. The graphics and use of the Wii remote are excellent, and it's a great game to play either with the kids or as an amusing brainteaser on your own.

Customer Reviews

Masterpiece
Through the myriad of sequels and knock-off clones that are poisoning the games market, this is a game that is a real treat.

You play as Zack, a pirate-in-training who goes off with his monkey Wiki to find all manner of treasure and loot. Zack is aided by his pirate pals (a feisty bunch of rabbits and clown-like things...) as he goes through a variety of environments where a large treasure chest holds a bounty full of loot. It is your mission to help Zack get this treasure and win the level.

This may look like kiddie game but do not be fooled, it becomes a devilish puzzler with great graphics and some of the most lovable characters I have seen on the platform. The Wii may not be a polygon powerhouse, but this title proves that art triumphs over all. The charming cell shaded graphics give this game a classic look, like the Monkey Island games. The sounds are just as good as the graphics but the cuteness may get to some people.

Overall this game will make you laugh and get a good brain workout. The Wiimote is used in so many combination you will feel you are actually there, as Zack doing these actions. This title proves that the point-and-click adventure genre still has legs.

Fantastic- Seriously Underrated
I own the majority of agmes out for the wii and this without questions comes very close to the top of the best games out there. For ppl who think is is for kids, they couldnt be more wrong. I would love find anyone anyage who finished this without a struggle! (internet walkthrough nto included!) This is is extremely easy to pick up and play, but that shouldnt be confused with childish. Its a hidden gem and a must have for all wii / puzzle fans. 5/5

This is not Monkey Island
So many people compare this game to Monkey Island, but it is not really anything like. This is more similar in concept to the Goblins game that was around at about the same time as Monkey Island - lots of individual puzzles that stand on their own.

The puzzle elements of this game are good (albeit not that tricky) and the graphics and sounds are polished and atmospheric. Just two things let the game down: un-skippable cut scenes (including some that show you how you need to hold the remote to solve each puzzle, which kind of removes the element of working it out for yourself) and poorly scripted pirate dialogue.

The dialogue is the thing that bugs me most. Instead of Genuine Pirate-Speak(tm), as used in Monkey Island, they have simply removed every trailin' gee and changed 'the' to 'da'. It's less pirate speak, more teen-speak.

Proper pirate speak (including gratuitous use of 'me hearties') would have made quite a big difference, but it wasn't to be. As such, it's still a good game, but not in the same league as the magical Monkey Island.