Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8340 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Atari
• Released on: 2007-06-08
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Nintendo Wii

Customer Reviews

Beautifully Suited to the Wii
The premise of Mercury Meltdown is simple. You take control of a blob of Mercury and you have to try and guide you blob of mercury through the hazards that will get in your way. You use the Wii remote to tilt the mercury and it works beautifully!! It really feels that Mercury Meltdown Revolution belongs on the Wii! Pleasingly (and surprisingly) the game also utilises support for the classic controller.

The concept of guiding your mercury from the beginning of the level through to the end may seem quite basic but there are certain objectives along the way. For example, often you'll need to change the colour of your mercury. There are colour changers scattered throughout the levels and often you'll need to split your mercury in halves or thirds, change the colour then mix the colours together to finish the level with a blue or purple coloured blog of mercury. As if colour changing wasn't enough to worry about there are also plenty of hazards scattered throughout the levels such as air jets, force fields, giant fans, platforms and pendulum. In total there are around thirty objects to contend with in the levels.

At times you'll also need to finish the level with a certain percentage of mercury left, so even though you may be happy to finish the level with just 1% of your mercury remaining, it may not be good enough and you'll need to start the level from the very beginning. Your mercury blob now has four different states as well. The mercury can be normal, hot, cold or solid and will react differently according to what state it is in.

As you play through the single player mode you'll unlock party games. There are five party games in total; rodeo, race, metrix, shove and paint. All of the party games can be played in single player or multiplayer and you can use the Wii remote or a classic controller for the party games.

The single player mode is quite lengthy with several unlockable hidden labs. The party games are entertaining as well and can be quite a bit of fun in multiplayer. This is also the type of game that you can pick up and play for only a few minutes at a time, so it's quite probable the game will get a significant amount of playtime. Later on the levels become extremely challenging as well, so this isn't the type of game you're going to finish in one sitting.

I'm the first to complain about unjustified Wii ports. Third party publishers seem to have been caught off guard by the success of the Wii and this has meant several very average Wii titles. Mercury Meltdown Revolution however is not one of them. The Wii controls suit the title perfectly and it feels like the game belongs on the Wii. With an extensive and addictive single player mode and some thoroughly enjoyable party games for multiplayer gaming Mercury Meltdown Revolution comes highly recommended for those who want a decent puzzle game on the Wii.

Like being in the movie Cube - if you were a blob of mercury
For me this is a perfect example of what the Nintendo Wii is great at, simple idea, great gameplay, intuitive control system. Result = great game!

The premise is quite simply to tilt the landscape to roll your little blob of mercury to its destination. The game is split into hundreds of levels, each with its own puzzles, mazes, traps etc to navigate. There are also little baddies dotted around who will try to eat you occasionally.

The graphics are colourful and effective, but never get themselves tangled up in over elaborate detail or 3Dness.

The gameplay is very addictive, you find yourselve always wanting to go just one more level.
The music and sound effects are good, music never gets repetetive (good thing given how long you end up playing) with a seemingly endless rotation of songs and genres. I also love the sad noise your mercury makes when it falls of the edge.

The control system is perfect, easy to pick up yet tricky to master. You forget your actually holding a remote your so engrossed.

So why not 5 out of 5? I've given a 4 for a few simple reasons, mainly more features that could have been included:
- Multiplayer play? OK its not essential in a game like this but would be fun
- Option to play your own music in game via memory card? Would be perfectly suited to the hours of gameplay
- On line features? Again not essential, but surely theres potential there.

Hopefully these will be included in the sequel!

Overall an entertaining, genuinely fun game thats definetly worth investing in.

Great game, but gets hard very fast.
This is a great and imaginative title. I didn't know it had already been out on other platforms because it seems made for the wii. Controls are intuitive and great to use. My only gripe is that it does get hard very quickly, and it would have been nice to get more of a build up to the tougher levels. You don't just roll the mercury through a maze. There are trip-switches, panels that freeze the mercury or liquify it even more and even spray paint it!! Take it from me splitting your mercury into three, colouring each piece and getting it back together against the clock is tricky!