5 Arcade Gems
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5 Arcade Gems is an arcade
puzzle game published and developed by Nordcurrent. It was originally announced at Nordcurrent's press release on April 20, 2010, and released for 700 Wii points on WiiWare
in North America
on April 26, 2010 and in Europe
4 days later. The game consists a total of 5 mini-games, including Pizza Jungle Delivery, RC Buggy Madness, Templar Bashing, Whirling Rangers, and Lumberjack Trials, which each of them can be played with up to four people. Reviews were critically negative, receiving a score of 29% from Gamerankings and a 30/100 from Metacritic
, mostly criticizing the game's mini-games.
to fly the pole in another direction, or flick the Nunchuk up to jump over it. Players have 4 lives to survive in the mini-game. In Jungle Pizza Delivery, players are delivering pizza when all of a sudden they are being attacked by Natives. In order to survive, players must run as fast they can by thrusting the Wii remote and Nunchuk up and down to survive. The players also have to get through obstacle
s by pressing the A button to go over them and the C button to go under them. Whirling Rangers is a shooter were players have to fly through rings while avoiding asteroids. In Lumberjack Trails, players play as a lumberjack
, which players have to throw axes at the targets that are being thrown. Players will then have to go backer from the targets to make the game more challenging. In RC Buggy Madness, players have to drive their buggy to look for their batteries for their cars, and return them safely back to their base before the time runs out.
. Common criticism was directed at its poor mini-games, which some people called boring and weak. The game was also criticized for its lack of mini-games in the collection. In an IGN
review, Lucas M. Thomas gave the game a 3/10, and said that none of the 5 mini-games were any good. Catalan video game reviewer Daniel Escandell also gave the game a 3/10 as well, and said that the mini-games were not working.
Arcade game
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puzzle game published and developed by Nordcurrent. It was originally announced at Nordcurrent's press release on April 20, 2010, and released for 700 Wii points on WiiWare
WiiWare
WiiWare is a service that allows Wii users to download games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii video game console made by Nintendo. These games and applications can only be purchased and downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section...
in North America
North America
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on April 26, 2010 and in Europe
Europe
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4 days later. The game consists a total of 5 mini-games, including Pizza Jungle Delivery, RC Buggy Madness, Templar Bashing, Whirling Rangers, and Lumberjack Trials, which each of them can be played with up to four people. Reviews were critically negative, receiving a score of 29% from Gamerankings and a 30/100 from Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, mostly criticizing the game's mini-games.
Gameplay
5 Arcade Gems is a collection of five mini-games, each of which are unlocked at the start and can be played with up to four people. Templar Bashing has players jumping over a pole and trying to not get knocked over, which players swing the Wii RemoteWii Remote
The , also known as the Wiimote, is the primary controller for Nintendo's Wii console. A main feature of the Wii Remote is its motion sensing capability, which allows the user to interact with and manipulate items on screen via gesture recognition and pointing through the use of accelerometer and...
to fly the pole in another direction, or flick the Nunchuk up to jump over it. Players have 4 lives to survive in the mini-game. In Jungle Pizza Delivery, players are delivering pizza when all of a sudden they are being attacked by Natives. In order to survive, players must run as fast they can by thrusting the Wii remote and Nunchuk up and down to survive. The players also have to get through obstacle
Obstacle
An obstacle is an object, thing, action or situation that causes an obstruction. There are, therefore, different types of obstacles, which can be physical, economic, biopsychosocial, cultural, political, technological or even military.-Physical barriers:As physical obstacles, we can enumerate all...
s by pressing the A button to go over them and the C button to go under them. Whirling Rangers is a shooter were players have to fly through rings while avoiding asteroids. In Lumberjack Trails, players play as a lumberjack
Lumberjack
A lumberjack is a worker in the logging industry who performs the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. The term usually refers to a bygone era when hand tools were used in harvesting trees principally from virgin forest...
, which players have to throw axes at the targets that are being thrown. Players will then have to go backer from the targets to make the game more challenging. In RC Buggy Madness, players have to drive their buggy to look for their batteries for their cars, and return them safely back to their base before the time runs out.
Reception
5 Arcade Gems received negative reviews from critics. It currently holds a score of 29% from Gamerankings and a 30/100 from MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
. Common criticism was directed at its poor mini-games, which some people called boring and weak. The game was also criticized for its lack of mini-games in the collection. In an IGN
IGN
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review, Lucas M. Thomas gave the game a 3/10, and said that none of the 5 mini-games were any good. Catalan video game reviewer Daniel Escandell also gave the game a 3/10 as well, and said that the mini-games were not working.