Mercury Meltdown Revolution
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Mercury Meltdown Revolution is a puzzle
video game developed and published by Ignition Entertainment
for the Nintendo
Wii
. The game is part of a series of puzzle games including Mercury Meltdown
and Archer Maclean's Mercury
. In the game, players use the motion sensing Wii Remote
to manipulate the environment in order to move a blob of mercury
to its goal.
The only lab available at the beginning of the game is the Astro Lab. By filling up a bar to the right (by completing stages with 100% mercury and getting high scores), new labs are progressively unlocked.
praised the controls saying the motion sensing capabilities were used more fully than other games and also praised how the game was accessible for both skilled and unskilled players, giving the game 9/10. IGN
UK gave the game 7.9 out of 10 and an editor's choice award, although they said that the sound could be better and a lack of multiplayer is disappointing, especially on the Wii. It has an overall average rating of 78% at Game Rankings
Computer puzzle game
Puzzle video games are a genre of video games that emphasize puzzle solving. The types of puzzles to be solved can test many problem solving skills including logic, strategy, pattern recognition, sequence solving, and word completion....
video game developed and published by Ignition Entertainment
Ignition Entertainment
Ignition Entertainment Ltd. is a British video game publisher formed in April 2002. It was created from a selection of smaller developers and publishers, such as Archer MacLean's Awesome Studios.-History:...
for the Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
. The game is part of a series of puzzle games including Mercury Meltdown
Mercury Meltdown
Mercury Meltdown is a video game for the PlayStation Portable. It is the sequel to the 2005 title Archer Maclean's Mercury. Like the first game, the goal is to tilt the playing area and guide one or more blobs of mercury to the destination.-Gameplay:...
and Archer Maclean's Mercury
Archer Maclean's Mercury
Archer Maclean's Mercury is a video game for the PlayStation Portable, first released in April 2005 in North America. In Japan, the game was released under the name Hg] Hydrium. Mercury is a puzzle game developed by the eponymous British game programmer, Archer MacLean who had previously developed...
. In the game, players use the motion sensing Wii Remote
Wii 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 manipulate the environment in order to move a blob of mercury
Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...
to its goal.
Labs
As in Mercury Meltdown, this game is divided into ten worlds, or "labs", each containing 16 stages. This time, however, the labs are different, with the removal of Chemical and Micro labs and the inclusion of Chrono and Cryo Labs from Mercury Meltdown Remix.The only lab available at the beginning of the game is the Astro Lab. By filling up a bar to the right (by completing stages with 100% mercury and getting high scores), new labs are progressively unlocked.
Reception
Reviews of the game have been generally positive. EurogamerEurogamer
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praised the controls saying the motion sensing capabilities were used more fully than other games and also praised how the game was accessible for both skilled and unskilled players, giving the game 9/10. IGN
IGN
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UK gave the game 7.9 out of 10 and an editor's choice award, although they said that the sound could be better and a lack of multiplayer is disappointing, especially on the Wii. It has an overall average rating of 78% at Game Rankings
External links
- Mercury Meltdown Revolution official website
- Mercury Meltdown Revolution at MetacriticMetacriticMetacritic.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,...
- Mercury Meltdown Revolution at TotalGamerZone
- Mercury Meltdown Revolution at IGN