Cocoto Magic Circus is a light-hearted shooting game for the Wii. With the Wii Zapper add-on now available, we're sure to see more and more shooters coming soon. And sadly, you won't find very much here to hold you over until better games arrive.
Cel-shaded graphics make up the world in Cocoto. It's fairly cute stuff, and it works well enough. Colors do seem a bit muted and dull, however, and altogether the look of the game isn't as sharp as you'd think it could be.
Simple sound effects accompany the action. You're actually shooting dart guns, so that suction cup noise will become very familiar to you. The mini-games are short, so the music doesn't wear you out too quickly. Other than that, there's the various grunts and yells from monsters as you cover them in darts, and an evil clown ringleader who only says "hello." Again, it's cute stuff. The game definitely has a fun feel to the surface, there's just not much more going on underneath.
Games Asylum: "The arrival of the Switch signals the end of the Wii U. This means those keen to keep up with current trends will likely turf out their Wii U collections in order to fund Nintendo’s exciting new plaything. There are plenty of rare collector’s editions and whatnot – Nintendo was quite fond of packaging amiibo with Wii U software towards the end of the system’s life – but what’s the rarest PAL retail release out there?"
Are you between the ages of 6 and 10? Are you unafraid of circus clowns? If you answered yes to both of these questions and still somehow have access to an iPhone or iPod Touch, Eurocenter's Cocoto Magic Circus is the game for you.
About writes: "Game developers desperate to pay the rent often think, "I bet I could make some quick cash with a mini-game collection for the Wii. An assortment of simple, colorful games at a budget price released before Christmas might catch the eye of a few gift-shopping grandmothers and keep this company going so I don't have to take that job in my Uncle's car wash."
Some mini-game collections are abysmal, some are fun, but there are so many that I get a little depressed every time another one shows up in my mailbox. That being said, I have to admit to finding the mini-games of Circus Games rather pleasant."
