Jereme Puik writes:
''With the likes of Wii Sports and Wii Play showing off the power of tennis and table tennis respectively via the Wiimote, Arc System Works (of Guilty Gear fame) decided to try its spin on table tennis. Adding the uniqueness of its own character design and stage design, Family Table Tennis does present a family atmosphere; however, does the game deliver enough content to justify 500 Wii Points? Unfortunately, while Family Table Tennis does have some very original ideas, it needs a bit more depth to make the table tennis experience fun.''
All in all, Family Table Tennis offers a very enjoyable and –above all- affordable experience. Though the game isn't perfect, Family Table Tennis's low price makes it one of the best games on the Wii Shop Channel. Give it a try, at $5.00, you can't really go wrong.
There's two types of bad games out there: one kind is a badly designed, poorly crafted, ugly piece of software that isn't worth wasting your time on. The second kind, however, is simply bad because it has absolutely no reason to exist; it doesn't necessarily have to have horrible graphics, bad controls, etc., just rendered utterly useless by normal circumstances. Family Table Tennis is one of the latter variety.
You can do much better things with five dollars. Buy yourself some marbles. Buy your five friends some gum. Or maybe you'd like a yo- yo? IGN honestly don't care if you throw your five dollars in the trash. Just don't buy this game. Otherwise, there might be a sequel, IGN might have to play it, and they might have to kill themselves. Seriously, even for five dollars, Family Table Tennis is offensive, epitomizing exactly the type of ambitionless software gamers don't want on WiiWare or on Wii.
Presentation - 3.0
Graphics - 3.0
Sound - 3.0
Gameplay - 2.0
Lasting Appeal - 0.0
Overall -
