Basically, the newest Tak entry is a substandard platforming/brawler hybrid that just doesn't manage to do anything for me. The controls work well, and it certainly looks like a Tak game, but the featureless enemies that you're constantly bombarded with grow old quickly, and the lack of any real solid platforming elements take away what Gaming Age remember being fun from the first title. If you were a fan of the original (or even the sequels), don't expect much from this entry, as it certainly isn't the return that they would have hoped for from a game series that has been absent for a few years now.
The game is the third story iteration in Tak series and after a long hiatus now returns to the Wii. Developed by Blitz games and published by THQ this game sports the nickelodeon splat right on the box letting us know that this is a fine game based on the cartoon based on the game.. In fact one of the special extras on the disc is an episode of the cartoon.
Mini-shaman Tak is responsible for the cleaning of the Juju shrines in his village but instead of using his hands, he uses magic. Butterfingers Tak smashes a sacred crystal holding four extremely unpleasant 'Grosstrosities', releasing them into the world where they promptly smell the place up something fierce.
GamerDad writes: "Tak is a young shaman in training who stars in his own computer animated Nickelodeon cartoon. In The Guardians of Gross, Tak accidentally releases four of the most putrid giant golems ever, and now he'll have to learn some equally gross magic himself to seal away the behemoths before they stink up the jungle.
Tak and the Guardians of Gross is a 3-D platform jumping adventure. Tak runs, jumps and wall climbs past obstacles and uses his magic staff to beat enemies. He'll learn some new grosstacular juju magic to beat the nasty giants, plus solve puzzles and bypass obstacles. Turn into a boogery slime ball to stick to surfaces or summon a stinky wind to blow objects away. When facing the giant Gross Guardians, players may even be reminded of a kid-friendly version of Shadow of the Colossus."
