Since the dawn of the Wii, gamers have lamented the glut of minigame-oriented offerings on the system. But here’s the thing. The problem isn’t with the number of minigame collections. It’s with the number of bad minigame collections. There is, in fact, still room for a good party game collection, and that’s exactly what you get in Rio.
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Birds of a feather party together
Rio from the makers of Ice Age is a movie tie-in party game from the same name which includes over forty mini-games using six playable characters, Blu, Jewel, Pedro, Nico, Raphael, and Eva in a brightly coloured action packed Carnival theme. Although also on PlayStation 3 and Wii, the Xbox 360 version has three additional exclusive mini-games.
Given the game’s reliance on competition, it’s a great shame that Rio doesn’t include any online gameplay. Though it offers drop-in gameplay for up to four players on a single system, the only use of the PlayStation Network Rio makes is that of the now essential Trophies.
