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We kind of want to buy Crazy Climber Wii now
At full price, the Wii remake of the fossilized arcade game Crazy Climber was a ridiculous proposition. But at $18.90, it's ... a ridiculous proposition that we're actually considering, which, we suppose, makes us ridiculous. Maybe even crazy.But that's the situation Play-Asia has put us, and no doubt others faced with similar, uncomfortable feelings of casual Crazy Climber interest, into with their weekly deal. For this week only, Nihon Bussan's Crazy Climber Wii is marked down from $60 to $18.90. Of course, you'll need a Freeloader or a Japanese Wii in order to play this, so it's a bit less of an impulse purchase than it would seem.
Crazy Climber coming up for Wii
Nihon Bussan's Crazy Climber, about a guy trying to climb skyscrapers, is an arcade classic. And by 'classic', we don't just mean 'good'-- it's also very old, having been released in 1980. Somehow, it's been lifted out of obscurity and brought back for the Wii!The game actually seems pretty well-suited to motion controls. In the original arcade game, each of two joysticks controlled one side of the climber's body: lift his left arm and leg with the left joystick, and use the right joystick for the right arm and leg. The new Crazy Climber will use the Nunchuk and Wiimote in the same way.Other than that and, obviously, the new graphics (which employ a more dynamic perspective) it looks like Crazy Climber. You climb buildings, avoiding falling plants, open windows, giant apes, and other hazards. What an unexpected and random game to remake.
