World Of Zoo (Wii)
Cute animals, clever use of the Wii-mote, bags of colour and oodles of kiddie-appeal.
Yes, it's another Christmas game aimed at the kids, but a very good one to boot.
Here's what 11-year-old Katie Smith thought of the game:
The game reminds me a little bit of Zoo tycoon which my sister and dad play. This is aimed more at younger children though and is far less complicated and lots more fun for me.
I love the way that you get to design your animals and I also like how you get to play with them, feed them and look after them using the Wii-mote.
For example you can throw steak to the lions, groom the animals and even play with a grizzly bear!
The characters are all very big and cute and you really want to look after them after you have given them a name. You have to develop a relationship with the animals to for hearts to appear and for them to become your friends.
I found the controls of the game very easy to use and it felt very natural and used the Wii-mote very well.
I am enjoying playing zoo-keeper but even on the Wii it can be really hard work!
You have options in the sense that you can just create your zoo and mess about a bit or you can try and unlock different things through completing objectives.
This is a fantastic game for kids and if you love animals you will think it is great!
I learnt so much about animals, what they eat and where they are from.
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Steve Wollaston - Sunday Mercury games reviewer Steve has been writing about video games for donkey's years. In fact he is probably far too old for it now which is why you will see a lot of reviews been done by kids... He has been nominated three times for Regional Games Journalist Of The Year at the Games Media Awards, but never wins. His major love is sports games and rates Sensible World of Soccer circa 90's as the greatest game ever made - closely followed by Championship Manager 2. Skyrim has currently taken over his life.
