Alright, so I don't really consider myself an avid gamer, and because of that I've never really felt the need to actually write out my opinions on games, but I have found a game that not only crushed all my expectations by making me proclaim aloud how much it sucked, but made me want to smack my little brother in the face for spending fifty bucks on this game instead of Twilight Princess.

The game:  Pokemon Battle Revolution for the Wii.

To be fair, I'll point out the good things about this game first.  The graphics are a step up from older pokemon battle games, and there's a shiny new feature that allows you to customize your trainer's appearance, battle pass (like an ID for pokemon battles), and even make up your own catch phrases (a feature which I, of course, immediately abused with cuss words).  Plus, you can use the wifi connection to battle other players and you can connect to the Nintendo DS to battle your friends in 3D.

So what sucks so much about it?  For starters, you can no longer connect your game to the console and play it on the tv screen like you could with previous games.  Likewise, you can't use the wireless connection between the Wii and the DS to battle by yourself or trade between accounts, making the game virtually no fun to play by yourself.

On top of that, they got rid of the minigames, making this one of the very few Wii games not to have minigames.  This means that the only thing you can do on the game is battle and unlock new places to battle.  And since there aren't any minigames, the whole point of having wireless, motion-sensitive controllers on the Wii is completely wasted.  In fact, I played the whole game from my comfy little nest on the couch.

On the plus side, solar beam looks pretty awesome.  Just not fifty dollars worth of awesome.