de Blob

The Wii game DE BLOB has an exciting premise: roll a super absorbent ball-guy over paint and then bump him up against blighted urban environments so that he can color them back to life, and in doing so, defeat the monochromatic bad guys. This character, the titular de Blob, also has the unique talent of creating music as he rolls, which changes and riffs every time he bumps into something or changes color. The game tells a story of how Comrade Black's INKT Corporation took over the colorful city of Chroma and sucked out all the color. Fighting this invasion of monochromatic gray is de Blob and a group of dissenters known as the Color Underground.

As you play your way through the 10 different levels representing sectors of the Chroma City, you control de Blob by using the analog stick on the Nunchuk to make him roll and flipping down the Wii remote to make him jump. He can even bounce up onto the side of a building and then roll down the whole block painting it as he goes. Painting earns you points as does completing challenges given to you by other members of the Color Underground. These challenges vary and get progressively more difficult. In some, you are tasked with painting specific areas certain colors in a limited time. In others, you combat INKT operatives by squishing them before they spray you with black ink. Some have you racing through urban courses, figuring out ways to get to out-of-the-way places in a limited time. You need to collect a requisite number of points to open a series of gates within each level so that you can move through the neighborhoods of Chroma City. And you can't just dawdle, because these levels are timed with few save points. Replaying a level can take about an hour.