Endless Ocean for the Nintendo Wii is an intriguing game that may result in a change of the definition of the video game. Traditionally, video games are a challenge in which you try to overcome certain obstacles in an attempt to meet a certain goal. Endless Ocean has none of that. Instead, the gameplay in Endless Ocean has a new, innovative idea which has not been seen much in the gaming world: do whatever you want. And although some people may take this very game as an insult to video gaming, I think that in terms of originality, this game is in a class by himself. The story in Endless Ocean is about a woman named Katherine Sunday, who despite being an expert on diving, she will never actually do it herself, and the reason has to do with her family but its revealed late in the plot and I dont wish to spoil anything. The important thing is that you are diving and she is helping you out and guiding you. You can advance the plot by exploring certain areas and finding items, or you can just go wherever you want. If you dont care about the plot, you dont have to do it. There are only one or two areas on the entire map that need to be unlocked. Other than that, you can go wherever you want, whenever you want. Its relaxing. The game will give you sidequests from time to time. You may meet a dolphin and if you do you can train it to become your diving partner and come with you on your dives. After about an hour of gameplay you will unlock an aquarium. You can put any seagoing animal into it and you can change the animals in the aquarium at any time, not to mention the fact that you can swim with the fish in the aquarium as well. The game will send you emails giving you requests to give a tour of an area of to take a picture of an animal, but if you dont feel like doing them, you dont have to. In fact the game is so relaxed, there is even an option on the boat to gaze out at the ocean. Its a brilliant idea for a game to have this many options, and even better is that no one is forcing you to do any of these. Do it if you want to. And, being that this is an educational game, you can click on fish to learn their information, if you want to. But the underlying fact is that, yes, you WILL want to do it. Because everything about the gameplay itself is also amazing. The graphics are STUNNING, detailed and UTTERLY BRILLIANT. The music is calming with some great tracks from Hayley Westenra. And the environments themselves are ABSOLUTELY worth exploring. There is a deep sea abyss, a ruined village, a cave structure, a pirate ship, and more. Its unbelievable how much the makers of this game did to make it great. You can even play online with friend codes, which almost no educational games even include. The game is almost PERFECT. Parents, I assure you that everything in this game is completely appropriate for children. There is ZERO chance of you dying. It will never happen, NONE of the animals can attack you. The kids will not be scared, but they will be quiet. Their mouths will likely be wide open, in awe of what is before them. If you are a parent and you are looking for a game to buy for your kids, then I must ask you. Why did you not already buy this game? Buy it immediately. You dont even need to ask your children if they will like it. They wont. They will love it. This may be the best game the wii has to offer.