Elebits is a puzzle developed by Konami Digital Entertainment, released 2 December 2006 on Wii.
What Elebits is
Elebits is a puzzle game developed by Konami Digital Entertainment and released in 2006. It was published by Konami. It is available on Wii only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A combination of the words 'electricity' and 'bits', the elebits are an important part of how the world runs in this game's universe. However it seems they have vanished or gone on strike. Therefore it is the player's job to control a ten year old boy named Kai to use the Wii Remote as a zapper physics gun and uncover the hidden elebits. Objects have a specific weight and mass assigned to them that is realistic, however nothing really breaks as everything "bounces" as Kai targets them from a 1st-person perspective. Elebits found earn Kai an increase in his zapper's power, to lift or move heavier objects, similar to the Katamari games, as well as the ability to use various electrical…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
How it was received
Elebits holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Elebits launched on 2 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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