Wii Chess
You can now test your Chess skills against the Wii, with the latest Touch Generations title from Wii. Wii chess is considered one of the most powerful chess computers. Wii chess uses loop express, a conversion…
Wii Chess is a card & board game developed by Spice Games, released 18 January 2008 on Wii.
What Wii Chess is
Wii Chess is a card & board game game developed by Spice Games and released in 2008. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only. It runs on Chess Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You can now test your Chess skills against the Wii, with the latest Touch Generations title from Wii. Wii chess is considered one of the most powerful chess computers. Wii chess uses loop express, a conversion of the loop chess engine which ranked 3rd in the 2007 World computer chess championship in Amsterdam. To improve your Chess skills Wii chess allows you record, review and replay previous games. So you can hone your chess skills, ready to battle any opponent. Wii chess comes with 10 difficulty levels from beginner to expert, and when you have finished going up against the Wii you can challenge players across Europe online, using the Nintendo WiFi connections from the comfort of your…
How it plays
It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Wii Chess holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Wii Chess launched on 18 January 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4 and Bully: Scholarship Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, Bully: Scholarship Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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