Death Jr.: Root of Evil (Wii) (Nintendo Wii Games)

When a seemingly innocuous school science project to locate cocoons goes hideously wrong, scythe-wielding Death Jr. and his whip-toting pal Pandora accidentally release the nefarious Furi upon an unsuspecting mankind. A curvaceous plant-based minx of...

Review: You'll wish you were dead

Bone idle. Soulless. Death warmed up. Putting the grim in Grim Reaper. Afterlife? No life. We could go on, but we can't will ourselves to. Avoid.

Death Jr. Started life on the PSP before being upgraded to the Wii with a few additions. Set in a Tim Burton-esque world of gothic creatures and creepy little girls in mascara, Death Jr. Follows the Grim Reaper's skeletal son and his friend Pandora as...

Beautiful oddball design & animation ; Some platforms are quite tough to reach ; Good writing and voice work ; Solid controls ; Multi-player option (two people)

It's quite short ; It's just your typical platformer dressed up a bit

Root of Evil looks like a dark but harmless video game for kids, but it does have a bit of edge in the humour and some of the challenges require precise timing and coordination, that, when coupled with the stylish, gothic worlds you get to explore,...

Death Jr. Root of Evil was a fun but flawed Playstation Portable title released over a year ago and we now have a Nintendo Wii port of the same game, but do we have the same flaws or new ones to annoy the gamers with another bad port? Actually no, we...

Interesting art design with the characters ; Good audio through out and some of the Voice Work is fun ; Co-op adds to the replay ; Overall presentation is nice ; Good controls most of the tim

Some Voice Work is aggravating and annoying ; Short Game ; Graphics are really not a big boost over the PSP

Basic gun attacks are via the Z button, the B button is also a basic melee attack for both characters, but after that your waggle powers are needed as you gain new powers and upgrade them and you need to use the Wii-mote to flick and move to use these...

Skeleton child in bare-bones action-platformer shocker!

Funny premise ; Inventive weapons ; Unique art style

Repetitive level design ; Dated platforming ; Levels padded by crate smashing

That Backbone Entertainment spend so much time promoting the character - merchandise litters their website - shows a dedication to the mascot over the gameplay, a money-making exercise if ever we saw one. Announced one month, appearing the next, Death...

For a warmed-over PSP port, this great little platformer has got style to spare.

Perfectly executed control scheme; beautiful high-res textures; surprisingly funny story

Childish themes and puerile humor could be a turn-off; considerably more difficult than it looks

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Backbone Entertainment brings its 2006 PSP title back to life in this Wii version of the comically ghoulish Death Jr.: Root of Evil. As in its earlier handheld iteration, Root of Evil for the Wii lets players take control of Death Jr., or his schoolyard s