Games for Lunch: Rayman Raving Rabbids 2

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0:17 "Laundry: Your goal: Wash the laundry." This means shaking the remote and Nunchuk to wash pair after pair of soiled undies in the river. The intro movie shows fish bobbing up to the surface from the pollution. HA! Seems if I clean them too long they're ripped to shreds, but it takes time to lift up and check. 7,417 points is enough for a bronze, but not even close to the Wi-Fi high of 18K.

0:20 "Shopping Cart Downhill: Cross the finish line first." It's a Jackass parody! I hold the Wii remote upright and tilt it to steer. Funny, I thought they'd make it like a faux Wii Wheel, but this works better! I like having the ability to push the opponent into obstacles. It seems like it would be fun as a two-player game, once or twice.

0:23 "The Office: Don't get caught by the boss." This means shaking the remote to dance when the boss is away, then holding still when he shows up. I love the laugh track when Rayman does his silly dance. Is someone at Ubisoft a fan of Steve Carrell? I get 13,317 points, which is 5,161th in the worldwide rankings. That's right! I'm a world-class goof-off!

0:26 "Smoke on the Water: Play the Track and Dance" Yay! Dancing was my favorite part of the first game. This one is arranged more like Rock Band, with instructions scrolling from the top of the screen to the bottom. I have to shake the remote and Nunchuk in time to play the keyboard part I chose. Some complex rhythms, but nothing too horrible. The game seems a lot better at detecting my shaking this time around, as compared to the first game. Also, why am I playing in a barn? I thought this was Asia.

0:30 My final score for the trip is 49,875, which is obviously a "new high score." Enough for second place on the local boards, but not enough to even be ranked on the Internet leaderboards. Why can't they tell me I'm 150,000th or something?

0:33 I unlocked a new shooting game in the plaza and I decide to try it. It's a simple rail shooter, but with full-screen video behind the polygonal Rabbids running around. There are a lot more targets than the similar game from the original, thankfully.

0:35 We've transitioned from a meditation garden to an empty Chinese restaurant. Reloading takes a frustratingly long time, and I'm noticing some frame rate problems. Still, you've got to love any game that has a "butt-shot" bonus.

0:38 The "boss fight" is against some horribly stereotypical Power Rangers knock-off Rabbids. They are frustratingly good at dodging my shots, and they have a LOT of cohorts with their own plunger guns.

0:41 I finally take out the last Rabbid. I get 11,980 points, only 20 away from earning the gold. ARGH! The mode is pretty fun, as far as these types of games go. I bet it would be an absolute blast with another player.

0:42 Back to the "trips" for some more mini-game unlocking fun. I decide to see what the Ubisoft Paris devs think of the USA. First game is "Anesthetics: Be the last one to knock the Rabbid out." Me and a Rabbid alternate hitting another, bedridden Rabbid with sausages to knock him out. I control the power of each hit, and I can't figure out any reason not to choose full power every time. Is this what Europe thinks of U.S. health care? That we don't have real anesthetic?