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Astro Boy Video Game Review for the Wii

You know what I like about Astro Boy? He has a shirt on, all of the older versions of Astro Boy he is shirtless and now he is sporting a jacket and shirt. Very funny I know.

D3 Publisher, imagi studios and Bink Video present Astro Boy: The Movie for the Wii.

This was another one of the games that they demoed at the Family Event hosted by D3 Publisher. My husband is interested in trying out the game on the Wii. I think he spent more time watching the demo as it was one of the last things we did that day. I was so tired.

I know that it is side screen scrolling and that you rotate between flying and land levels. You fight bad guys by shooting, out the front and the rear. One of the favorite lines from the movie is “I have guns in my butt?” or something along those lines.

About Astro Boy

When the futuristic Metro City finds itself facing new and unprecedented peril, there’s only one figure to whom it can turn: Astro Boy. The creation of a brilliant scientist, this daring young robot is imbued with a variety of amazing powers, from lasers and arm cannons to super speed and flight. Now he must prepare to face his destiny, summoning all of his powers in defense of everything he holds dear.

You can also look here for my Astro Boy Movie Review.

Product Description:

Astro Boy

Synopsis
Enter the world of the exciting CG-animated film with Astro Boy: The Video Game. Experience the world of this intrepid young hero as you wield amazing powers to battle hordes of enemies and gargantuan bosses. Using your super strength, flight, drill attacks and more, you’ll propel your way through an exhilarating platforming adventure filled with gorgeous graphics and compelling action. Will your efforts be enough to save the denizens of Metro City and help you become the hero you were meant to be?

Key Game Features:

Play as blue energy-powered young robot Astro Boy as he attempts to save Metro City
Protect the city by wielding your amazing powers, including super strength, flight, arm cannons and drill attacks
Pit your abilities against waves of enemies and colossal bosses
Embark on an adventure featuring exciting platforming action and air combat
Share the superhero fun with a friend in side-by-side two-player co-op mode

(Product Description taken from Amazon.com)

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D3 did not pay me for this post but they did provide my family a vacation.

Astro Boy was released to the movie theaters today and I meant to post my movie review before the movie came out. OOPS.

I recommend that if you are a mother like me that wears her heart on her sleeve at all times that you know the premise of the movie before you watch it. Otherwise within the first 10 minutes of the movie you are going to be in tears and utterly depressed for the first half of the movie.

Astro Boy Poster So Astro Boy is a robot, he is the perfect robot run on purely good unending energy. He came into being because Dr. Tenma lost his son Toby in a robot testing experiment. His grief led him to try to make the perfect replacement and he didn’t realize that it was a success because he didn’t really know his son. So he tells the robot you aren’t my son. It broke his heart because as far as he knew he was Toby. I was bawling, for a few reasons.

One, my children were in the other room and I am hardly ever without them. Two, I imagined the loss of my child and knew how crazy I would go. Thirdly, I could imagine how hurt and alone Toby/Astro Boy felt. It was funny because my husband and I were sitting next to each other like we were on a date that we haven’t been on in almost three years. My husband became very concerned about my reaction to the movie and told me I could go check on the kids if I needed to.

I didn’t and the movie changed in spirit a bit as Astro had to go out in the world and find himself. Who is he and what all can he do with his new found abilities. He finds himself an outcast on the planet below Metro City where he was created and makes some friends who don’t like robots. He keeps the fact that he is a robot to himself and later finds himself alone again. He then sees his creator again and after an exchange of words, Dr. Tenma realized he made a mistake in sending Toby away like that. From there he has to fight the President and the rest of the story reaches it’s climax. This is when I had to leave.

It was a good clean movie. There is no language or inappropriate anecdotes. Once I got over the initial pain and darkness I found myself laughing at the humor. Later in the movie my children joined us and just as the climax of the movie started I had to leave because the scary robot scared my daughter and I didn’t want her to have nightmares just so I could finish a movie.

My husband is impressed because it is a family movie, not created by Disney or Pixar (I know they are the same thing now) and excellent for families.