Art of Balance 2010

Is it still worth playing?

A puzzle game from Shin'en Multimedia for the Wii, released as a WiiWare title in 2010 and later brought to the Wii U, PlayStation 4, Switch and 3DS. You stack blocks of different shapes on a platform floating in water without letting them fall in. The blocks can be rotated at 45 degree angles, and some break after a countdown starts or if too many are stacked on them. When all blocks are used, the tower has to stay standing for three more seconds, and some levels add a time or height limit. Arcade mode has eight worlds with a total of 200 puzzles, with super puzzles where the platform sways on the water, and two players can play them cooperatively. A tower that wobbles with every block still gives a quiet kind of tension.