Seems simple enough, right?  It's not exactly a deep experience, but yet it's also good fun.  Each stage only takes a few minutes to complete, although later of the game's eight worlds throw in a few interesting variables.  For instance, Zip may be turned into metal, making him much heavier and impacting his fling distance and velocity.  He may be shrunk, allowing him to fit into smaller spaces, but unable to smash larger blocks.  Power-ups scattered about levels allow Zip to do things such as temporarily split into three Zips (multiball!) or become supersized.  These kinds of gimmicks add some variety and fresh air to what could otherwise have become a monotonous experience.  Some of these alterations and power-ups turn up again in minigames that provide an extra challenge for those who like to control Zip's many forms.  Best of all, a second player can join in the fun in the role of Zip's friend Pip in both the main story mode, the minigames, and special extra levels for some co-operative flinging and smashing.

FlingSmash is one of those games that is more than the sum of it parts.  There isn't much to it, but I can't stop playing it.  Perhaps it's the MotionPlus novelty factor at work here (this is my first game that requires MotionPlus), but I continue to press on with it and attempt to best my top scores even though I need to move on to other games that are stacked up and waiting for review.  That has to mean something.  Whether the game has any overall longevity remains to be seen, however.  FlingSmash is recommended, although you'll probably get more use out of the included Wii Remote Plus than you will the game itself in the long run.

Thanks to Nintendo for supplying the game and a Wii Remote Plus