{"id":4472,"date":"2010-05-14T19:01:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T01:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=4472"},"modified":"2010-05-14T19:01:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T01:01:32","slug":"game-review-chess-challenge-wiiware-dsiware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/14\/game-review-chess-challenge-wiiware-dsiware\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Review: Chess Challenge (WiiWare, DSiWare)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Chess Challenge is a downloadable game for WiiWare and DSiWare (WiiWare version reviewed here). As the title suggests, you can challenge computer players in Novice, Intermediate, and Expert skill levels. You can also play against another human player on the same Wii, but the biggest selling point is all the many ways you can play chess online.<\/p>\n

The WiiWare version lets you play chess online in real time with anyone on your friend code list, as well as gamers you\u2019ve never met before. Chess Challenge incorporates your Mii characters, too, and you easily move pieces by pointing the Wii remote at the screen.<\/p>\n

Probably the most unique aspect is you can use WiiConnect24 to play something akin to \u2018Chess by Mail.\u2019 You enter in a move, and the message gets sent to your opponent. So when they turn on their Wii, they\u2019ll get a letter and you\u2019ll have to wait for their response move. It\u2019s charming in an old fashioned kind of way.<\/p>\n

Graphics are rather uninspiring, but hey, it\u2019s chess, it doesn\u2019t have to be. You can choose from different backdrops to play chess at, like a beach, park, or library. You can view the board in 3-D or 2-D, although I prefer 2-D since it\u2019s easier to see your pieces and moves.<\/p>\n

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Only thing missing is a tutorial mode, which would\u2019ve been nice to have for younger players and chess novices. At least you have the option to view where your pieces are allowed to move to. I can\u2019t think of any other notable chess games for Wii or DS, so for 500 points, Chess Challenge isn\u2019t a bad deal at all. It\u2019s rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chess Challenge is a downloadable game for WiiWare and DSiWare (WiiWare version reviewed here). As the title suggests, you can challenge computer players in Novice, Intermediate, and Expert skill levels. You can also play against another human player on the same Wii, but the biggest selling point is all the many ways you can play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}