Topic: Eat! Fat! FIGHT! impressions

I know that this game won't be available for the next 4 hours, but I'm going to sleep in a few minutes and I want to read some good impressions tomorrow morning. (A)

Is there anyone here who is buying this game tonight, or are we all going to wait for the review?

Im buying this first day it comes out in NA. There is Mii support and I been told its a button smasher possibly only for one of the minigames to get fat.

Unless they messed up the localisation I think it's a safe bet. I really enjoy it; the tournament aspect and RPG-like way you can improve your stats through the mini-games is the hook to keep you playing.

I'm interested in this. Sumo wrestling games usually play very strategic, just like Fighters Destiny. And I like that.

There seems to be lots of content too. 4 minigames to levelup stats with one being a puzzle game could be good.

Only the name Eat! Fat! FIGHT! is a little crazy. I would prefer just "Wii Sumo" or something but that doesn't keep me from getting this soon.

Yeah, the name is a bit lame; when I found out it was Tsuppari Oozumoo Wii Heya, I was flattened as I was actually planning to do an import review figuring there was no chance of an overseas release. I guess Tsuppari Big Sumo Wii Stable just didn't seem jazzy enough or they're hoping to attract people who don't know anything about Sumo?

The game does require reading the ops guide because there's no tutorial and some use of Japanese sumo terms. The RPG aspects of levelling up your wrestlers and then trying to attain the rank of Yokozuna are what make this game great. The quick pace of the bouts and simple, yet strategic controls make for fun play. I hope I'm not spoiling my review too much! I'm actually pretty much ready to go ahead with it, but I need to confirm a couple of things first. So far it looks like I can delete the Japanese version of the game from my SD card!

I bought too many games this month already and save my money for Christmas presents
so this needs to wait until the end of the month when I will pick it up along with TV Show King 2.

"Tsuppari" would be translated to "Super" though.
And "Super Big Sumo Wii Stable" is not that catchy a title I believe.
And I already got comfy with that western title.

Well, after watching some videos this is my kind of game. I really hope it's good.
Games like these are rare in Europe. In fact I never owned a Sumo game.
A tutorial would be better, yet I'm motivated enough to learn it from playing.

Sounds interesting.

I heard the game gets repetitive. Hopefully it's not true. Still can't get over the high price tag, though.

I bought it and played for 1 hour or so. It is really weird that is game doesn't explain how to fight, while the mini-games are perfectly explained. So like Sean already said, it is definitely necessary to read the manual.

It's pretty fun so far, but it has it's flaws. You start as a Juryo (rookie) and are dropped into a tournament. You'll get higher ranks by winning matches. IMO the fighting is quite flawed, because everything is going very fast and a match ends almost every time within 15 seconds. You really need to study the fighting tactics in the manual in order to understand what you're doing. Despite mastering the fighting being so difficult, it is still pretty easy to win matches. I've worked my up to a 4th rank Maegashira within an hour.

When you've played 5 matches (there are 15 matches in a tournament) you head back to your sumostal where you need to play a mini-game in order to play the other matches. The mini-games are really basic, but quite fun. You will gain stats when you are playing them well. When the chosen mini-game is over you are immediately dropped back into the tournament.

Also, there are 100 titles to achieve, which adds a lot to the replay value.

Are you sure about that? Every translation I've found comes out "thrust" and the Japanese game itself uses this term to refer to the "chest slapping" move that sumos do to each other. I really don't think it's a "Japanification" of an English word.

I won't confirm, but I'm quite sure. Now, not so much anymore.
But still, I read that phrase a few times and you can't deny the similiarity

True, I can see where you're coming from, but in this case tsuppari appears to be a sumo term .