Toki ToriToki Tori, for those of you unfamiliar with the title, is a  platform puzzle game that exists on the Game Boy, the Wii, and other platforms.  Not only is it now available on the iPhone, but for a limited time, it is on sale for $0.99.  That is 80% off the normal price, and a bargain too good to pass up.  A lite version if available for free, but don’t bother.  Grab this while it is on sale…or later wish you had.

The game plays on the iPhone remarkably similar to the Wii.  I’m glad.  This title is a huge hit on the new Wii in our household and being able to play it on the iPhone while the kids fight over the Wii remotes is the next best thing to multi-player! :)  Game play is simple.  Navigate your little yellow chick around to locate all the eggs on each level.  As the 80 ever-challenging levels progress, you learn new tricks and pick up abilities that you can use.  These include things like ability to build bridges, teleport, shoot, and so forth.  The additional abilities become more an more important because additional levels also introduce enemies that have to be avoided.  Getting though all of the levels will offer many hours of play for a very nice sale price.  Even without the sale though, this game makes it to my “Must Have” list.  It just seems like the controls of the iPhone were made for this kind of game.  With it being on sale now, it gets a huge thumbs-up.

As with other Chillingo releases that I’ve reviewed, everything about this game seems to be top-notch.  No product is perfect though.  In my eyes, both the iPhone and Wii ports of this game lack one huge thing…ability for multiple players.  Because of the length of game play promised in this title, it would be really nice if I could track my own progress separate from that of another player.  This is key because as you gain new abilities in subsequent levels, they are explained and you are told how to use them on the level that they are introduced.  Jumping in on a level when someone has played several levels past where you were means that you not only have missed some of the levels, but may not know what you need to in order to successfully proceed.

If I were going to rate this game on a scale of one to ten, it probably would get a eight or nine due to the single-player nature of the setup.  At this price point though, it’s definitely a ten.  So pick it up while it is on sale.  You won’t be disappointed.  If the review has not convinced you, check out the YouTube trailer.