Ever since I saw that there had been a a game made, starring the son of the Grim Reaper, I've been glued to the off beat series of Death Jr. Sadly, when it first came out, it existed solely on the PSP, a system which I had no intention of owning beforehand and I really didn't want to get it for only one game!

So for years I waited, knowing only that Death Jr. existed and I wanted to play it... And when Root of Evil came out, I longed even more to experience them... Until it eventually breached off into the Nintendo realm, with Science Fair of Doom for the Nintendo DS.

Finally experiencing the game, I fell in love. It was all the dark comedy I had expected and the game play was very entertaining... My only caveat was that a hand held system really couldn't contain the series to the best of it's capability, which I had always kind of assumed, since I saw it on the PSP, but sadly, I thought it would never reach main console... Until now!

Death Jr. Root of Evil, the second in the series, which I hope will go on much further has been re-released and revamped on the Wii. Finally, the only problem of the small screen was eliminated, not to mention with a lot of bonus material.

So, it is now that I rate the game. I'd say a solid 9, in my opinion.

As far as story, game play, graphics and humor. All great and a wonderful gaming experience. The greatest thing is that the game has a two-player option, which only makes the game that much more entertaining. You have the ability to select any previous level played and you're able to change the difficulty setting at any time, just in case you went in way over your head in the difficulty(much like I did!)

I guess difficulty is a small problem in this, but when considering it's intended to be two-player mostly, it's understandable, and there is a way to change the difficulty, so it's not a real problem. My main problem is that half way through th the game your melee skills become virtually useless, which sucks because as Death Jr. I prefer to use a trademark scythe to kill the forces of evil! Don't get me wrong, all the insane weapons you acquire are awesome and fun to use, but I did get a little sick of using them, that and all the special melee skills are far too difficult to actually use... But, I digress

As a whole it's a great game and I hope they stay, not only with Nintendo, but keep making major console games! I look forward to when Death Jr. can become playable in the next Smash Bros.!