There's no doubt that "whacked out and weird" is the new "normal" for Nintendo Wii, and Konami's Elebits certainly fits that mold. It's basically a game of housecleaning a house infested with little electro-dustbunnies. Actually, house-wrecking might be a better term, but rid of e-dusties just the same. Crash goes the fridge. Wheee.

Played from the first person perspective, you're armed with this trippy plasma gun/grapple/lasso thingy, which is controlled via the Wii-mote, which is also used to look around the various rooms in your cozy little house while the nunchuk attachment controls your movement. You open doors, explore, lift objects and capture the Elebits -- the cuddly little protonic bunnies --, which, in turn, charge your thingy with more power to further explore and lift heavier objects (eventually the house itself) to reveal better-hidden Ele-bunnies.

It's awkward as all heck at first, but gameplay is fairly low-pressure, relaxing even, ramping up in difficulty only after you've mastered the mechanics of each find/open/capture task (just figuring out the door knob is a eureka moment). By that same token, it's a little too cute and relaxed to actually be considered enthralling, but in a foreshadowing of Wii games to come (presumably), Elebits is at least unique (though the gun seems a clean steal of Half-Life's Gravity Gun), visually stylish (but rather low-rent), fun, harmless and good for a go at any old stolen moment.

Too, if you're the tinkering sort, Elebits includes a level editor mode where you can create your own rooms/scenarios, and even share them online. Pretty cool if you're so inclined... not if not.

• TIP: In order to unlock the level in level editor in Elebits, you must rank a C or higher; ranking B or higher, will net you all (as opposed to some) items corresponding to each level you so ranked.