You could argue that there are already way too many mini-game collections available for Nintendo Wii. And seeing as the majority of them offer little more than point, click, waggle and toss festivals in a dozen flavors of the otherwise indistinguishable fluff, you'd probably win that argument.

Graciously, munificently, Guinness World Records: The Videogame defies the norm by delivering a mini game collection in the purest sense; a diverse assortment of some 36 quick but distinct games brought together under a single theme -- the de facto standard for all things Keener, Achievement, Trophy or otherwise, the Guinness World Records.

Basically, the above grade, low-priced game takes an eclectic selection of real life world records -- from the estimable to the bizarre -- and then challenges players to best them in a surprisingly diverse selection of fantastically fake, skill testing activates.

You're only given a handful of playable games to start with; points earned are then used to "buy" access to other interactive ditties, handily giving it all a decent sense of pacing. Newly accessed challenges aren't necessarily harder, just different. In any case, each is sufficiently novel the first go though but engaging enough to make you want to revisit them in hopes of doing it better or faster or longer or whatever.

You try to build the worlds tallest building with drag-and-drop Tetris pieces, for example, or pull the worlds highest BMX jump ever by peddling a bike (with your hands) like a madman, yarding up on virtual handlebars at the lip of a half-pipe (mind the stupid Nunchuk cord smacking you in the chin). You toss as many plungers (not knives) as you can at the lovely assistant on the spinning disk of death (or disk of humiliation, in this case) in one minute (hitting her and not the space around her forfeits a bit of time off the clock). You try for world's best sheep shearer, most watermelons smashed with your head, fastest eater (of airplanes, no less), and so on.

Ultimately, it's still a mini-game collection with waggling, waving, wanking, whack-a-mole tendencies, but the settings of each couldn't be more engaging (with those confines, anyway); it's got a better sense of wide-eyed carnival wonder and absurdity than most collections of this ilk, even the ones with "Carnival" in the title.

What's more, the game's online functionality makes it a truly worldwide affair. Not only can you go head to head against an online competitor (or in-person), you can download game records set by others both in your region and, of course, from around the globe. And should you happen to set a regional or global record, said statistic is uploaded to Guinness' database for all to see... and download, and beat.

TIP: As if setting personal, household, regional and global best records in Guinness World Record: The Videogame isn't enough incentive to keep playing, Guinness is also promising to publish in-game world records in the next iteration of Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition. World's Best Waggler? Now there's a goal worth setting.