SumoBots. £49.95 ($87.90). Infra-red remote controlled roboto wars on a plate. What? Oh sorry, in an arena. Hey listen if you can’t build ‘em, beat ‘em up. That’s what we say. Oh and you upload special moves into the little critters using special barcodes. How cool is that, eh?
This state-of-the-art Sumo hybrid is one of the most innovative and enthralling games we’ve ever seen – and we’ve seen a lot! Using hi-tech infra-red remote controllers players must manoeuvre their brainy little R2D2-esque SumoBots around in order to bash opponents out of the playing area. You can go head to head against a friend or battle it out with a computer-controlled SumoBot. Sounds pretty straightforward but SumoBots are highly sophisticated little fellows that ‘learn’ from each battle.