A diving log records all the dives you make – how far you’ve traveled, how many fish you’ve discovered, etc. It is cute to look back and see what you’ve done. As you progress through the game you’ll also be able to do night dives and have the pleasure of changing your diving costume (unlike in sports games, adding a new outfit does not change your diving abilities).

While there is no hot seat multiplayer available you can play the game online with a very big caveat – you must have your friend’s Endless Ocean friend code and vice versa – and note that this friend code is DIFFERENT than your Wii friend code. So even though I already have added a person as a friend, I have to ask him/her to give me a separate friend code in order to play this game. Hey we’re all for privacy and adding security for online gamers, but this is just too extreme. Of course on the Wii, there is no way to speak to the person you’re playing with so you’ll have to rely on the thrill using preset messages to dive together.

The way the game uses the “wifi gate” as a portal is pretty neat – you’ll travel by personal watercraft to your friend’s boat before playing the game. It’s just finding your damn friend’s boat using this terrible friend code system that makes it so frustrating.

Endless Ocean is a unique experience that showcases the Wii in a whole new way, and at $29.99, the game represents a good value. You’ll never have the same dive twice, and it’s nice to have a game the kids can play where a shark won’t accidentally eat them. Kids will love this game due to its “no death” rule. It’s definitely not for everyone but is at least worth a rental to see if you’re into digital fish petting.