9 Times The Wii Remote Speaker Actually Improved Gameplay

9. Super Mario Galaxy 2: Beat Block Galaxy's Soundtrack

Enter World 3 of Super Mario Galaxy 2, face a level called Beat Block Galaxy and its associated star, Step to the Beep. The Wii Remote plays an isolated but regular beeping noise that is actually part of the soundtrack to the level. The beeping signals when certain platforms will appear and others will disappear. Your job is to listen, watch, and jump very carefully.

It looks simple and straightforward. Long straight platforms stretch out ahead of you and cloudy skies promise something bright and breezy to play through. However, once you move beyond the initial purple blocks and start stepping on the greens and yellows, you'll notice they disappear and reappear in alternating cycles, accompanied by the beep from the Wii Remote.

The sound is almost a personal alarm as it gives you the urgency to make that jump at just the right time or pause and plan ahead. Mute the Wii Remote and the television if you're feeling particularly hardcore.

The biggest error you'll regularly make in this level is making a jump for a plaform vanishes whilst you're in mid-air because you've been lulled into a false sense of security by the beep and you think you've got the timing down. You haven't.

Simple, yet highly effective.