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Cranium Kabooki Review For Wii

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 72 / 76
Date: December 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Cranium is basically the best board game ever created. I not only speak for myself but for everyone else I know that has played the board game. It's a mixture of Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, Charades and more.

Last weekend we had a little party and decided to pick up the Wii version of Cranium. The game itself seems solid and was fun to play. The game still requires you to draw, unscramble words and more just like the board game. A cool feature is that the answer to the question is displayed onscreen but is all jumbled up. You need a special set of glasses that are included in the game to decipher what you need to draw. It's a really cool feature.

Drawing onscreen seems user friendly. Some drawings require you to simply draw in one color while some others allow you to use multiple colors. The closer you hold the Wiimote to the TV the thicker the lines will be. Another cool feature.

Only one Wiimote is needed with this game since only one team plays at a time.

We played 2 games so far and it seems like a solid little game. I just have 2 small complaints though.

1) The price. At $50 you can actually buy the Cranium board game which is probably easier to transport to a friends house than a Wii.

2) Loading. Sometimes the loading seems a little long between questions. It's not so much a big deal when playing a group game like this because everyone is talking most of the time. If this were a single player game you would notice to loading times but since it's a group game we really didn't find it too much to worry about

Wii Love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well we are big Cranium players from when it came out as a board game. I was unsure how it would translate to a video game console. It works!

Very fun to play with at least 4 people, this game makes a party all by itself. There are several new games on the the console version from the board game. Each is easy to play and do on the Wii.

My only detraction is a couple of games are not as responsive to input as the others, making it difficult to judge if the player is actually controlling it correctly and not if they have the answer right. Once over that hurdle the game is really a blast!

Great Game for a Group

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Bought this since we'd been snowed in and were becoming bored with the Wii Sports (although the Sports game remains one of my favorites I do need variety from time to time) and the Dancing With the Stars games--we weren't dissappointed. The two previously mentioned games can easily be played solo but this game is really made for a group. We had lots of laughs and we will play it often when two or more family members get together--four of us played it and after playing it everyone decided they had to go out and buy a Wii--just because this game was so much fun. I would recommend this game for adults but probably not for young children although there were some categories that anyone could enjoy and could do well with. Have to give it a four star based on one really incrediblly fun evening with this game!

All ages family fun!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We rented this game from Blockbuster and did not want to return it! Although designed for team play (minimum four people), my 9-year-old daughter and I had hours of fun playing.

I could not decode the "secret" words unless looking through the red lens. I was so busy watching the drawing (and laughing hysterically) that I didn't even think to try to "cheat."

Some of the mini-games are a bit tricky to figure out, but after a couple full games we could do the "back-turned" acting out games fine.

Favorite Wii game so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My friends, family, and I love this game. We play with just adults, mix it up with the kids, and the kids play on their own. Everybody gets a kick out of it, and so far, we haven't had repetition with the questions. The one complaint I have is that we seldom land on some of our favorite categories (like Song Pong and the geography one). But in a way, that's good, because it keeps us cheering and livens up the spins.

Great Party Game! Lots of Laughs!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great party game! If you enjoy Cranium, this is a must for the Wii. You make two teams and each team takes a turn spinning the wheel and try to complete the challenge. There is a variety of activities from drawing a picture like Pictionary, but you may have to draw with shapes or lines that will disappear. There are musical games where you play the song and your team tries to guess the song, word scrambles, geography and challenges whereby you turn your back to the tv and your team will describe a series of activities you must accomplish with the Wii remote within the time allotment (hammer a nail, comb your hair, mix a cake, brush your teeth, etc). The challenges are short and the game is not too lengthy.

A Great Party Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game as a fan of the Cranium series of board games and I found this an absolute blast. It's a game that requires at least two "teams" (I've played with just one other player), so you can't really play it alone, but it makes a great game for parties and competitive friends. The Decoder Mask holds fingerprints easily, but it's nothing a little clorox wipe won't take care of.

Younger Audience Than I Expected

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

While it's a fun party game, I wish it were a little more difficult. This is a great game for kids between about 10-13, but it doesn't really match up with its board game cousin - where you could have a PhD and still not quite get the tasks done correctly.

The motion sensoring with the Wii is fantastic. Great idea! Again, I wish the tasks were a little more difficult.

Don't lose the secret clue glasses. Otherwise, you spend half the game making up answers to whatever you were supposed to draw/spell/create.

great game...except?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We had a great time playing this game on the Wii with one small exception. Some of us could easily read the "hidden" answer on the screen?? They need to figure out a way to scramble up the answer better. We are big Cranium fans and this game did not disappoint!

Great Party Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game to play at a party (teens or adults). We had a new years eve party with 6 couples and had two teams of 6 and had a blast! Some of the wii control moves are a little tricky at first for beginners. If you want a wii game that is social, to play at a party this is the one.

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