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 Great Game But... January 6, 2009
Katherine M. Orlopp (Danville, CA United States)
My kids enjoyed this game briefly but I don't see them using it much after the first week. I was disappointed that they each have to have the game to play together. I got the impression that it would work with the DS's wireless like the Mario games do. It doesn't.
 Not what I expected!! January 6, 2009
Buffalogal (Kentucky, USA)
The games are fun but I was disappointed because while you can play with up to 4 players, each player must have the same game card. If I had known this I would have purchased another game. I thought both of my children would be able to enjoy this at the SAME time. I don't think the games are as fun without family or friends to play against. So I am not happy with this at all.
Someone told me I needed to get a Clue...so I did. December 7, 2008
robotnut (Cranford, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this game mainly for Clue. I like playing Clue but sometimes it's hard to get two other people to sit down with you to play the board game. But now I can enjoy a game on my NDS whenever I want. While I would mostly be playing this in single player mode, the game does have wireless multi-player capability. In single player mode, you can choose how many computer opponents you want to play against, from 2 to 5. It takes some time to get used to the game mechanics. I lost the first two games I played because I was concentrating more on the game controls than on solving the mystery. But anyway, if you're a big Clue fan, I would recommend this.
As for the other 3 games that you get on this cart, Mouse Trap, Perfection, and Aggravation, I consider them to be bonuses since I really only got it for Clue.
Out of the three, though, I like Perfection the most because it's the most interactive. What makes it even more challenging than the original Perfection is that both the spaces on the board and the pieces changes position with each game, so for example, the square shape won't always go in the upper left hand corner. The only downside is that you're limited to setting the timer only to 45, 50, 55, or 60 seconds.
I can't say much about Aggravation since I never played the board game before and wasn't really sure what was going on when I played it here on my NDS. Maybe I should try reading the instruction book?
Sadly, the fun of Mouse Trap doesn't carry over very well in this video game version. Part of the fun of playing the board game is moving your mouse around the board and actually building the mousetrap. But here, you basically just press a button to roll the die. That's pretty much it. The computer moves your piece for you and you basically just watch as the computer moves the mousetrap pieces into place. They could have at least let you turn the crank on the mousetrap using the touchscreen, but no the computer does that for you too. The graphics also are very low resolution making it difficult even just to watch the computer have all the fun. Plus, I can't help but to think the game is rigged. When playing against the computer players, it always seems like they always get the roll of the die they need to turn the crank, whereas when I roll the die, it always ends up putting my mouse under the trap. Bummer!
For me, this was worth getting just for the Clue game. It's great!
It's ok October 14, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It's ok. Not too much fun alone. Need more than 1 person to play.
 It's the pits to get old October 8, 2008
Laura A. Douglas (Virginia Beach, Virginia United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The game arrived in a very timely order. And my friend is enjoying to try to remember how to play the games. We are both senior citizens and had played all these games as either kids or with our kids. Thanks for a professional experience.
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