Hasbro Family Game Night - Connect 4, Battleship, Sorry, Yahtzee, etc

[lordwow]

EA Announces HASBRO Family Game Night

Electronic Arts has finally revealed the fruits of its recent partnership with board game evangelist Hasbro, announcing Hasbro Family Game Night, a collection of classic board games for the Wii and PlayStation 2. Shipping this fall, the game will include a wide assortment of Hasbro properties -- six in all -- from Battleship, Yahtzee, Boggle, and Connect Four to Sorry! and its more recent incarnation in Sorry! Sliders.

Purists will be happy to know that they'll be able to play the classic games as they remember, though EA notes that new versions will also be included as well for those looking for a different way to play. In addition, the collection will let players build and decorate a virtual game room, earn trophies, and play various mini-games once they tire of sinking each other's battleships. However, even with support for between two and four players, we doubt the compilation will have us tossing out our boxed favorites just yet, though at least with this game we know we'll never have to go searching though couch cushions for missing pieces before we can play.

 

[lilboo]

IF the controls for Yahtzee are
-Hold A+B
-Shake Remote
-Release A+B
(to roll the dice)

WILL PAY $50

 

[CouRageouS]

Yea I bet you're good at rolling the dice.

Okay okay, I would actually play these if they were XBLA titles. This will probably cost more than owning the actual board games.

 

[lilboo]

^ Truth. (In everything you said, :lol

They better make this a $20, $30 TOPS game.

 

[Gothic Walrus]

Kotaku said that Mr. Potato head will be the host of the collection.

It's too bad it won't be Don Rickles Potato Head. k

 

[mephitical]

The old DS version of Battleship/Boggle/Monopoly/Yahtzee is fantastic. It's probably our most-played DS game (shaking the real Boggle cubes is so much work...), but I'm not sure some of these are right for the Wii. Especially Battleship and Boggle. Boggle is a timed game that relies on accuracy and other people not seeing your words.

 

[lordwow]

[quote name='mephitical']The old DS version of Battleship/Boggle/Monopoly/Yahtzee is fantastic. It's probably our most-played DS game (shaking the real Boggle cubes is so much work...), but I'm not sure some of these are right for the Wii. Especially Battleship and Boggle. Boggle is a timed game that relies on accuracy and other people not seeing your words.[/QUOTE]

Good points. That might put a damper on multiplayer.

 

[JJSP]

If they budget this at $29.99, it could be worth it. Toss in online (via friend codes or whatever), and I'd be into it. The problem is that you could probably find online flash versions of these games for free via the Internet channel.

 

[Kaijufan]

Hopefully they'll let you use the DS as a controller, how else would local multiplayer work on games like Battleship?

 

[PleasantOne]

[quote name='mephitical']The old DS version of Battleship/Boggle/Monopoly/Yahtzee is fantastic. It's probably our most-played DS game (shaking the real Boggle cubes is so much work...), but I'm not sure some of these are right for the Wii. Especially Battleship and Boggle. Boggle is a timed game that relies on accuracy and other people not seeing your words.[/quote]

Exactly... how can you play multiplayer Battleship, unless it's over wifi?? Does the person you're playing against have to close their eyes every turn?

And I know that this having wifi is too much to hope for...

[quote name='Kaijufan']Hopefully they'll let you use the DS as a controller, how else would local multiplayer work on games like Battleship?[/quote]

Oh, excellent point. I didn't think about that.