EA announces Hasbro Family Game Night for Wii, PS2
by Jason Dobson 
{ May 16th 2008 at 9:50AM }
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.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kye @ May 16th 2008 9:56AM
Lol @ battleship. It's gona be kinda easy to win when playing two-player don't you think?
Should have thrown in Monopoly.
FOXHOUND @ May 16th 2008 10:08AM
"Okay, it's my turn! Now you turn your head so I can input my pieces on the map!"
In all seriousness, this shouldn't be priced more than $20. :\
Kye @ May 16th 2008 10:11AM
My woman and I would have a field day with this.
"Cover your eyes! Don't cheat! Stop looking!...
... I'm not playing with you anymore!"
Last time we played monopoly we argued so hard we never touched the game again. That was almost 2 years ago. Man I miss playing as the shoe.
Good times.
Kye @ May 16th 2008 11:21AM
Same thing with Guess Who.
"... Are you Dan?"
'Fuck! Next time I'm going first'
samfish @ May 16th 2008 9:59AM
I am facepalming SO HARD right now.
Jtenma @ May 16th 2008 2:47PM
your facepalming?...
My face is bleeding right now because i already facepalmed so hard...
..wait maybe i should see a doctor...
PojoMofo @ May 16th 2008 10:04AM
my kids eat this kinda stuff up.
WTF is Mr potato head doin playing connect four?? He is having a helluva time by the look on his face
samfish @ May 16th 2008 10:13AM
I hope Mr. Bucket makes an appearance, too.
I look forward to him spitting my balls out of his mouth again.
whistlepig @ May 16th 2008 10:28AM
thanks samfish that mr bucket song is now back in my head from years ago
sicsided @ May 16th 2008 10:29AM
BUCKETS OF FUN! POP!
god, such a horrid promo song
Kye @ May 16th 2008 10:56AM
Catchy though.
samfish @ May 16th 2008 11:00AM
Here, just in case it isn't throughly stuck in your head:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oZa38GVD4w
Fernando Rocker @ May 16th 2008 10:03AM
And then EA wonders why they can't sell in Nintendo platforms...
el serpiente @ May 16th 2008 12:46PM
This will probably sell more than 95% of any existing wii game. Welcome to your core demographic.
danny. @ May 16th 2008 10:06AM
It's not that bad an idea though. If you must make mini game collections, might as well stick to the classics. I don't really think we're the target market for this, but these games were fun back in the day.
velocitystrike @ May 16th 2008 10:07AM
I'd be more interested if they'd confirmed online play for the Wii version. As it stands, "meh".
Blue_Falcon @ May 16th 2008 10:12AM
Mr. Potato Head?
Sold. :p
Fernando Rocker @ May 16th 2008 10:15AM
At least the graphics are pretty...
http://gonintendo.com/?p=43217
Vidikron (FU) @ May 16th 2008 10:25AM
If this is like $20 I don't see a problem with titles like this. And, yeah, the graphics aren't advanced or anything, but at least everything looks nice and clean.
I wish XBLA could get some board games like this. Why more haven't been released is a mystery to me considering the popularity of Uno.
xFenixKnightx @ May 16th 2008 10:16AM
Connect 4 is the shizzle!
samfish @ May 16th 2008 11:04AM
This is true.
My one regret from childhood is that I hardly ever could get people to play Connect Four with me unless they were my grandma.
any other game, sure...but Connect Four? Nope. It's like everyone hated it but me!
OH GOD I NEED TO CALL MY THERAPIST NOW!
xFenixKnightx @ May 16th 2008 11:26AM
Como what?!! How could they not want to play it? So many ways to win. In my house and with my family Connect 4 rules. Everyone likes to play it, along with Monopoly, Scrabble, and of course...MEXICAN BINGO aka Loteria :P
Rico @ May 16th 2008 10:23AM
I don't own the console, but the 360 has Carcassonne, Lost Cities and Settlers of Catan which strikes me as a far better offering of board games than the simplistic Connect 4 or Sorry!
Deezul @ May 16th 2008 11:59AM
My 5 & 7 year olds have some trouble with those board games on the 360. And VP Party Animals doesn't cut it, they were bored with it after a few weeks. But this collection looks good, but not for the 360.
JPN @ May 16th 2008 10:25AM
Sorry! Sliders?
I wonder if they got both O'Connell brothers and Rhys-Davies to do voices...or Kari Wuhrer?!!?!?
tc @ May 16th 2008 10:31AM
i like to pride myself on a wide vocabulary which ensures that profanity is only used in the most serious of circumstances. To that end:
Fuck You EA.
Vsove @ May 16th 2008 11:18AM
Yeah, god forbid they release any games that interest a more casual audience and not you.
What a bunch of jerks they are. Screw their target audience! All their games should be made specifically for you to enjoy.
tc @ May 16th 2008 11:33AM
Where did I say "Fuck you EA for making a game which i won't buy?"
Ah yes, thats right, I didn't. No, I say Fuck EA for the inevitable crap they're going to put out with this product which will quickly be followed up by more iterations of the same crap.
You say "All their games should be made specifically for you to enjoy" and of course that's rubbish. But their games should be made for SOMEONE to enjoy and not just as an attempt to milk the customer teeth with shoddy work.
But don't worry about it, i like setting up straw-man fallacies too. It's just unfortunate that you got called on your BS this time.
Vsove @ May 16th 2008 11:54AM
No, see, there's your problem. To you, this is crap. To a lot of people, this is a product they'll purchase and likely enjoy quite a bit. Saying 'Fuck EA' for publishing a collection of board games people can play on their game systems is just ridiculous.
But hey, whatever. I won't buy it, but I understand that I'm not the target audience for something like this. And I'm done with this discussion.
Kye @ May 16th 2008 10:58AM
For the love of everything Holy, will the person whose playing as red just look at the second column from the right?
Connect four for the win right there!
Maxwell Ash @ May 16th 2008 11:02AM
Red will win where he is going now. Its a diagonal connect four.
Kye @ May 16th 2008 11:11AM
Ohhh... That's why I always lost. lol.
JFink @ May 16th 2008 11:42AM
pretty sneaky sis.
JPN @ May 16th 2008 12:08PM
Jfink wins
Freelancepimp @ May 16th 2008 3:23PM
Ea is about to cash in! CHA-CHING!
COOPER @ May 16th 2008 12:56PM
It's called honesty, folks.. just don't peek, you're only going to ruin the fun.
In Canada, we were able to recieve each these in PC version free in a box of Lucky Charms cereal.
Bring on the annoying cut-scenes!
Sean @ May 16th 2008 1:19PM
Very sneaky, sis.
Ken Seang @ May 16th 2008 1:28PM
Wouldn't it be much cheaper and fun to just buy the real thing...
Double J @ May 16th 2008 2:08PM
It's just not the same when I can't hurl the checker pieces at the other player or toss the Monopoly board up in the air after they land and purchase Boardwalk.
Mr.ESC @ May 16th 2008 2:53PM
"Yahtzee"
The classic Yahtzee or we get to play as our favorite Australian game reviewer?