Once again, it's time for us to play a quick round of "One of These Things is Not Like the Others!" Our contestants are the five titles that will be added to your ever-burgeoning collection of digital board games this fall, with the release of Hasbro Family Game Night 3 for Wii, 360 and PS3. Okay, here goes: The Game of Life, Clue, Mouse Trap, Yahtzee Hands Down and ... Twister. We'll give you a second to think. Here's a hint: We separated the weird one from the other ones using an ellipsis.
Twister? We can logistically see how the other four games could be adapted into a video game format, but ... Twister? Will Hasbro Family Game Night 3 come bundled with a polka-dotted floor mat peripheral? Regardless, we'll have to find out when Game Night 3 releases this fall, as the games will come bundled in a single retail package this time around, and, well -- we just have to get our hands on a video game version of Mouse Trap.
Reader Comments (33)
Posted: May 12th 2010 10:16AM nighttime said
Mouse Trap.
30 minutes to set up.
1 minute to play.
30 minutes to set up.
1 minute to play.
Posted: May 12th 2010 11:39AM Jim Halpert DM Xbox Live said
Not if you play by the actual rules, collecting cheese and building the structure as the game progresses. Of course, no one reads the rules and ends up building the thing before the game even starts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLuq0lW50k
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Posted: May 12th 2010 10:27AM (Unverified) said
Now Twister sounds like a game just MADE for Natal. (Y)
Posted: May 12th 2010 10:29AM (Unverified) said
Now only takes 30 sec to put disk in... u save 30 min...
Posted: May 12th 2010 10:46AM adolson said
Is this a PSN download? If it's on a disc, will we have to pay an extra fee to play it online?
Posted: May 12th 2010 10:48AM jrolson said
How come we haven't gotten Family Game Night 2 Yet on Ps3 or 360?
Why dont they just add these extra games to the first one as DLC?
Why dont they just add these extra games to the first one as DLC?
Posted: May 12th 2010 12:47PM Seasick Pirate said
Glad I'm not the only one. I read this and was hoping to hear that I missed the release of 2. Weren't we supposed to see Jenga, Connect 4X4, and Pictureka for 360 and PS3?
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Posted: May 12th 2010 1:02PM Mcmax3000 said
Are you really overly anxious to play Jenga on the 360 or PS3?
If they come out, great but I'm not personally all that interested in any of the titles from the second game.
However, if Clue & LIFE come to XBLA? I'm sold, even at the $10 price tag they sell them at.
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If they come out, great but I'm not personally all that interested in any of the titles from the second game.
However, if Clue & LIFE come to XBLA? I'm sold, even at the $10 price tag they sell them at.
Posted: May 12th 2010 3:33PM Duke said
Mcmax3000, I am curious about the second one too. I get these games to play with my family, and thus the more I can get hold of the better. They are light and friendly and so nobody gets offended or has to have special skills at using a console.
That being said - I can't wrap my head around them using twister as one of the games.
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That being said - I can't wrap my head around them using twister as one of the games.
Posted: May 12th 2010 11:27AM Waffle Slayer said
Ugh, I'm getting a raging Clue right now!
Posted: May 12th 2010 11:27AM Jack Tretton said
"We separated the weird one from the other ones using an ellipsis."
Yes. You did it...twice.
ELLIPSIS USED FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT!
Yes. You did it...twice.
ELLIPSIS USED FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT!
Posted: May 12th 2010 11:54AM Dance Mofo said
Jack Tretton, just the guy i wanna talk to. I just posted if FGN have online play... does it?
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Posted: May 12th 2010 11:31AM DWilson8504 said
Clue, Mouse Trap and especially LIFE sound awesome. I loved Life on PS1, still have it!
Posted: May 12th 2010 11:39AM GewurztraminerX said
Ditto, only I sold my PS1 copy of LIFE. I miss that awesome soundtrack...
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Posted: May 12th 2010 11:52AM Dance Mofo said
Does anyone know for Family Game Night on PSN if it has online play? I dont wanna buy it for $40+ tax and it doesnt have online play. So can anyone confirm if it have online play?
Posted: May 12th 2010 11:54AM Deezul AwT said
Where's #2 for the 360? And I'm still upset after the XBLA sale when the price dropped to $5 a game, and I bought 5 of them. The next week, the disc based version was on sale on Best Buy for $20. Arrggh!
Posted: May 12th 2010 12:04PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
Now I am just lost in the Hasbroness here. What's next, Hasbro Family Game Night 5 and no 4?
Posted: May 12th 2010 12:46PM (Unverified) said
As said earlier, not if you play Mouse Trap by the rules. By the rules, the trap is set up bit by bit as players work their way around the board. You don't set up the whole trap right away, and race to the the end to be trapped.
Posted: May 12th 2010 12:54PM ChomskyKnows said
since 2 (wii) has stuff like Operation and Jenga, they may be waiting for Natal/Move to come out before adding those to XBLA/PSN...perhaps Twister already works for that shit...
Posted: May 12th 2010 12:55PM (Unverified) said
I haven't bought any of the other game compilations, although I have thought about it. However, with this one having Clue, Life, and Mouse Trap, I will seriously have to think about picking this one up. My girls and I have at one time or another had all three of these games, but they like to pull games apart and use the parts separately and use them for other "imagination" games, so the parts all slowly get lost. Plus, since we all love to play the Wii together, this would just be a perfect compilation.
But...I have to agree with the article...TWISTER??? WTF???
But...I have to agree with the article...TWISTER??? WTF???
Posted: May 12th 2010 1:36PM 343 Guilty Fart said
Would be better if these were available for individual download
Posted: May 12th 2010 2:00PM Exu said
Don't they mean Cluedo?
Posted: May 12th 2010 2:11PM tubb311 said
is this only on disc or can i buy these games separately in the XBLA?
Posted: May 12th 2010 2:33PM GewurztraminerX said
It'd be great to see the Master Detective edition of Clue as a video game, but I have a feeling Hasbro hasn't even considered it.
Posted: May 12th 2010 3:55PM zdope said
Where is Monopoly?
Posted: May 12th 2010 8:02PM Starcade said
Was there a family game night 2? We go from family game night to family game night 3?
Posted: May 13th 2010 2:13PM (Unverified) said
How does CLUE work if you have four people in the same room looking at the same screen? It's based on each player having a private stack of cards, notes, etc.
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