Nintendo Wii Ultimate I Spy & I Spy Spooky Mansion – Great Gift!

Please welcome again my sister, who shares how much fun she and her daughter have been having with this new Wii Game by Scholastics! ~Henrietta

I Spy Wii Game ReviewOur family has always loved Scholastic’s I Spy Books. Book fairs, library sales, fundraisers, if there’s an I Spy book we don’t have yet, we buy it. So of course we had to try the I Spy Game Pack for Nintendo Wii.

There are 2 really cool games included in the game pack, Ultimate I Spy & I Spy Spooky Mansion. The Princess tried out Ultimate I Spy. It’s rather like the books ~ there’s a riddle of things you need to locate in the picture. But unlike the books, the pictures are 3D & you can navigate around the scene using your Wii controller. AND when you find some of the hidden objects, there are mini puzzles.

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The Princess got to race fish, put objects in order, finish a picture puzzle ~ things like that. The really great thing about this game is that a few of the objects are fairly easily found. The princess found a few in each riddle right off the bat. I like that because her frustration level is set at really low. So finding a few objects pretty quickly is like, “Yay! Look Mom, I’m really good at this game!” Most of the objects in the riddles do take a little searching; you’re not going to finish this game in one setting. 

Now, because The Princess is terrified of skeletons on a TV screen, it was up to me to test out I Spy Spooky Mansion. A little skeleton invites you into a spooky mansion, then *locks* the door once you’re in. The only way out is to collect all the puzzle pieces by solving all 33 riddles.

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I managed to find a couple puzzle pieces in the 30 minutes or so that I played. I Spy Spooky Mansion is a multiplayer game  (up to 4 players), so everybody in the family can help solve the riddles, play the mini games, & escape the mansion. Definitely a fun for the whole family sort of game.

The graphics are great & the scenes are very richly detailed, with lots of neat things to notice. The mini games aren’t that much of a challenge for an adult, but they’re still good fun. Best part? I Spy game pack is rated E for Everyone & at under $20 makes an affordable & fun way to add to the family game night collection.

Game details and how to purchase

The I SPY TWO GAME PACK for NINTENDO WII is available from www.scholastic.com. You can also find this product at local game retailers and on Amazon.com (currently just $14.95).

The I SPY® TWO GAME PACK for NINTENDO WIITM (September 2012 / $19.99) includes over 70 unique riddles and more than 60 interactive mini-games in two popular titles from the I SPY interactive collection. Ultimate I SPY, the first game to feature 3D environments, takes players through an eye-popping wonderland where they search above and below objects to solve riddles, puzzles, and mini-games. I SPY Spooky Mansion offers thrills and chills with a trip through a haunted mansion. Led by Skelly, a clever skeleton, players participate in mini-games, brain teasers, scavenger hunts, and 33 I SPY riddles as they try to find their way out.

Although my reviewer received a complimentary product from Scholastic, all thoughts and opinions are genuine and 100% her own.
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Comments

  1. 1

    That’s wicked cool. Both of my boys love I Spy books, so I am betting they’d like this, too. And because they’re boys, they love skeletons and all that kind of stuff, too, so I’m thinking Santa should get them a copy!

  2. 2

    OOh my little iSpy lover would enjoy this. I may have to get it!

  3. 3

    I’m sure that was a fun way to play it and that your daughter enjoyed it!

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