Wii Hasbro Family Game Night

Wii Hasbro Family Game Night lets you play 5 classic Hasbro board games on the Wii plus one new one. The classics are Yahtzee, Boggle, SORRY!, Battleship, and Connect Four. The "new game" is a new version of Sorry! called Sorry! Sliders.

The inimitable and ageless Mr. Potato Head is your host. Although we love Mr Potato Head and so does Dad, he sometimes become a bit annoying after a while.

This is not an innovative use of the Wii although some of the graphics are pretty cool. If you love these classic board games you *might* love Wii Hasbro Family Game Night, then again you might prefer playing the originals games instead of playing them on the Wii. Some parts of some of the games are hard to see without getting close to the TV or without a bigscreen TV. Also some of the games are slower going on the Wii. One plus with kids are you can't lose the game pieces are there aren't any!

Briefly the games:

Yahtzee, the traditional dice rolling and strategy game, translates pretty well to the Wii. We're Yahtzee fans and it works well on the Wii.

Connect Four is the checkers stacking game, where whoever gets four of the same colored chips in a row, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally wines wins. This works pretty well, and although there are some enhanced ways of playing with special powered chips, we'd rather play the board game. Not everyone agrees, and your mileage may vary.

Boggle is the word search game you might remember from your youth, if your not still a kid, or from "King of The Hill." It just doesn't translate well and is a pretty different game on the Wii.

SORRY! and Battleship both work well, although some have commented that playing them on the Wii really ads nothing. Personally, we like Battleship better in it's original form, although it's cool on the Wii too.

Sorry! Sliders - imagine Sorry! combined with curling, if you know what that is. A pretty cool game.

Pros: Wii Hasbro Family Game Night does a pretty good job of translating most of these classic board games, Boggle being one possible exception, to the Wii.

Cons: This is not an innovative use of the Wii and some people find it boring. Many prefer to play the original games, and quite a few people find Mr. Potato Head as the host gets annoying quickly.

Overall: Wii Hasbro Family Game Night has mixed yet mostly positive reviews. Most people like Wii Hasbro Family Game Night, but it's far from perfect.