Trivial Pursuit

10 Review to this product

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  GARY LOVE
  September 17th, 2010 on 3:31 am

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  This game is a good challenge and enjoyable. Very knowlegeable and learning game.. Test your Skills of Thinking.
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  S. Rickmeier
  September 18th, 2010 on 2:36 am

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  We’ve owned the Trivial Pursuit game for our original XBox for several years and still play it all the time so we were excited to see that there’d be a Wii version. We rented this first, to make sure we’d like it before purchasing it. I don’t think the text is hard to read as some other reviewers mentioned. The colors are easy to see (I mention this because the Xbox version was difficult to make out certain colors). The difficulty level of the questions is about average. We had a lot of fun playing it and are definitely going to buy it. I LOVE that Nintendo offers such a variety of games for the Wii. This is just one more perfect example of why I’m so happy with our purchase!

  The negatives or things I would change, if I had a say in the next version:

  In our XBox version, there were celebrity voices that “read” the question to you along with the on-screen text, I miss that. And there were little video clips and sound bytes to keep things interesting in the xbox one. Also, there seems to be a lot of geography in this version and also a lot of foreign film references in the Entertainment category (especially Japanese films). and I do wish there was a “speedier” speed-round.

  Overall, those aren’t “deal breakers” for me. It’s a great game. Lots of fun, very challenging. You won’t be sorry!
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  Joey
  September 19th, 2010 on 2:58 am

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  It did make me feel dumb, but I think this game is really, really fun! It has current events so pray that you’ve read a newspaper in the last year! Same with movies and entertainment. Those of us that laughed ourselves sick with the original Trivial Pursuit, may not be feeling so haughty with this new edition!
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  C. Creel
  September 20th, 2010 on 8:57 am

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  Good Game. Hard questions – aimed at adults. At least you learn something every game! The only bad part is the font size is very small and there is no way to increase it.
  
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  M. Lindsey
  September 21st, 2010 on 1:24 am

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  This game is way more fun than Hasbro Family Game Night. If you enjoy playing the regular board game you will get much more enjoyment out of the Wii version. My husband and I played this game the same day it arrived and it is very addicting. It takes a while to play the game to its end. The comments made by the narrator or extremely funny and entertaining. If you enjoy board games you will love this game. The questions are mixed as to difficulity so all family members can participate. Well worth the price.
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  J. Evans
  September 21st, 2010 on 6:04 am

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  We had no idea what to expect with this game… and it turned out to be the best game we’ve bought yet (out of sports, game shows, etc.). We literally play this 3-4 nights a week, either just two people or as teams with friends. It’s truly addictive! The best part: we’ve been playing it for 4 months and still rarely get the same questions – and all of the questions are current – not like the old Trivial Pursuit board games that use questions from ancient times. If you enjoy trivia, this is a must!
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  K. Leas
  September 21st, 2010 on 10:05 am

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  People here are whining about “unreadable” text, and that’s just a load of bull. Either something is wrong with their TVs, or they need to visit their eye doctor, because this game was easily read by my friend and I when we played today. We don’t have a massive HD tv. We don’t sit with our faces pressed against the screen. The questions offered a good mix of stuff that we actually knew, and stuff that made us stop and think. And for a change, it didn’t take us hours to finish a game, like the board version usually does.
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  Irishme
  September 21st, 2010 on 4:37 pm

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  My husband and I play this game all the time. It has three different game modes including one for a single player and are all fun. If you like trivia games, buy this one.
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  K Williams
  September 22nd, 2010 on 9:32 am

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  If you like trivia then this game is great. I like both the single player mode and the multiplayer mode. I highly recommend this game!
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  K. Gray
  September 23rd, 2010 on 7:17 am

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  If you have poor eyesight and own anything less than a widescreen TV, DO NOT buy this game. The text of the questions is extremely small. I have 20/20 vision but on my 19″ TV screen I literally have to get closer to the screen and squint to read the questions.

  Other than this (albeitly major) flaw, Trivial Pursuit for the Wii is a fun, faithful version of the board game. You can play normal mode which plays just like the board game, or you can do Facts & Friends, which is a very enjoyable new spin on the old style of the game. It also takes less time to play, which is nice. The questions range from ridiculously easy to the impossibly hard, just like the real game, and the animations are short and do not artificially lengthen the game very much. The announcer’s snarky comments can get old very fast, but at least they are low in the mix and you can barely hear them over the unremarkable (but thankfully not annoying) muzak.

  Other than the issue with the size of the text, the only other complaint I can think of is that sometimes the questions do not really match the category. For example, you might land on Geography but the question will really be about the history of a building in some country. Or, you might get a question in Arts & Literature, and have to identify on an unmarked map what city a major character is from. Minor quibbles. Overall this is a fun game if you have a big TV and good eyesight.