Alvin & The Chipmunks

by Brash Entertainment

Product Features

• Alvin and The Chipmunks features fun music gamplay, popular songs and a variety of play modes including multiplayer, video mode and many more. Get ready to rock until you drop with Alvin and The Chipmunks in a brand new musical adventure!
• Play a split-screen game along with a friend! Win multiplayer games by getting the highest score. Get more points than your opponent by timing your Star Target selections better and earning combo mutlipliers.
• Play along to an amazing soundtrack featuring songs from the past and present including: "You Really Got Me" from The Kinks, ¿Love Shack¿ from B-52¿s, ¿All the Small Things¿ from Blink 182 and many more!!
• Other tracks include songs from The Ramones, Collective Soul, The Rembrandts, The Proclaimers, Run DMC, The Cure, R.E.M. Smashmouth, Everclear, Elvis Presley, Culture Club, The Clash and many more!!
• Play through Story Mode and get a front row seat as you rock out with Alvin, Simon and Theodore. You'll join the band as they play on their way to the Rockathonapalooza.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VB199Y
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 4, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,637 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #71 in Video Games > Wii > Simulation
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Alvin, Simon and Theodore, better know as the renowned musical trio, Alvin and The Chipmunks, are back to share their music with the world! Join them on their mission to win the right to play at the battle of the bands event, "Rockathonapalooza."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun But Tricky Little Chipmunk Game, December 6, 2007

By 

Justin Guild "Big Tommy 2 Fish" (Clarksville, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Alvin & the Chipmunks (Video Game)

Review is for the Wii version:

Alvin & the Chipmunks is a rhythm game that tries to drive you insane quickly but is fun for the whole family. You will need both a wii-mote & the nunchuck to play single player, and an extra pair for head to head.

In story mode, each stage has the chipmunks playing 3 songs which must be played though to advance to the next locale.
Rhythm 'stars' flow out from the center of the screen to one of the four corners where a larger star waits as the precision point. If the stars flow to one of the bottom corners you will swing the remotes, if they go to the top you will hold 'b' & swing for right stars and 'z' and swing for left. Miss too many in a row the song ends, but the more you hit perfectly the more combo points you rack up which will unlock new stages and bonus songs.

This seemed easy enough for me, I mean it's a chipmunk game geared towards kids right? I'm 30 and pretty good at rhythm games but was surprised at the challenge of this game. Don't get me wrong, this is a very fun game once you give it like an hour to sink in you can open new stages with ease which will give you more songs to play, but to master the tracks is a bigger task.
The rhythm stars aren't perfect mapped to the beat IMHO. At times they do follow the beat, though they go freestyle a lot of the time reversing patterns and generally trying to frustrate you. This is not a bad thing at all as it's fast pacing will keep players on their toes and their pulse racing.

You can play thru the game in Easy, Med or Hard mode with Easy focusing on just the swinging motion of the remotes which still holds a challenge for experienced rhythm gamers yet is passable and fun for my 4 year old that has never played a rhythm game.

I think this games a blast and has definite replay value.
The soundtrack is filled with pop favorites that most people will recognize from commercials, pop radio & tv shows(Friends) as well as the Chipmunks own Christmas hit all performed by the Chipmunks!

If you're looking for a fun but still challenging alternative to Guitar Hero then this is it. The songs are clean & fun and the game play is great for all ages.

I did have to take off one star because of the cutscenes in between the game levels. The audio of the conversations between Dave & the Chipmunks is horrible and scratchy but is easily bypassed by pressing the A button. Again it's just the cutscenes, Not the songs in gameplay. Those are A+.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This game is bad - really bad - even for the young ones!, December 27, 2007

By 

jamie (santa monica ca) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Alvin & the Chipmunks (Video Game)

I cannot believe anyone would give this game a good rating, unless they've never played it. My 7 year old was so excited to get this game and even he immediately became aware of how lame it is. He paid $50 for it out of his Christmas gift card for GameStop. So sad. All you do is the same repetitive movement of clicking and shaking the WII remote when the star reaches the circle - this is THE EXACT SAME MOVEMENT as you move from level to level. The chipmunks are playing in the background. You never get to interact and there is no real story line. You don't even have to do it on beat so there is no real rhythm to it either. Also the cut scenes are cartoon stills with no movement, just voices. It's shockingly uncreative and repetitive - there is no fun or challenge or motivation to move to the next level, it's the same as the previous one. I'm suprised a video company can get away with producing this kind of toy. I will never buy a video game created by Sensory Sweep or Brash Entertainment again.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Game, December 29, 2008

By 

Georjann Lee "G Lee" (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Alvin & the Chipmunks (Video Game)

My 2 year old son LOVES the chipmunks movie so I got this for him and his sister (and me too), The first time playing it was a little confusing. I tried it again and did the instructional part. That was hard. When I went into the story game, I figured it out. It DOES go on the beat for about 90% of the time. The songs are cute and up to date. I can't stop playing it cause it's cute and fun!! I think I may get guitar hero for my husband for V-day or something. This is like a beginner/introduction to guitar hero I think.

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