Block Party - 20 Games

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Wreak havoc throughout the neighborhood and show your neighbors you have what it takes to be crowned the Best on the Block
• Neighbors engage in fierce and funny competitions where they will perform a variety of zany and addictive games such as Super-Sack Race, Backyard Juggling, Trampoline Tricks and Lawn Bowlin'
• Compete in 3 different gameplay modes, including Story Mode for single players, Quick Play Mode for Multi-player and Tournament Mode for the Ultimate multi-player competition
• Simple and straightforward pick-up-and-play controls are designed for all ages

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001AZ7RXM
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 11, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,019 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #46 in Video Games > Wii > Trivia
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

20 Party Games: Family Friendly Fun Wii

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dull, SCARY & Buggy - some games don't respond & many, MANY glitches, December 6, 2008

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LanaFire (NY) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Block Party - 20 Games (Video Game)

Do NOT buy this game, don't even rent it.
Menu is basic, single & multi & music & sound levels. The music is actually nice, kinda Broadway musical feel. Too bad ITS ONLY IN THE MENU. There is NO music during gameplay. There are no sounds other then requisite 1-2 sounds of whatever your doing & a lot of giggling & "whoa" for no reason. The colors are bright & cheerful, but there is no texture, no nothing. It feels half done & halfheartedly at that.
There are a lot of bugs, in one that you are a human sling shot, you sail in the air, my character landed sideways & flat. In one balancing on the ball, one of the AI was a blond boy, when the game ended, it was a redheaded girl.
There are 4 sections to cycle through, each with 5 games, 2 of which are locked. You have no idea which game unlocks those & you must get 20,000 points.
The game styles are inane. Shoot SCARY looking 3D bugs that fly AT YOU complete with blood red eyes before they eat your cake, STUN the dog who ate your friend so you can pry your friend by their feet out of the St. Bernard's mouth. Follow the trace lines like a Rayman Raving Rabbid game w/o the personality, MANY shooting games: shoot clay targets, shoot your characters balloons, shoot the BOY riding in the free falling tire, etc. MANY hit the buttons displayed games one in which you are hanging on a metal chain over a evil plant in a pot who is trying to eat you, waggle & hit buttons to do tricks in the air like Mario & Sonic Olympics trampoline game w/o the personality & the flips aren't even programmed fully. Drink soda, fart into the air & try to hit the gingerbread cookie targets in the air on the way down, etc.
The text/drawing instructions make sense & work most times when it only involves buttons, though once the instructions were wrong by saying to shoot the OPPONENTS balloons to win, but the goal was to land which means shooting your own. Though the games has trouble recognize the movements correctly & sometimes doesn't respond AT ALL & even the IR for shooting feels sluggish & off. Anytime in the "rhythm" games w/o the music, if it asks you to swipe to left/right or up/down, it rarely works. Even pushing forward to launch yourself in Sling shot doens't respond the first 3x. Some games are even insanely difficult for anyone, much less a child.
Balance ball - using nunchuck stick to balance left & right (constantly moving) & on the wii mote hit A or B as they quickly for 1-2 seconds scroll under your character.
Chariots of Fruit - no, you pull a baby wagon of fruit & run like M&S Olympics. But no matter what you're still last & the score doens't even make sense.
High Wire hangup - balance the wii mote to walk across. But if the ball in the rectangle telling you where the balance is, the ball & rectangle falls lower on the left, you don't bring the right side down which would make gravity sense, no, you drop the left side LOWER. Same for the right side.
Crazy Clothesline - ok, if the above wasn't hard enough, you do that PLUS you move the nunchuck's stick in a circular fashion because now you're on a short unicycle.

this game was poorly done, from controls, to gameplay ideas to looks. this is PURE shovelware, this is NOTHING good in it. DO NOT FEED lazy & cheap programmers by buying this or EVEN renting it. Your wallet controls how much time/effort companies put into games, don't let them even think this will make them money.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars very dissapointed, December 27, 2008

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brown43081 (ohio usa) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Block Party - 20 Games (Video Game)

I don't usually review items but thought this was worthy of review. based on description and front cover view, this is not what i thought I was purchasing. Expected it to be along the same lines of Game Party and it is not. I wanted lawn darts and lawn bowling and ended up with crack pot games like Trash Tossin, Garage Juggle and Crazy Clothesline. Even though the product description clearly mentions lawn bowling and the picture represents lawn darts and horseshoes, this game contains neither. VERY MISLEADING!!! Greatly disappointed.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worse than most of these reviews are letting on, December 30, 2009

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Melundie (Olney, MD) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Block Party - 20 Games (Video Game)

I made the mistake of purchasing this game BEFORE reading reviews. I'm hoping you don't do the same thing. Even after reading the bad reviews, I figured there was bound to be at least one game that's decent...after all, there are 20 games on the disc. The game is relatively inexpensive, so how can I expect every game to be a star? Right? Well, there isn't a single good game on this disc. Block Party is worse than terrible. Games include balancing on a ball (using the Wii Nunchuk joystick) while juggling (pressing A and B) and tracing a squiggly line with the Wiimote. We couldn't even get multiplayer to work. I'm taking mine to UPS tomorrow to send it back. Ugh, what a horrible waste of money. Save yours!