Deer Drive

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Product Features

• Featuring an arcade-style multiplayer hunting game for the first time on Wii.
• Pick-Up-And-Play - Lock, load, and take down some bucks. Just be ready to defend yourself from aggressive mountain lions, bears, charging moose and other dangerous situations
• Multiplayer - Play head-to-head with a friend or with up to four players in Party Mode
• Optimized to work with Wii Remote or the Wii Zapper accessory
• Changing weather creates dynamic hunting conditions over varied terrain

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DTUYQ2
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches ; 12.3 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 16, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,778 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #7 in Video Games > Wii > Sports > Hunting & Fishing

Product Description

Product InformationDeer Drive meshes hunting simulation with arcade style pick-up-and-play action and pacing for an exciting gaming experience. Deer Drive is the first deer hunting game that features two-player simultaneous play. Additionally Deer Drive features a multitude of game play modes including four player party mode true-to-life sound effects passive and aggressive prey and a slew of hunting weapons. Challenging for casual and hard-core players alike Ethical hunting integral to the gameProduct FeaturesFeaturing an arcade-style multiplayer hunting game for the first time on Wii.Pick-Up-And-Play - Lock load and take down some bucks. Just be ready to defend yourself from aggressive mountain lions bears charging moose and other dangerous situationsMultiplayer - Play head-to-head with a friend or with up to four players in Party ModeOptimized to work with Wii Remote or the Wii Zapper accessoryChanging weather creates dynamic hunting conditions over varied terrain

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast 'n Fun, December 17, 2008

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Irate Tile Man (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Deer Drive (Video Game)

I love shooting games, always have. My happiest memories as a kid were shooting my first BB gun and later playing the original Duck Hunt. In the army I qualified as a sharpshooter with the M-16, and over the last few years I've spent a fortune in dollar bills playing Big Buck Hunter at my favorite watering hole.

When we got a Wii the first game I bought was Cabala's. I hated it... it wasn't about shooting, it was a slow and hard to control simulation, where you walk through the pixel forest forever, and only get a shot off every now-and-then. The main challenge is not to die of old age before bagging your first deer. And I've looked at some of the other shooting games on the Wii, and most of them seem to have the same problem. And a few have mechanical problems... like aiming systems that don't work. I had just about given up, then I got Deer Drive.

Deer Drive is lots of fun. It doesn't pretend to be a simulation. Its basically see the animal, shoot, rinse and repeat. But its fast, its challenging, it works well, looks good and it has a cool simultaneous mode for two people or a party mode for up to four. Its not exactly Big Buck Hunter, but if you'd like one, you'll like the other.

The game isn't all that deep, and you won't want to play for more than a couple of hours at a time by yourself. But it makes for a fun afternoon or evening with friends, and even by yourself it can be a blast.

Five stars for fun
Four stars overall - I'd recommend this to anyone that likes shooting games. But it would have been nice to have an online mode, and maybe a slightly longer one player mode.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deer Drive Offers Fast Paced Pick-up-and-Play Fun, December 29, 2008

By 

KidKobun "May the Force be with you" (Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Deer Drive (Video Game)

I'll try to keep it short and to the point.

Deer Drive is a blast (no pun intended). Not only is it about $10 cheaper than most hunting games, but it is the only simultaneous multiplayer hunting game on the Wii (at least to my knowledge). In addition to the single player mode and the 2-player simultaneous mode Deer Drive also features a "Party Mode" where up to 4-players can hunt down some woodland critters - sounds like fun, but I have yet to play this mode.
I would say that Deer Drive's best feature lies within its core style of gameplay. It captures nostalgic "arcade" feeling, which is a plus in my book...especially with the simulation type games out there like Cabela's where you have to go hunting animals down and if you miss you have to wait for like 30 minutes before something else comes along.

If you dig hunting games and own a Wii this is a definite must-buy and highly recommended for use with the Wii Zapper or a Nyko Perfect Shot (tested with both).

Have fun huntin' ;)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game!!, May 20, 2009

By 

J. Pike (New York) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Deer Drive (Video Game)

I love this game!

It's a Deer Hunting game that reminds me a lot of old school duck hunting. You are positioned in one place and the target animals run (well the ducks flew) back and forth across the screen.

You are given a limitless supply of bucks to shoot. Does are negative points and there's always the possibility of being mauled by a bear or moose and ending the round prematurely.

You use the Nunchuck to reload and to use breath control (one of the special bonuses you can get for shooting a marked animal)

In the advanced mode it's even more fun as you don't one-hit kill the animals. If you don't have a vital shot you need to continue to shoot them until you've done enough damage to take them down. Advanced mode doesn't get rid of the one-hit kill though, if you get a vital shot you'll still drop the deer in one. You even get bonus points for shotting birds, rabbits and squirrels.

Very fun for as many as four people. Compete with two players on the same board, play solo, or take turns with up to four players. I play this game with the Nyko Perfect Shot Gun and I find it very accurate and easy to use.

One negative, it can be a real pain in the butt if you don't know how to add player two!!

** Before you select two player mode, on the main menu screen press the Home Key and go into the Wii Remote Settings.

Here you can "Reconnect the Controllers"

Then simply reconnect the player one controller, and then add the player two controller.

Then back out of that menu and select two player vs. mode and you'll be ready to go! **