Family Fun Football

by Tecmo

Product Features

• Simple Playbook - Catering to the casual gamers, Family Fun Football offers a coaching playbook that makes it easy for everyone to learn and understand the game of football
• Colorful Stadiums - There will be a total of five stadiums that include a fun mix of realistic and fantasy worlds such as a space themed stadium.
• Power-ups - During gameplay, each player can be rewarded with a power-up from a slot-style system that can enhance certain attributes including speed, strength, passing, and interception for a limited amount of time
• Mini-Games - Ten fun and simple mini-games can be played with up to four players.
• Teams - Ten unique teams with their own attributes that players can choose to play competitively with

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0029MAXSG
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 29, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,001 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #11 in Video Games > Wii > Sports > Football
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

In this fun, arcade-style casual sports game for everyone to enjoy, play against friends and family in vibrant themed football stadiums, such as the Tecmodome or Moonrock Field! Choose to be one of the game's quirky characters, featuring animals, luchadors, ninjas, pirates, aliens and robots, or unlock the mode to play as your own Mii. The ability to coach teams with a simple offensive and defensive playbook coupled with intuitive Wii Remote controls makes the game appealing to all ages for a fun pick-up and play party experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great entry level football game, October 4, 2009

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Gift Card Recipient "Phoxy Boxy" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Family Fun Football (Video Game)

I would recommend this game for anyone out there who is looking for an entry level football and is looking for something they can sut down and play with their whole family. Controls are easy and intuitive, the mascots are cool, and the gameplay is simple and fun. This is a great Wii game for kids that are in to football.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Arcade football is the best football., December 10, 2010

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Bryan C. Crouch - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Family Fun Football (Video Game)

Family Fun Football will appeal to a certain type of player. This is nothing at all like Madden or any other deep football sim. However, if you enjoy Tecmo Super Bowl, Rushing Heroes, or NFL Blitz--football games whose focus is on simple playability and fast scoring--then is this the game for you.

Family Fun Football has all the standards of arcade-style football: quick gameplay (2 minute quarters), spectacular plays (40 yard TD passes are routine), and bone-crushing hits (guys even stagger to their feet and fall back down after really nasty ones). The field is condensed to 50 yards, with the 25 yard line acting as midfield. All the teams are fictional and don't really feature a "roster"; there are position players with a number and thats all. There are a variety of stadiums to play in, ranging from domes to temples to purple fields on the moon. Making certain plays (sacks, TDs, INTs, field goals) earn you powerups which you can use at any time, such as a speed booster and a "bullseye" which greatly increases your passing accuracy. Another great feature are the football-themed minigames, which you play at halftime to earn the right to play on your own later. All of these are very creative and fun, one in particular called "Mad Dash" requires you to pump the wiimote and nunchuk as if you were running in a race. Its a bit of a workout! Finally, what is a pretty simple game overall is given some solid replay value with a lot of stuff to unlock: new stadiums, new teams to play as, etc.

About the worst thing I can say is that unlike most arcade-style football games, Family Fun Football's control scheme is not intuitive and will take some getting used to. Just about every button on the wiimote and nunchuck has an action, and while every other move you make on the field is controlled by a button press, you throw the football by flicking the wiimote while holding B and the d-pad direction you want to throw in. See what I mean? Also, the fact that this was meant to be a simple game holds it back from reaching its true potential: with some actual rosters (even with fictional players), a better season mode, or online play, Family Fun Football could have been a modern classic in a dying breed of football games. I also don't care for the game's title, which is guaranteed to turn away some of the kind of guys who might enjoy this game. It was certainly a good decision to place Tecmo's logo prominently on the front of the package.

Definitley check out Family Fun Football if you're looking for different kind of console football experience. 4 stars.

1.0 out of 5 stars Game freezes from the start, January 4, 2012

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Leigh A. Powell (Harrisville, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Family Fun Football (Video Game)

I bought this game for my son for Christmas, and tonight we began to play it. However it froze nearly from the start. I now read there is a potential defect in the game itself, and that must be what the problem is. Just disappointed that I didnt save the receipt. Then, I read the game was discontinued. How could Amazon sell such trash?