How to Train Your Dragon

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Mini-games include Ice Sculpting, Looping Race, Flying Sheppard, Memory Torch, and Puzzle Dragon. Mini-games earn players points toward leveling up your dragon, winning gold and other items to help care for dragons.
• The "Create Your Dragon" feature allows players to customize six different types of dragons, providing virtually unending combinations of ways to modify your dragon's appearance.
• Level up your dragon's speed, power, fire and other abilities through training to face the Viking challenge of becoming the ultimate dragon trainer. Then use your trained dragons to battle in a variety of unique environments.
• Players enjoy an all-new post-movie adventure as they explore the picturesque Island of Berk as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight for your crown as ultimate dragon warrior.
• Arcade Mode allows friends to select a team of four customized dragons and battle against each other. In addition to Astrid and Hiccup, playable characters here include Tuffnut T., Ruffnut T., Fishlegs, and Snotlout.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00337KBZG
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 23, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,537 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #69 in Video Games > Wii > Action

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Amazon.com Product Description

How to Train Your Dragon the Game allows players to battle friends in an all-new video game adventure, based on the world of DreamWorks Animation’s movie, "How to Train Your Dragon." With countless ways to customize, you’ll design the coolest dragons to ever live on the Island of Berk. Explore this epic world as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight, fly, and fire your way to victory. Additional features include head-to-head multiplayer support and mini-game functionality. Start your game where the movie left off. View larger. Story and Gameplay Based on the upcoming film from DreamWorks Animation, the How to Train Your Dragon video game launches gamers into a third-person action-adventure as a Viking hero where they must embark upon an epic quest to become the ultimate dragon trainer. Gamers can play as characters "Hiccup" or Astrid" on the vast Island of Berk, which features expanded locales from the film including Vikings' Village, Wild Zone, Training Zone and Fight Arena. In this truly larger-than-life adventure, players will train dragons, explore environments and battle in prestigious dragon tournaments as they battle for Viking victory. Plus, gamers can become the Dragon hero of their living room as they square-off with friends and family in endless head-to-head multiplayer combat. Key Game Features Create Your Very Own Dragon - The "Create Your Dragon" feature allows players to customize six different types of dragons, providing virtually unending combinations of ways to modify your dragon's appearance. Train your Dragon for Battle - "Level Up" your dragon's speed, power, fire and other abilities through intense training to face the critical Viking challenge of becoming the ultimate dragon trainer. Then use your arsenal of trained dragons to battle friends in a variety of unique environments. Pick up Where the Movie Left Off - Players enjoy an all-new post-movie adventure as they jump into battle as their favorite characters. Explore the picturesque Island of Berk as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight for your crown as ultimate dragon warrior. Head-to-Head Multiplayer Mode - Arcade mode allows friends to select their dream team of four individually customized dragons or dragons chosen from the arcade roster, then jump in and battle against each other. In addition to Astrid and Hiccup, additional characters are playable in Multiplayer Mode including Tuffnut T., Ruffnut T., Fishlegs, and Snotlout. Mini-Games - Mini-games include Ice Sculpting, Looping Race, Flying Sheppard, Memory Torch, and Puzzle Dragon. Excelling in mini-games earns players experience points toward leveling up your dragon, winning gold and other items to help care for dragons. Additional Screenshots: Train for dragon battle. View larger. Create your own dragon. View larger. Mini-game action. View larger. Multiplayer action. View larger.

Product Description

Battle your friends in this all-new adventure, based on the world of DreamWorks Animation’s latest movie, How to Train Your Dragon! With countless ways to customize, you’ll design the coolest dragons to ever live on the Island of Berk. Explore this epic world as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight, fly, and fire your way to victory!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

100 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hooray, the Game's Good! I Want a Gronkle!, March 28, 2010

By 

R. Tobin - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: How To Train Your Dragon (Video Game)

Hooray, the Game's Good! I Want a Gronkle!

My family and I loved the movie so much we decided to take a chance on the Wii game, hoping it would at least provide some fun interaction with the film's characters.

First Big Sigh of Relief: The Wii version looks spectacular, with sharp visuals and a great frame rate. No lousy port syndrome here: This is a solid production.

Second Big Sigh of Relief: The game's fun.

So, Wii-owning fans of the movie, you can buy this game without fear of being ripped off. Want to know a bit more? Without repeating everything in the product description, here are my main thoughts:

Movie games are usually subject to tough time schedules. To turn out a quality product, this game's developers made a wise choice: They focused on the dragons, created a solid fighting game with tons of customization, then wrapped it in a large, beautiful hub world containing some fun mini games and light adventuring, all tied in to leveling up the central fighting game. They made it rock-solid, glitch-free and spectacular. It's not the largest or most diverse game around, but what's here is well done, fun to play and beautifully crafted. Good work.

The dragon fighting--once you remember that Z jumps and B shoots fire (not the other way around)--is fast-paced, fun and dazzling. You can play as all the large species from the film, each with their own personalities and moves. As soon as I got my first Gronkle, I found the game a must-keep. The animation of the creatures is wonderful, and will often make you laugh at their attitudes and reactions. The customization features are great fun, allowing for the creation of some wild and bizarre variations.

The adventure mode mainly serves as window-dressing for the fighting game: The quests are simple and so are the mini-challenges. The village of Berk and its surrounding countryside are so spectacular, however, you may simply enjoy wandering around, talking to Stoic and the other Vikings and watching the beautiful waterfalls and ocean views.

No doubt about it: This is one of the best-looking Wii games available.

Sound-wise, it's disappointing they couldn't use the whole original voice cast or John Powell's powerful movie score, but the game still sounds terrific with capable replacement actors and effective music. The mix of ambient sounds and music in the village creates a perfect sense of being outdoors on a rocky coastline.

So, amazingly, a great film gets a solid game...on Wii, yet! I highly recommend it for kids, dragon lovers and fans of the movie. If you aren't interested in arena fighting games, rent it first: The adventure mode (which takes place after the movie's events) mainly serves as a colorful way to level up the dragons and unlock customization pieces.

Considering how many movie tie-ins wind up as generic platform games, I'm very glad they took a different and logical approach with this one. You want dragons? You got dragons! Again...Huge sigh of relief.

29 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay is some ways and not so much in others, April 6, 2010

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Menagerie (CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: How To Train Your Dragon (Video Game)

If you like fighting games then you will probably like the game. In both arcade and story mode you spend most of your time training your dragon to fight or fighting in the tournaments. There are some limited other things to do - you have to gather food and herbs to feed and heal your dragon and you do have the option of customizing the way your dragon looks. However your interactions with your dragon are limited to feeding/healing and fighting. If you liked the movie because you liked the personality of Toothless or the other dragons and people and you are hoping to find more of that here, you will be disappointed.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Game!, April 27, 2010

By 

Lisa aka "Frugle McDougal" (Westfield, NJ) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: How To Train Your Dragon (Video Game)

(Dictated by my 9 year old son). This game is fun because you get to explore and you get to train your dragon(s). You can earn up to four dragons. The graphics are similar to the movie, which is pretty cool. Overall, it was pretty much what I thought, a lot of fun. I would recommend to buy it. The only complaint I had was having to wait a whole week to receive the game. Mom's comment: this was a great deal considering GameStop wanted $49.99 for the exact same game on Amazon at $29.99. I think it was worth the wait (IMHO).

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