Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Mimic character moves with the Wii motion controls to balance, lasso, jump attack and more across 15 varied gameplay levels.
• For the first time ever in an Ice Age videogame, play as Manny, Sid, Diego, Scrat, and all new jungle adventurer Buck. Use their unique abilities to brave the new dangers they'll discover.
• Experience thrilling gameplay in the rich habitats of the third Ice Age movie, including the perilous new Dinosaur World, an immersive new jungle environment in the Ice Age world.
• Go tusk-to-tusk with friends and family in competitive multiplayer mini-games. Together you'll hurl snowballs, outrun a dinosaur, explore the dinosaur jungle and much more.
• Experience a wide variety of thrills throughout single player combat, world navigation and puzzle solving challenges.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001PKHRXW
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 30, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,224 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Amazon.com Product Description

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs the Video Game is a multiplayer platforming adventure in which players are reunited with Scrat and Sid as they explore new lands and make new friends in this age of dinosaurs. The unlikely herd stumbles upon a whole new world teeming with jungles, mysterious plants, wild new adventures, and of course, fierce dinosaurs. Players must master the unique abilities and combat skills of each character through a wide variety of gameplay, including combat and action-platforming challenges. Avoid hungry dinos. View larger. 3D platforming fun. View larger. Multiple playable characters. View larger. The Story Based on the 2009 major animated feature of the same name, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah and Josh Peck as members of an unlikely herd of prehistoric pals on a rescue mission across the tundra and beyond. Along the way they meet new friends and discover a mysterious world even older, right below their own feet that is teeming with lush vegetation and fierce dinosaurs. Relive the Movie In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs the Video Game players revisit the humor, characters and prehistoric environments from the movie. Players relive adventures from the film and beyond with all their favorite characters -- earnest but goofy Sid the Sloth, big-hearted Manny the Mammoth, courageous Diego the Saber-toothed Tiger and inadvertent troublemaker Scrat -- as they all return and join new friends on a wild quest across the frozen ice age to the lush Dinosaur World. More Characters For the first time in an Ice Age game, player have their choice of multiple characters. Offering more than six playable characters, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs allows players to master the unique abilities and combat skills of each through a wide variety of gameplay, including action-platforming challenges, side-scrolling missions and puzzle solving. Multiplayer Options In another first for the Ice Age game franchise Ice age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs features multiplayer mini-games. In these players will go head-to-head with up to three friends or family members in the all-new competitive multiplayer mini-games bound to keep the prehistoric fun going long after the summer movie season has passed. Varied Game Levels Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs keeps the action fresh with continuously changing gameplay through more than 15 levels. Every level presents new and exciting challenges as players learn and master each character's abilities in order to defeat enemies, traverse dangerous landscapes, avoid obstacles and escape from perilous situations. Key Features For the first time ever in an Ice Age video game, play as Manny, Sid, Diego, Scrat, and all new jungle adventurer Buck. Use each character's unique abilities to brave the new dangers they’ll discover. Mimic character moves with the Wii motion controls to balance, lasso, jump attack and more. Play your way through the rich habitats of the third Ice Age movie, including the perilous new Dinosaur World. Go tusk-to-tusk with family and friends in local competitive multiplayer mini-games, a first for the Ice Age game franchise. Experience thrilling gameplay in an immersive, new jungle environment. More than 15 levels of varied gameplay.

Product Description

Join Ice Age’s unlikely herd of prehistoric pals for their wildest, wackiest, most exciting adventure yet! For the first time, play as six beloved Ice Age characters as they embark on a rescue mission across melting snow to the mysterious Dinosaur World – an all-new, fur-raising jungle of carnivorous plants, lush foliage and fierce dinosaurs. Based on the highly anticipated Fox film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, it’s a rollicking ride of mammoth proportions!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, September 19, 2009

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Beabea (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Video Game)

My eight year old really liked the Dawn of the Dinosaurs movie, and the video game has all of the familiar character from the movie. The game can be a little frustrating at first as you learn the right buttons to push, but it quickly becomes addicting as you try to progress further and further. Basically a character is placed into a scene and you have to figure out how to get through all of the obstacles. Each scene has its own twists and turns that you have to figure out. If you get stuck, characters provide you clues to help you along. My son has really enjoyed working through the game.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My 7 year old loves this game!, September 9, 2009

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B. Seibert (Ma.) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Video Game)

I rented this game for my son and was very surprised how good it is. The graphic are great and the game holds his attention well. There are some hard parts and I do have to read some of the directions that pop up alot on the screen telling you what to do. There are also little clips during the game to watch. The multi-player games are ok, all the same game just a little different. But overall I will be buying the game.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, One of the best, January 5, 2010

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Jack Handy (Tucson) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Video Game)

This is an amazing game. We have had the Wii for over a year now and have about 45 games. I got this one for my kids for Christmas and have to say that this is one of the best we have. It is sooo much better than I imagined. This game is quite long and takes quite a awhile to get through it. There are so many different things you do along the way. One time you are lassoing a dinosaur and riding on it, then shooting dinos with squirting plants, being chased, running & jumping, sliding, riding on top of snowballs and rocks and rolling them, etc. There is so much creative gameplay incorporated into the game. There is some repetition of activities, but it is in different environments and different characters. You collect strawberries to restore health. You collect berries so you can buy health, or purchase the ability to hold more pinecones to throw, or other upgrades & unlockables. You collect crystals to unlock movie clips, artwork, etc. You play different characters along the way and the graphics are really good. It has fun multiplayer games that adults and kids can play. We had some friends over and 4 of us adults had a blast throwing mud and snow balls at each other in the mini games. Everyone was just laughing and having soo much fun. You have to unlock some more multiplayer games by playing the single player.

Don't think this is just a kids game and infact is probably a little too hard for younger kids. I have 2 kids, 4 and 6. They can do the beginning stuff of the single player, but it started getting too hard for them to make jumps, etc. They asked for my help to get past certain parts, and so I started playing it. They love watching me play. There were many parts were they would just be laughing and what my character was saying or doing, like how funny sid was when he was walking through the water, and when you are the flying squirrel floating on the air. Every day they bug me to play the game. I ended up playing it through. For Christmas, I also got the sports resort, wii fit plus, and quite a few others. The others are fun, but of all the games, this is the one they want me to play.

I am pretty experienced playing games and some of the challenges were extremely hard. I didn't think I could get past some of the places. I had to start over and over on some of them until I figured out just the right technique and way of doing it. I had to figure that sometimes you have to run a little past the rock before you jump to make it to the next one and wait a bit to hit A to jump again to double jump, etc.

The multiplayer isn't hard like that. It is simple games of rolling on a snowball trying to knock players into the water, or running around throwing mud balls at each other, or imitating sids movements, etc.

A couple of minor cons:
-I wish the multi player mini games could be played longer. You play for a minute and then have to wait for the podium presentation showing who won and then wait for it to reload to play again.
-There are a lot of checkpoints that it restarts you from when you die, but some of the really hard places that you get past, you don't get a checkpoint right away and end up dying and then have to make it back through the really hard part.
-Once played through it doesn't let you start with that game again to be able to collect more crystals if you missed some the first time through.

Hope this helps. Buy this game, as I think you will have lots of fun with it.

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