Customer Reviews

Word Jong Party

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is great game for any fans of the original PC game from Pogo or DS game Word Jong. It is basically Mahjong but with letters instead of shapes and symbols. Think of it as slightly different version of Scrabble. Overall its a fun experience in single player mode and in party mode which allows you to play against 2-4 other people in the same mode. The only other thing I could really wish for in this game would be a online play mode like the DS version has.

This is a good game, it makes you think and is fun to play. It does have two funny quirks though. 1. So far for us, the computer players ("masters"), constantly use 3 letter words that we've never heard of! We've even looked em up our our dictionary (Websters collegiate) and cannot find them. and 2. When you select the battle quest mode you are supposed to click on the bronze "gong" at the gate. However, if you have two wiimotes activated, the "A" button from wiimote #1 will not work on the screen, you have to click the "A" button from wiimote #2. Funny eh?

The other thing lacking is the ability for one human avatar account to play another human avatar account. You certainly can play with more than one person, but only player #1 get's their avatar account updated with high score words, etc.

Aside from these, we've had lots of fun from this game.

We own Word Jong for Nintendo DS and iPod Touch, so we immediately jumped at the chance to own it for Wii too. It is a great game for anyone loving word games. It is easy to learn and just all around fun.

I had never heard of Manjong but I was intereted in word games. I had never owned one and really haven't played them. This is including scrabble or boggle. I picked this game up because my wife loves word games and I wanted a game me and her could play together since she is not a big gamer. I'm not really a big gamer myself but I like to play video games. I brought this home and had a couple friends stop by. I asked them if they wanted to play...inserted disc...and that was all the entertainment we would need. We played this for hours. The different multiplayer modes are incredible and even if you are watching someone play by themselves, you still feel like your in the game. Then the game has a daily challenge mode with a new puzzle everyday! Need I say this game is extremely addictive. My wife never lets me put the Wii in our room. She says it's tacky! That night we laid in the bed and just kept playing Word Jong Party till we fell asleep! The Wii has been in our room since. This game brings people together as does the Wii! Excellent effort. Can't wait for the sequel.

I love word games, so I'd probably still rate this 5 stars even if it wasn't as good as it is.

But, it's a lot of fun. I like Mahjong and I love almost all word games, so this was a must purchase for me.

People who don't love word games don't like this too much though. But maybe it's just because I'm pretty good and can beat almost all of my friends.

The "quest" part of this is a little annoying, because it's so slow, and doesn't add a lot of fun over the one-off game, so I haven't played that part too much.

I've taken to playing this game while exercising on the treadmill... let me tell you, great fun!!

5/12/9, Still love this game. PLAY IT EVERY DAY... Loved it so much had to go buy a DSi system so I could play against BF when he's away over a wifi connection. Would have been nice if the Wii game version allowed us to play over the net.... but still... best game.

I admit - I am addicted. I have backtracked through the calendar to play the daily games because one day is never enough. For an adult, the battles and challenges are a bit disappointing because there may be a big word readily available and the game will spell a 3 letter word and be done with it. I have ordered some new Wii word games in hopes of more of a challenge since I play against the actual game. It may be more fun against another person, haven't had that opportunity yet.

I really liked this game. I was a lot of fun. My husband and I played together and it was fun because it challenged us both.
I would recommend.
*****

Great Game. The wife and I can play for hours. The kids enjoy trying to help (4/6 years old). Fun for the whole family. Scrabble meets mahjong.

The Wii controllers just don't seem to recognize the game when playing multi-player. Often selects wrong area of screen or doesn't "see" the screen at all. VERY frustrating! I felt this purchase was a waste of money.