First thing to cross my mind, actually...

The game designs look pretty cool, and I actually like the gold audience backdrop more than the original blue.

Rejected Whammy sketch:

"Here's something else we do in the woods...take your money!"

Doing some Googling, I found this photo of the PYL demo [featuring a preview of the big board] and this shot of the TPIR station with a shot of the wheel.

Can't wait for PYL personally. If they were smart they would throw in some sort of "Big Red Button".

That TPiR wheel shot shows the big door in the background with the current "squares" motif. All the other shots I have looked at so far uses the hypocycloids or whatever they are.

The messed up part is that the two systems that currently have some sort of Big Red Button, the PS3 and Xbox 360, aren't even getting the game. Honestly, those would probably be the quickest MS Points I've ever spent, next to Bionic Commando Rearmed.

As quasi-realistic as that would be, what usefulness would a big red button have outside of PYL for the Wii? At least the big buttoned controller for the XBox 360 can be used with multiple titles--both Scene It! games and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? come to mind immediately. Surely that controller would work with 1 vs. 100 as well, even though the order of the buttons on the big button controller don't match the left-to-right order of the selection buttons for 1 vs. 100.

I just think it would be something neat, not a bad selling point, and might actually make the game stand out. Look at it as a special controller specifically for the game. It doesn't even have to be anything fancy, maybe slap a PYL logo on it, and do something that's tied in to a button function that stops the board that can plug into the GC or USB Port. There's already a few useless "peripherals" made for the Wii, what's one more? Joe Plinko Gamer can look at the game and say "Oh Yeah Press Your Luck the show with the Whammies I remember that one". And just walk away. Package that with a button and he might say "....I remember that one, and it has the cool red button that's pretty neat", and he might actually pay the $40 for it because you get something a little extra and it adds to the realistic/fun factor. While the game may be appealing to all of us and the "casual gaming party crowd", a lot of people are going to see this game and think the price is a ripoff for all that you get. I heard many say it about the TPiR game.

Another selling point would be online play, but we won't get into that..... :p

With Feud, maybe they could give you some kind of Wii Keyboard (useless peripheral right now pretty much) support option , for those who have it, and maybe do some kind of lockout system with that.....

Yes, the Big Button Pad works with 1 vs. 100. It would further not surprise me if the game changed the selection button order if it detected you were using them, but I don't know that for sure.

This is an absolutely ridiculous argument. "A whole lot of other people have made crap, so why shouldn't I?" BECAUSE IT'S CRAP.

(And it doesn't even need to be electronic. Make a shell you stick the WiiMote into. But it's still crap.)

Except if you're adding manufacturing expense to the game (and trust me, Ludia is NOT an outfit that is interested in things like "manufacturing expense"), it's now $50 instead of $40. Does your device sell enough extra copies of the game to cover the sales you've lost with the $10 price hike? (Hint: No. This is an audience that bitched about a brilliant game like Boom Blox being $50. Of course, EA would have been fine if they'd stuck Mario or Link in there somewhere. OMG MARIO TAKE MY CHECKBOOK)

Please don't speak for me.

"Useless peripheral?" I'm not sure how adding USB keyboard support for no additional charge aside from having a USB keyboard lying around is "useless." Now, if you were fool enough to go out and buy a keyboard that touted itself as OMG WORKS WITH WII for three times the price of a straight USB keyboard, I can see you saying that. I can also see you as someone who bought Anubis II.

What the distinguished representative from Washington State said. (Target has Boom Blox Bash Party on sale for $30, ending today. Get it now. The original Boom Blox is a great game. The sequel, surprisingly, is even better.)

Related to the current topic, if I think about it, I'll try a big button controller on 1 vs. 100 tonight. 8 PM Eastern. Be there...or don't.

I'm not speaking for you. At all. You say that every time someone says "us" and it gets old. That's not what I meant. Maybe I should have worded that as "..some of us". I said all of "us" as game show fans. But whatever.

I'm saying the Wii Keyboard is useless because there is really nothing that it is functional for right now unless you have the Internet Channel or one of the few other things that support it. Plus, I don't think your standard run of the mill USB keyboard works on the Wii, does it? I read on multiple sources that it didn't, something to do with drivers. The one I tried did not work at least and I have latest update. I assume that the direct "Plug N Play" models would work though.

I'm not saying "OMG THIS MUST HAVE ALL OF THIS OR I WILL NOT BUY IT!!!!!111" that's not where I'm going with this. I was just bringing up some things that would make it more authentic and maybe more of an original product in the market. I know it would cost extra money that would not be a smart business move. Will they do it? No, but speculation is not a bad thing.


I forgot that you know everything about everything and everyone else is just people for you to look down on and criticize. I'm not stupid and I'm not a fanboi so don't put me out to be that I am. I don't understand why everything has to be a fight with you. I have a lot of respect for you Chris and you often share some useful insight and information but I get sick of the "everyone has bad ideas but me" schtick.


"Now, if you were fool enough to go out and buy a keyboard that touted itself as OMG WORKS WITH WII for three times the price of a straight USB keyboard, I can see you saying that. I can also see you as someone who bought Anubis II"

You, sir, do not know me. So you don't speak for me. I don't own that game, nor do I know what it is or care to know.

Going back on topic, the game(s) look pretty sweet so far and I'm glad they are coming out with these.

What can I say. I keep holding out hope that you'll learn.

Guess not.

Like...the messaging client built into every single Wii?

Works like a champ, has for a couple years now.

I'd love to see those sources.

I question that. Seriously. Either something's wrong with your Wii or your keyboard isn't as standard as you think.

Not a bad thing, no, but a waste of time when it's based on of a serious lack of understanding about the economics of the situation.

Never did I suggest you were a fanboi.
If you did *not* purchase a Special Wii-Compatible Keyboard At Three Times The Price, then that comment was not directed at you, and I apologize if you misinterpreted it.

I know you never called me a "fanboi" but I was just nipping that in the bud so it wouldn't be thought that I was a fanboi because I suggested a buzzer for a PYL game. Plus, the point still stands that I am far from stupid....you inferred it even though you never said it directly. I understand a lot more than you think, and simple economics is one of those things. All I was saying was basically "It would be cool if.......".

Honestly, I don't get into playing the Wii a whole lot anymore and it's probably been a few years since I've tried the keyboard (just a USB from my Dell PC). I will check it out sometime. I've never used any kind of chat client on there, the only real thing I use online is MarioKart and occasionally Guitar Hero. Their online stuff is so screwy as far as friend codes, chat, etc. that I don't get too deep in it. They have a lot of potential but it is executed poorly. Their whole online thing just ticks me off.

I'm not going any further off topic and getting into having to explain everything I say and have said, what I've read and where I've read it. I just don't have the time. You win again sir. Go about your regularly scheduled criticizing.

Hell, I sold my Wii a year ago. The only thing I played on it, were old NES games. The newer games that were out at the time, did nothing but try my patience or make me motion sick. hahaha

-Dan

Nor was I disagreeing that it would be cool. Except your original argument didn't stop at "it would be cool", it went on to suggest it as a selling point and cited the existence of plastic golf clubs and tennis racquets as rationale for doing it.

Would I be more likely to buy the game if it didn't change the MSRP at all and included some kind of a Big Red Button shell? Sure, probably. But that's not how the world works, much to both of our chagrins.

But to your (now) base point of "hey, it would be cool": yes, I agree. It would be cool.

Two things:

Yes, it's nitpicky, bwood, but Chris has a point: You do probably need to define "us" because the context might not involve everyone that you think it does (and usually with Chris *ducks*).

What concerns me more is that the flickr-posted image has a board that, if they're trying to "recreate" the game, is incorrect in principle. I know it's probably a beta but if it's leaning towards the final product, Pick-a-Corner could be PYL 2010's Big Bucks space. :P

Here's some gameplay video from both Price is Right 2010 and Press Your Luck 2010. Interesting Big Board configurations...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dStBVdb3pfs

-Douglas

Over at g-r a programmer named JC (who designed the configurations) read people's complaints about the Big Board config (mostly about the placement of Big Bucks and its cash square) and alluded to may having just enough time to go in and correct a few things. We'll see what happens.

/Add this girl from the video to the list of those who think the Showcase is the "Showcase Showdown".

Click the following link to see what Jakks Pacific's new TPIR Plug 'N Play game looks like out of the package (or at least a prototype):

http://www.amazon.com/TV-Games-Price-Right...924&sr=8-13

And when you're done using it - it makes a great foot massager, too!

Regarding the PYL Video Game, JC from Ludia has posted over at g-r that he did, in fact, go back in and make the board layouts true to the show so that is not an issue anymore.

Regarding PYL2010 and TPiR2010: Is the target date still this fall?

\I still want to see how the bear kicking karate whammy is going to turn out.

Last I heard they were still looking at September.

Like they've done with Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, Encore will be publishing the MDP game to CD-ROM, available for purchase next month.

Encore did a fantastic job with WOF and Jeopardy. I'll be sure to pick up the PC version of MDP when it's out.

It isn't new, but I just picked up a new in box Classroom/Host your Own Jeopardy! on eBay for $50! :)

What a find!

Encore had not one thing to do with the development of either of those two games. Unless you mean "did a fantastic job designing a package and duplicating an assload of CDs."

Just FYI. I spotted the TPIR Plug 'n Play at Target today. They only had one, for $20., and was ringing up as "Wheel of Fortune" so might be boxed with them. Box touted "20+ Pricing Games" and the wheel was stationary. Also if you're looking for it, it's packaged in one of the company's new smaller white cardboard boxes and has a picture of Drew on the front.

Found the TPiR PnP on the Target Mobile site under a search for "Price is Right", even though it shows up as "Wheel of Fortune". Here's the DCPI for some InStore stock check: 087-02-0963.

I just purchased The Price is Right plug n play. Here is the list of games available for play...

Any Number
Cliff Hangers
Dice Game
Double Prices
Flip Flop
Grand Game
Grocery Game
Hole in One
Hi-Lo
Lucky Seven
Money Game
One Away
Punch-A-Bunch
Pick-A-Pair
Plinko
Range Game
3 Strikes

In addition, there are three secret bonus versions of Plinko, Hole in One, and Punch-A-Bunch that can be unlocked.

It's surprisingly a good product. The music is from the show, although synthesized. The SFX are there. The fonts are authentic to the show for the most part. The only gripe is there's alot of narration you have to click through. Overall, it's one of Jakks better games.

-Dan

Chances are that WoF and TPIR and maybe some other games have the same DPCI but the label has Wheel as the first game listed.

As someone who's had this scenario working at Target, it can be a pain, but you move on.

Yep, I've had that same headache to. Worked for a distribution center for 6 1/2 years.

Seconded. The wheel in the middle of the unit is actually a giant button, not a spinnable part, just in case anyone wanted to know. There are no brand names, just made up ones (like the 1990 computer game), so there may be a few times where you're just blindly guessing at prices. Once I played Money Game, and 7 of the numbers on the board were in the 40s, but of course, that goes under a different category of problem.

The visuals are nice, and I'm glad they synthesized real cues from the show, rather than use generic cues that sound like elevator music. Another nice thing is that you can play with up to 9 contestants, and once all human players are knocked out, they just end the game right there, and post the money leaderboard for that game (including computer players). You even get a full intro out of it!

This game is definitely an unexpected surprise. It's something you can break out with friends or by yourself, and it's probably one of the only plug and play games I'd pay full price for.

Where are you guys finding the TPiR Jakks game? I went to 2 Targets and a Wal-Mart while out and about and didn't find it.

I did see that Target put the Million Dollar Password box game, and both the MDP and Press Your Luck handheld games on clearance--$12 and change for the MDP box game, a hair under $7 for the handhelds.

According to ign.com, the release date for Press Your Luck 2010 for the Wii was pushed back to Halloween. I wonder if this was due to the changing of the spaces from the game board. But, the font on the money spaces I noticed were incorrect too (as many of you know). I hope that the proper font was used in the game's alteration.

Honestly, the accuracy to the old game boards wasn't as big an issue for me compared to how bland the squares looked. It also seemed weird that the directional spaces didn't have arrows, which I would think be slightly disorienting for people who don't remember that "advancement" was clockwise.....which would be most of them.

Found mine at the local Target, and I got the last one. There were only about 20 Plug N Play units on the shelf, and most of them are the Pac Man/Namco units (which is a shame, because that one is actually good.)

I saw the MDP clearance, and I'll get it when they halve it again. My friends are terrible Password players for the most part, so subjecting them to Speed Password would only turn it into a bigger train wreck. But hey, they're good Pyramid players, so I'm hoping that this show goes through so we get a new box, computer, or plug n play game out of it........

I have the Jakks WOF and Jeopardy plug-in games. WOF is excellent, but the Jeopardy one malfunctioned a couple of times in the middle of the game. 20 games sounds like it's a good deal.

Did it start giving the questions instead of the answers?

No, actually, the game just "froze" and wouldn't continue. After about ten minutes, I reset it. It happened about three times.

Click the link above, and you'll now see what the box art looks like.

Boy, that Regis sure loves to point.

Yes, he does.

I'm in Ohio too and I'm in the same boat. Can't find it anywhere. Called a few Targets, Wal-Marts, Meijers and K-Marts and came up short. Every time talk to someone they say "I see the Wheel of Fortune one here on the shelf". Maybe it just hasn't reached this neck of the woods yet.

Speaking of the WoF 2nd Edition Jakks Game, does anyone have it? I have the first one and love it. I picked up the 2nd one and looked at it at K-Mart but didn't buy it. I noticed it didn't have a directional pad like the first one did, just some button with what I think was the Wild Card and Free Spin, didn't get a good look at it. I was just trying to figure out if it was just as good or better as 1st one and what you use for a D-Pad since I don't remember seeing one.

You ain't kiddin'

I wish he'd use this pose for everything, instead.

Look at the category this retailer has placed the PC version of Concentration. I must admit I find the concept of a no holds barred, cage match intriguing.

Here's a link for the Wheel Of Fortune tabletop game packaging from amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com/iToys-Wheel-Fortune-...616&sr=8-15. My guess is that it will retail for $29.99 or a little less. I will wait when it goes on clearance for $20... because you know it will.

I had no idea that so many Sailor Moon fans were also lovers of America's Game.

$20? That looks like $12.97 at Target to me.

Small LCD screen, which means limited puzzles, no real dollar amounts on the wheel, and whatever else we find out once it's released.

I'll definitely pass on full price, and I may still contemplate whether or not to get it at the store, only to find out its too late.

Last night, in a local Kmart store, I saw the Family Feud DVD game, with new box art, including the current oval shaped logo, with notations about there being new "Survey Says questions," and a "new low price" (note: that was printed right on box, not a note from Kmart itself). BTW, the price was less than $16!

It's unclear as to whether it is a brand-new version (since it doesn't mention "4th edition"), or just new packaging for the third edition. Perhaps it is a new version since the notation said "new" questions.

There also was reference to TheGameShop.com, which is aka GSNShop.com.