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| Family Ski (Wii) | 
 enlarge | From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £44.99
Buy New: £27.98
You Save: £17.01 (38%)
New (5) from £25.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 123
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 2123646
UPC: 045496365806
EAN: 0045496365806
ASIN: B0019WYBZS
Release Date: June 13, 2008
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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 You don't need to go skiing to have great fun on the slopes. September 13, 2008
Nothing needs to be said on this review, except buy it now.
Thanks for reading my review!
Cool for the summer July 29, 2008
Great to have another game that uses the Wii fit.
Have only just started to use this game, but so far the graphics are good and there is variation to just skiing down a slope. I can't see why this would not be fun for a variety of age groups, especially within a family.
Added fun for the balance board! July 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got a balance board when they first were released and absolutely love the Wii Fitness game. I saw that this software was compatible with the balance board too and decided to go for it.
I'm absolutely thrilled with this game. It is challenging, but fun at the same time, and if you'd just like to have a ski around the various slopes in the resort and not race/participate in challenges, that's fine.
The controls are very easy to master and the on-screen description of how to do things in Ski School is also fantastic.
I'd highly recommend that you buy this game, especially if you have a balance board and want to add an extra dimension to its use.
Good Game June 20, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
When i got family ski and had a go it was hard at first but i learn't it . You will find it fun and challenging .
Buy this game
Family Ski - A fantastic skiing game with great balance board controls June 18, 2008
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
After purchasing Wii Fit on launch, I knew that the Balance Board peripheral which came packaged with the game was full of great potential.
Only weeks after Wii Fit was launched it wasn't long before magazines and websites began publishing dates and details of new games to feature balance board integrated controls.
Family Ski is the first of such games from Namco to feature Balance Board and I must say that it certainly caught my interest when I first read about it and seen a couple of vids on various websites. We had already seen the potential the balance board had for skiing games with Wii Fits slalom game, the question was could Namco expand and improve on the control system to produce a engaging ski experience.
Thankfully it gives me great pleasure to say resounding yes.
Family Ski is everything I was hoping for and a little bit more!
The game is set in the Happy Ski Resort and sets you up as a character that appears to be new to the skiing scene and learning all the tricks and techniques as you go. To start the game, you first must choose a character to use as your avatar through out the game. Whilst choosing your character is only a small part of the games, it is pleasurable as you get to either chose your own Mii character or create an avatar from the games character maker to create a cartoony character which it must be commented lot somewhat familiar to the characters in My Sims. Before you hit the slopes, you get to kit out your character with some funky ski gear such as skies, pants, jackets and goggles ect.
After you've created your little character, it's time to hit the ski slopes and check out the resort and it various slopes which range from beginner to advanced to ensure there's plenty for players of levels to enjoy. It has to be said that skiing around the resort can be quite a pleasure in itself as the game developers have made an excellent job of creating a natural & intuitive control system which once you have mastered by either going through all the Ski School lessons or just experimenting whilst riding about just becomes second nature.
There are two methods of control on offer. The first is performed by using the Wii Remote & Nunchuck alone or you can choose to use the Wii Remote & Nunchuck in combination with the Balance Board. If you have recently purchased Wii Fit like myself, the Balance Board combo will definitel be for you as it adds that extra bit of depth & realism to the controls.
Using the Balance Board with Wii Remote & Nunchuck, is so simple & intuitive that after 30mins of using it you easly find your feet so to speak. Simply stand on the board & use your Balance Board to control steering yourself left & right, whilst utilising your Wii Remote & Nunchuck like ski poles to perform of actions such as pushing your self along, initiating tricks by swinging the controller in indepent direction & pressing the different buttons to perform plow turning & sharp turns.
By far my favourite little control touch in the game is the way you tuck the Wii Remote & Nunchuck into your chest whilst pointing the controllers together to gain a speed boost just like the way you would if using ski poles.
There is so much more you could say about Family Ski which I was extremely impressed by, but to be honest I don't think I could fit it all on one page.
Personally I think that some of the magazine & internet reviews which have commented that the game could have done with a little more depth or realism seem to have missed the point of the games. What Family Ski aims to do is just be a pleasant, entertaining & light hearted fun experience which is perfect way to relax & in my book it gets top mark for this as it does a terrific job.
If you have recently purchased Wii Fit & fancy a fun game to have a blast on with your Balance board, purchase Family Ski & you won't go wrong!
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