Our daughter was given the opportunity to review the Activision title How To Train Your Dragon for the Wii.  She has gotten to favor Wii games in general because of the ease of gameplay with the Wii controller.  This game is based on the Dreamworks movie of the same title.  Our daughter, and her friend Taylor sometimes review games together, and then give me individual reviews so that we have 2 children’s outlooks.

Here is the review by my daughter Leeann…

You can only have 4 dragons throughout the game.  This is one thing that I didn’t like because it would have been nice to be able to have more.  This may be because I like to have a lot of things.  I liked that you can customize your dragons, and fight dragons in tournaments.  There are mini games that can also be played.  It was a bit hard for me to train the dragons, fight in the tournaments.  I liked that you can find objects, and play along with friends.  The graphics were incredible.  Kids 5 to 12 years old can play this, adn enjoy.  I think they will want to be into fantasy games.

I rate the game 10 out of 10.

Here is a review by her friend Taylor…

I liked that you are allowed to customize your dragons, and how there’s a variety of dragons to pick from.  I didn’t like that it was a bit hard to figure out the multiplayer.  It was a bit hard fighting the dragons, and playing tournaments, but is was easy to pick up foods, ointments, bugs, and rocks.  I liked using Astrid as my character.  The graphics seemed pretty realistic, and colorful.  Some of the background in The Wild Zone was a bit creepy.  I think kids will like this game a lot, and especially if they like dragons, action, or adventure.

I rate the game 10 out of 10. 

The gameplay seemed easier with the PS3 game, and the moves were different between the two versions.

Here is a brief explanation of the game…

The game is about viking kids that train their dragons, take care of their dragons,and enter tournaments to fight each other.  You can design your dragon, and customize it in many ways.  In Adventure Mode you can explore the game world as either Hiccup, or Astrid.  You can also play in Arena Mode were you can fight, fire, and fly.  The end object of the game is to win tournaments, and become a skilled dragon fighter.

I rate the game 10 out of 10.

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MSRP of How To Train Your Dragon is $49.99 for the Wii, and also the PS3.

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