Jenga coming to Wii

[grindamasta]

I got my appointments with Atari for the E3 and there is a new (?) game listed: Jenga (Wii)


yeah, the classic game of wooden blocks:


http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?pa...oduct_id=18125


Hmmm how many Wiimotes we will need to play that?

[disappeared]

J-J-J-Jenga C-C-C-Combo!!

[Threi]

I saw this game get listed already...why do they keep coming up again?

[JDSN]

JENGA?

[justjohn]

christ

[Branduil]

If this is online, and can be bought on the downloadable games thing they're going to reveal for Wii, then it could be a neat idea.

[Stop It]

I am going to be so lynched for this but still, Jenga, Online, would be so awesome.

*runs*

[RubxQub]

Are you f*cking kidding me...?!

10 dollars tops or this is a waste of life.

[painey]

finally my dreams of playing virtual jenga with jaggies are coming to fruition!

[C4Lukins]

If it is a downloadable game, then it maybe makes sense. Otherwise, God help us all. Even then throw in some Hungry Hungry Hippos and Operation. Maybe that game with the marbles and the toothpicks. Don't Break the Ice, and Don't Spill the Beans are other classics from this genre of games.

[Gekkonidae]

finally my dreams of playing virtual jenga with jaggies are coming to fruition!

[speculawyer]

wtf?

Seriously . . . WTF?!?!?

Isn't it cheaper, better, and more real to use real wooden blocks than to create some elaborate virtual representation of wooden blocks?

$10.99 for the real thing or $49.99 for virtual representation. WTF?!?!?!

Please tell me this is a joke.

[rocksolidaudio]

selectable characters Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali?



(stolen from the Onion)

[Alcander]

This seems like one of the few games which would become immensely less fun played digitally. =\

[Oldschoolgamer]

...wtf

[WickedAngel]

This seems like one of the few games which would become immensely less fun played digitally. =\

+ immensely more frustrating.

[Busty]

Considering that the OP suggests that they appear to be licencing the name Jenga from Hasbro there is very little chance of this not being a retail release. Though to be fair it may be part of a larger compilation of licenced HASBRO games.

My first thought was that this could be good fun it they utilised HAVOC Physics and had a Burnout style slo-mo collapse of all the blocks, but are they really going to bother with any of that for the Wii?

[flipping_heck]

oh man, this thread wants me to bust out my JENGA box.. great fun!
JENGA JENGA JENGA!!!

[Gio_CoD]

It could be cool if it was:

A.) No more than 10 dollars.
B.) Online enabled with voice chat.

[BuzzJive]

Hey - they put Uno on XBLA....

Of course, if this costs more than $10 they may be insane.

[djkimothy]

LOL, why don't you get the real game.

[Threi]

It could be cool if it was: A.) No more than 10 dollars. B.) Online enabled with voice chat.

I wouldn't buy it for a dollar even if it had those things.

[SpoonyBard]

I'll pass. I'll wait for the upcoming rubicks cube release.

[Chû Totoro]

wtf? Seriously . . . WTF?!?!? Isn't it cheaper, better, and more real to use real wooden blocks than to create some elaborate virtual representation of wooden blocks? $10.99 for the real thing or $49.99 for virtual representation. WTF?!?!?! Please tell me this is a joke.

You do know that a lot of people prefer their virtual life than their actual real life
In fact, i'm sad for them :( there's a lot of people concerned in GAF IMO

At least we can't say that it's a non-game

[Jirotrom]

If this is online, and can be bought on the downloadable games thing they're going to reveal for Wii, then it could be a neat idea.

I definitely would be best as an online game for sure, I can only imagine how frustrating this could be.

[Borys]

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[hyp]

i don't see how this will work considering how the flaky the wiimote is sometimes. unless they allow for a lot of movement, this game could be a disaster.

[Nintaiyo]

I suppose you'd just try to move the Wiimote backward as smoothly and evenly as possible, cut come on, this is stupid. Why not just buy the actual thing. Unless it's online, so that you could play Jenga with people not in the same room, it's pointless. Why you would want to play Jenga online is beyond me though.

[davepoobond]

this sounds amazing

the worst part about Jenga was the cleanup.

with that solved, there's no fear of losing!

[Link1110]

Hitori Jenga for the anime intro or no deal.

[bud]

jengaaaaaaa


jengaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[big_z]

would be awesome in virtual console with voice chat.

[neojubei]

We need a gif of Jack Black dressed up as spiderman playing jenga, from the mtv movie awards.

[fernoca]

wtf? Seriously . . . WTF?!?!? Isn't it cheaper, better, and more real to use real wooden blocks than to create some elaborate virtual representation of wooden blocks? $10.99 for the real thing or $49.99 for virtual representation. WTF?!?!?! Please tell me this is a joke.

Well, the same can be said about UNO..and it still rocks.
At the moment we don't know the price..so is hard to tell...

And unless they add some serious stuff to it or make it part of a compilation of board games, I doubt they are going to charge $49.99.

So yeah, is probably part of the 'Wii Wares' download program whatever it is..

[Illuminati]

LOL, why don't you get the real game.

No one likes cleaning and then setting up the blocks after a Jenga tower topples.

[Shamrock]

I would love this game, but not at retail price. Maybe something on XBLA for like 10 dollars would be sweet.

[mentalfloss]

I would love this game, but not at retail price. Maybe something on XBLA for like 10 dollars would be sweet.

Could be an rpg, you never know.

[White Man]

Has a version of Irritating Stick been announced for the Wii? I can't think of a more appropriate almost game for the system.

[djkimothy]

No one likes cleaning and then setting up the blocks after a Jenga tower topples.

Lazy kids. :p

[Ronabo]

Killer App

Gonna rush out tomorrow and buy the first Wii I see.

[Mr.City]

This game better not be $50.

[Neo Child]

Could be an rpg, you never know.

Block 7 falls.
Player loses 12 HP.
Player uses word "Shit".

Something like that, seems like an Earthbound game..

[Wildstar75]

Ridiculus!!! Why not play the real thing?

[mrpogi23]

ummm... is there really a point making a videogame out of it????


i mean come on.... the real physical jenga is more than enough fun and you can actual feel real blocks...

[Neo Child]

Ridiculus!!! Why not play the real thing?

Uno? XBLA?

[shidoshi]

You know what would be badass?!?

You buy like 40 ~ 50 Wiimotes, and then stack them like you stack the Jenga blocks, and as you remove each Wiimote from the stack, in real time the fully rendered, light-shaded, bump-mapped 3D virtual blocks on the screen remove themself from the stack in the exact same way!

[InterMoniker]

wtf? Seriously . . . WTF?!?!? Isn't it cheaper, better, and more real to use real wooden blocks than to create some elaborate virtual representation of wooden blocks? $10.99 for the real thing or $49.99 for virtual representation. WTF?!?!?! Please tell me this is a joke.

Not to mention the physics of the real thing, I doubt the Wii has enough power to truly mimic real life Jenga.

[Neo Child]

The physics could be as awesome as 42-ATC's Balance....

[Alx]

Maybe it could offer a different gameplay with non-realistic rules, like... blocks that could vanish ? or stick to each other ? maybe a combo system like in some tetris-likes...
Anyway it's only interesting if the video game allows you to do things impossible in real life.

[Threi]

Not to mention the physics of the real thing, I doubt the Wii has enough power to truly mimic real life Jenga.

wtf...i will assume you meant unable to render enough blocks at an acceptable framerate...and i will call BS on that also.