A fun multiplayer game that offers fun modes but really hurts from its poor single player experience and bad price point

User Rating: 7.5 | Smarty Pants WII
By johno1995 | Review Date:
To be honest, I really though Smarty Pants was going to suck. Badly. But I read numerous reviews and decided it might be fun after all - as a $29.99 game. But it wasn't $29.99, it was $49.99. So I left it alone until I saw a KMart ad that advertised this game on sale for $27. I told my mom about it and on Christmas morning, I recieved it. My whole family loves it.

Smarty Pants offers some bland visuals, a terrible menu, but Mii integration and hilarious modes.

PRESENTATION: 6/10

The visuals are bland, but the artistic style of the lightbulb in pants (the Smarty Pants, he's the host) and the Mii integration helps that a bit. Plus, what should you expect from a game about trivia?

GRAPHICS: 7/10

The game's gameplay in multiplayer is so much fun. It offers simple, easy-to-pick-up-and-play modes with some mini-games that integrate the Wii Remote in fun ways. Too bad the Solo mode doesn't use your Miis. It's just like playing with a random character, which stinks.

GAMEPLAY: 7.5/10

The host (the Smarty Pants) speaks and instructs you on how to play. He is voiced well, but slow music hurts this score a bit.

SOUND: 7/10

There is a lot of fun to be had in Smarty Pants' off-the-wall fun multiplayer game. It's perfect for parties and offers you to really show off what your brain can do. But the poor single-player experience hurts this a bit, but not by much.

LASTING APPEAL: 8/10

Smarty Pants is an enjoyable game for all ages...except my 4-year old brother who can just barely read. All he does is randomly pick answers, but he has fun doing the dancing and shooting modes.

Overall, Smarty Pants is a great game if you can find it at a sale prace of $30 or below, but for a $50 game I don't think it's worth it. But lucky for me, we got it on sale and we play the heck out of it.

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