Guess who loves it ???? (Hasbro Guess Who Extra)

Member Name: jazzypinkpuppet

Product:	Hasbro Guess Who Extra
Date:	20/08/09 (75 review reads)
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Advantages: Fab simple game that has different modes of play depending on the child.

Disadvantages: None it's brilliant.

My little boy got this game for his birthday last week and I just had to let other people know how fantastic it is.

What is it?
Well it is the traditional guess who ? with a massive twist. Its Electronic !!!
This guess who comes as a plastic case that folds over to make the playing boards, it still has the old fashioned red and blue teams. There are three buttons on the top of the frame, two answer buttons for yes and no and a timer button.
Each side comes with three colour coordinated playing cards, these are double sided so you have six different themes to play with.
The cards have five rows of characters, the first two are the ones from which you chose from and the last three are the 'suspects' and they have the little doors that close when the character is eliminated.
The cards are slotted into the frame and clipped in place. There is a little slider which you move over your chosen character, when the other player has chosen their person you are ready to go.

How do you play it ?

There are a few versions of play, all are set up in the same way as described above.

Game one = Traditional mode, this is played exactly like the traditional game except there are a few added extras. Each player picks a suspect, it is then up to the players to guess what character the other one has got by asking yes / no questions such as Is it a girl ? Do they have blonde hair?. In this new version instead of just saying yes or no you push one of the buttons green for yes or red for no button, this makes a random noise such as 'wahoo' 'yeah' 'ha ha ha' or 'boo' etc.
The game carries on until a player guesses correctly, at this point the 'yes' button is held down for three seconds and a little winning carnival tune is played.
As mentioned above there are six cards to choose from
1) The usual suspects - these are exactly the same faces as the traditional game such as Philippe and Sophie with her dreadlocks.
2) Kids - these are similar to the adults except they are children and have more modern names like Emily and Daz.
3) Household- this is not people it is things like toaster, fridge and kettle a bit weired and the game ends quickly as they are all so different and its easy to eliminate them from suspicion
4) Funny faces - This is my sons favorite, they are all people but with very funny faces like Percy and his giant glasses or Fred with a big curly tongue.
5) Monsters - Lots of cute and scary monsters with great names such as Nimple and Prebatz.
6) Animals - Lots of animals with cute and funny faces, lion with its little hair bow is my favorite.
With so many charachters to chose from it is never boring and keeps the child thinking of new ways to explain things.

Game two = Guess who? wild guess - This is played exactly like the first game, except at the beginning each player picks three characters that they think the other player will have, these are signified by placing little pegs into a hole on the frame. If at the end they had guessed correctly the player receives extra points.

Game three = Tick Tock timer game, this is quite hard to play as it is fast and frantic, you have to play the game against the clock which tick tocks very loudly and gets faster and faster as the time runs out.

Guess who two = This is where each player chooses two characters and you have to guess which two they are. It is hard as you have to work out similarites between the two otherwise you may rule out one of the suspects. This is too tricky for my son to play but my nine year old daughter likes this version as it is a bit more complex.

Additional information, Guess who extra takes two AA batteries, it is for two players or two teams. The game states it is for age 6 plus but my son is five and really enjoys playing it, he finds some bits tricky but as he grows he will be able to enjoy those games, so it has a long life span.
I really love this game as it is quick to set up and play, each game lasts no longer than 15 minutes so is suitable for before bed or school etc, It is also suitable for two children to play together alone without much help.
It costs £19.99 from Argos, which is a little bit steep but it is so much fun and I can see my son enjoying playing it for years to come.

Summary: A brilliant game for all the fmily to enjoy.