Smarty Pants (Wii)

I have never had buzz for the PS2, I always wanted it but thought it was too expensive so when I came across Smarty Pants on special offer at £12.99 for the Wii, I thought I'd give it a go. I can't comment on whether it is as good as Buzz or not but its certainly as good as Trivial Pursuit. You can set the game to recognize whether each team member is a child or an adult (pick the correct sized icon) and the question will vary between childish and adult questions so all the family can play. You get to really spin the wheel using the wii mote to select your category and answer questions on that to earn points. While you are playing you can pick up ...

Smarty Pants is a quiz game for the Wii, competition for Buzz on the Playstation and Scene It on the Xbox. As a big fan of Buzz I thought I'd give this a go. Although it isn't quite as good as Buzz it is a good game. You get to spin the wheel to select a category and answer questions on that to earn points. While you are playing you can pick up various different cards like the 'That's to easy' card which you can use to make the question harder for another player if they buzz in before you. Another one is the 'double points dance' which you have to perform a dance so that when you answer the questions you receive double points for it. This game is good to play ...

The Wii has allowed a rich diversity of different games to be published, due to its focus on family and multiplayer fun in the 17 months it has been out. The Playstation has Buzz! while the Xbox has Scene it?, and now a rival to them, which is Smartypants, has arrived for Wii. A seemingly simple quiz game on first view, but actually Smartypants tries to be a little different, in order to keep the player coming back for more. Graphics/Sound As Smartypants is a quiz game, amazing graphics aren't top of its list of priorities. However, it does have an inviting, colourful and fun display, to help grab the player's attention, and more importantly, maintain it. ...