Boom Blox | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $42.99
You Save: $7.00 (14%)
New (20) Used (3) from $39.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 166
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 15547
UPC: 014633155471
EAN: 0014633155471
ASIN: B000YDIYFG
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED !!!!!
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| Features:
| • | Use fun action gestures and crazy virtual tools (like bowling balls, baseballs and fire hoses) to destroy your way through over 300 brain-twisting challenges. | | • | Fun for kids and the entire family, BOOM BLOX offers action-packed interactive activities that takes Wii play to a new level of creativity and fun with single player, co-op, and versus gameplay. | | • | Tackle the action and interact with entertaining characters such as the Blox-laying chickens or the baseball throwing monkeys, who bring personality to the Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted themed environments. | | • | Unlock characters, worlds, blox, and props throughout the game and use to build whatever you can imagine in Create Mode. You can virtually build anything you can dream up. Remix any level and share what you create with friends via WiiConnect24. | | • | Over 30 Wacky Characters set in 5 Unique Worlds, and up to 4 players at once. |
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BOOM BLOX, is the first game developed in collaboration between two giants of multimedia entertainment, Electronic Arts and director/producer, Steven Spielberg. Spielberg is obviously a master storyteller and so knows a thing or two about blockbusters, but he also no stranger to the gaming world. A long-time gamer himself, he conceived the original idea behind Lucas Art's PC/Mac title The Dig, but busting these BLOX is an entirely new concept. Levels and Levels of Fun
A Puzzle/Action game inspired by Spielberg's own search for a game that he would enjoy playing with his own kids, BOOM BLOX is designed specifically with the strengths and versatility of the Wii in mind. In it players can look forward to a fast-paced gameplay blending the simplicity of the wildly popular block game Jenga and the crazy complexity of a Rube Goldberg machine--devices that although performing very simple tasks are designed to do it by the most complicated means possible.BOOM BLOX features over three hundred levels, a variety of activities, a cast of over thirty wacky characters, and an easy-to-use in-game editor that allows players to express their creativity. It's visceral gameplay is perfectly suited for the Wii's interactivity. The action gets going fast and the fun never ends as you throw baseballs, blast lasers, save wacky animal characters, explore cool worlds and more!... making it the ultimate Wii blox-buster for 2008.Features:- Throw, grab, and blast your way through 300+ levels - Use fun action gestures and crazy virtual tools (like bowling balls, baseballs and fire hoses) to destroy your way through over 300 brain-twisting challenges.
- Fast-paced Multiplayer Action - Fun for kids and the entire family, BOOM BLOX offers action-packed interactive activities that takes Wii play to a new level of creativity and fun with single player, co-op, and versus gameplay. Up to 4 players at once.
- Over 30 Wacky Characters set in 5 Unique Worlds - Tackle the action and interact with entertaining characters such as the Blox-laying chickens or the baseball throwing monkeys, who bring personality to the Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted themed environments.
- Make It Your Own/Share - Unlock characters, worlds, blox, and props throughout the game and use to build whatever you can imagine in Create Mode. You can virtually build anything you can dream up. Remix any level and share what you create with friends via WiiConnect24TM.
Endless Play and Replay Combinations
Built upon a full real-time physics model, each player's BOOM BLOX experience can be as easy or difficult as you want it to be. Additionally, players can remix any level of the game in Create Mode using props, blocks, or characters that have been unlocked during the game. Players can also virtually build anything they can dream up. This makes for nearly endless play and replay options in what promises to be the latest must-have Wii title for the entire family.
Product Description
Fun for kids and the entire family, BOOM BLOX offers action-packed interactive activities that takes Wii play to a new level of creativity and fun with single player, co-op, and versus gameplay. Players can explore the visceral gameplay that keeps them destroying their way through brain-twisting challenges. They can interact with entertaining characters such as the Blox-laying chickens or the baseball-throwing monkeys, who bring personality to the Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted themed environments. Additionally, players can remix any level of the game in Create Mode using props, blocks, or characters that have been unlocked during the game. Players can also virtually build anything they can dream up. Plus, their designs can then be shared with friends or used to challenge others to solve their newly created puzzle via WiiConnect24.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 fun game August 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this for my son- 7 years old- and it is a lot of fun. It took him a while to get the concept, but once he did he has great fun. we still haven't figured out everything, but it's definitely worth buying.
 Even Mom can play August 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mom is seldom the one fighting to play the video games. Usually she is frowning and complaining that there are chores or homework or anything else more useful. But this is the first game Mom saw and thought "maybe this is ok". The games require some coordination in addition to logic and planning. The violence is equivalent to knocking down a house of cards or blocks, only more exciting. It's a winner
Way Fun August 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is just way to fun and addictive. Everyone in my family loves it. We have a 5 year old and a 15 year old and they love to compete against each other. I would definitely recomend it.
 Rental August 18, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Don't buy this game. It's extremely disappointing. I was hoping for a sophisticated puzzle game (as it has consistently been advertised and reputed to be) with an interesting storyline (since a famous film director was involved in its production). Boasting a number of promising elements, the final product just fails to hang together in a satisfying way. The story is nearly non-existent (and what there is is infantile), and the puzzles are almost always either trivial or nearly impossible (or not puzzles at all). It is at best an addictive waste of time. And who in the world would want to create their own levels?
Building on a Great Idea August 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Steven Spielberg is mostly known for the movies he's created. This wouldn't be the first time that Spielberg has lended a hand to the gaming culture. Most gamers know him as the creator of the Medal of Honor series. Boom Blox is in a whole different crowd from Medal of Honor, but it's a lot of fun.
Boom Blox is quite different from your standard puzzle game. There are several different game modes. Not only that, but this isn't a game that will keep you busy for merely hours. It can easily keep you busy for days. It takes more work than you can possibly imagine to unlock everything the game has to offer. Not only that, but it's impossible to do it alone, as the multiplayer is entirely different from the single player experience.
There are a few different things you'll be doing in Boom Blox. In one set of mini-games for example, your goal is to destroy all the gem blocks, which will require you to throw a ball or a bomb or something else. The unique thing about Boom Blox, is that the physics are amazing. The harder you throw the ball, the greater its reflected in the game itself. It's not uncommon to get so into it that your arms might hurt from time to time. And yes, where you throw it, how hard, and the trajectory are all important aspects. The mini games where you throw are some of the best in the entire game.
Other mini games give you a grabbing tool where you'll pull blocks in a Jenga like fashion and keep baby cows from falling or keep a penalty block from touching the ground. These are incredible mini-games which really put your mind to the test. It plays exactly like Jenga, and the same rules apply here.
The last type of mini game is more or less a shooting range. Of all the mini-games in Boom Blox, these are some of the worst. They're neither as fun or as thought provoking. However, if you just want to go wild for a little bit, these games aren't bad. Still, they feel a little out of place considering what the other two force you to do.
All these mini games can be played seperately in their own section, or you can mix them all together in the adventure mode which puts a lot of objectives ahead of you. And once again, it's a lot of fun. However, there are plenty of other things to keep in mind. It's more than just throwing balls, pulling blocks and shooting. There are many different kinds of blocks that play a part in each and every one of Boom Blox's complex puzzles. There are vanishing blocks, which vanish whenever you hit them, chemical blocks that upon making contact with another chemical block, explode. There are also bomb blocks where if you hit them, they explode instantly.
Each time you complete a puzzle or advance to the next game, you'll be awarded a Bronze, Silver or Gold Medal. The conditions for getting a gold can sometimes be steep, but once you see what it takes you'll find it was actually... quite obvious. You can't go on to the next puzzle unless you qualify.
Boom Blox is obviously made for multiplayer. As I mentioned earlier, the multiplayer is totally different from the single player. You can cooperate with one or more friends or you can go against them. The mini games against a friend can be fun. Such as one that allows you both to assault each other with a barrage of throws to take down the other's fort. Most of them are played out with the two of you taking turns, but it's also very balanced because Boom Blox is so easy to come to. A veteran gamer will not have an advantage over a newcomer. Yet, it's also nice because nothing here is based on luck.
Cooperative is similar to the single player experience, with the difference being in some games you'll take turns and in others you'll be working together at the same time. You'll find yourself talking it out just to figure out how to go through it, yet it's a lot more fun than you'd expect.
If there was any downside to Boom Blox, it would be that the multiplayer is far far more rewarding than the single player experience. Once you get into the multiplayer, the single player campaign seems downright boring in comparison. Boom Blox is a game that is meant to be played with friends and it succeeds there very well. That doesn't mean the single player experience doesn't succeed. It simply means that the multiplayer experience is just that much better.
The other big problem with Boom Blox is that once you trump through it all... you don't want to do it again. Aside from competing against friends, Boom Blox doesn't have much replay, as a lot of puzzle games of its like don't. However, there's so much to keep you busy that you'll still get your moneys worth. While there's not much replay, there is, however, the ability to create your own levels and puzzles and even share them with other players. So even after you complete it all, you can still check out what others have created, and I don't know about you, but I think that's better than simple replay value.
Graphics wise Boom Blox isn't appealing as far as visuals are concerned. It looks pretty basic. There's not a whole lot in the graphics that really stand out. Everything is, of course, blocky (not in a bad way). What stands out in the game's graphics however are its astonishing physics. Boom Blox not only demonstrates how to use the Wii Remote to its full effectiveness, but it also demonstrates how to make a game real. So while it isn't big on visual appeal, it has a certain charm to its graphics that you won't find in most games. Music wise the game is incredible. The music is really good and catchy, but the sound effects are probably some of the best parts of its design.
Boom Blox is a rare Wii game. It's one that's fun and accessible to everyone. Best of all, it uses the Wii Remote controls better than most games before it. If you're looking for a game that's fun, accessible and will keep you busy for a very long time, then Boom Blox is it. It's by far one of the best games you can buy for the Wii right now.
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