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Nerf N-Strike
- Nintendo Wii
- Price: $59.99
- Genre: Arcade
Common Sense Media says
A shooting game with a toy Nerf gun controller.
Parents say
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that the majority of this game has to do with shooting. But
these are Nerf fantasy guns with soft tips. This Wii game comes bundled with an
accessory that makes an actual Nerf N-Strike gun into a gun controller by
slipping the Wii remote into a special compartment in the gun.
What's it about?
Why didn't they think of this before? With NERF N-STRIKE, Electronic Arts
brings the whole Nerf gun phenomenon to the Wii, complete with a cool plastic
gun and a generally enjoyable shooting game. The idea is that you're in a top
secret Nerf facility that feels like big spaceship. Here, all manner of robots
come at you in many marauding ways. There's a story, too, that plays out in
scenes like panels in a comic book. After an N-Strike recruitment bot coaxes you
out of bed to enlist in the middle of the night, you're pitted against other
young animated Nerf Agents who are out to save the world and show their Nerf
chops.
The game comes bundled with a yellow plastic Switch Shot Ex-3 Nerf gun which
holds the Wii remote. (It's a real Nerf gun, with three soft darts that can
shoot about 30 feet.) You'll have to press the "A" button to begin the game
itself. But once you're in, it all works by shooting the gun at the screen. You
can flick the Ex-3 to reload or press the "A" button. As you play through
numerous levels, you'll unlock all manner of Nerf weapons, including some that
have never before been seen on store shelves. Trying to choose the best weapon
to get the highest score in a level is a challenge as well.
Is it any good?
Essentially, the game is a shooting gallery with a story attached to it. Yet
it's done well with almost enough variation to keep you involved and
enthusiastic. You're not just pitted against another character, whose score you
must best. You'll also try to beat high scores to get medals which unlock more
powerful blasters. The ante is upped because many of the levels are timed. All
this shooting is done in an effort to become the supreme elite agent. The game,
which saves automatically, can be played with up to four people on the same
machine, but there is no online mode.
While the game makers have created something that has true variety, you kind of wish there were a little more to it. Yes, they've added modes that are
somewhat like EA's physics-based game, Boom Blox. But there's just a
little too much of the shooting gallery included for the game to feel completely
new. You might find an occasional glitch, too. Once, a red robot moved so far to
the right, that it was completely out of the camera's (and the gun's) sight.
Time ran out and the game was lost. Still, there aren't many family-friendly
shooters for kids like Nerf N-Strike. This one's very clever, but not
quite ingenious.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the whole Nerf phenomenon and commercialism. Does
playing the game make you want to buy more Nerf products? Or, are there enough
N-Strike guns in the game to assuage your yearning? Is the Elite Agent story
line enough of a story for you? If you could make your own N-Strike story, what
would it entail?
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AGE
Uhch...this game stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
unrealistic things in this game for instance... if you shoot somthing most of the time it will explode in blue. I dont get that.????????????? Now I thought this was going to be a dart tag sort of thing. but no blood,no gore(duh),and no bad stuff.
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AGE
Good game, violence not very bad
Fun to play the only thing wrong with it is violence which isn't bad at all, just shooting robots with sticky bullets
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AGE
give me a break
thare is no reson that 5 year olds cant play this.
why not.
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Kid, 12 years old
October 29, 2010
AGE
Cheap rip off for brats, skip it.
No good. Try nerf n-strike elite. thats a better game.
It is SO annoying
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AGE
My review
the nerf n-strike game is essentially a promotion for the n-strike line of nerf guns, actual violence is negilegble and the game is'int much fun any ways, the nerf pistol works fine though.
I highly recommend it (the nerf pistol)
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AGE
Perfect for kids too young for First Person Shooters
It is a great game for kids. It substitutes real violence for fantasy violence. Trying to make the players buy the Nerf guns are not what it is getting at, because over half of the Nerf guns in the game aren't real.
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Kid, 10 years old
July 24, 2010
AGE
Best Action Game Ever!
There is no reason for the ESRB rate it Everyone 10+ if the game is simple and the objective is only to defeat your opponents, the robots, and last, but not least, B.O.B
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Kid, 12 years old
January 3, 2010
AGE
Awesome!
I've played this game at my friend's house, and there's no reason to say bad stuff about it, and no reason to rate it iffy for ten year-olds. Acually, the second game is more violent than this. Lots more fun, too.
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| Platforms: | Nintendo Wii |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Arcade |
| Developer: | Electronic Arts |
| Release date: | October 28, 2008 |
| Price: | $59.99 |
| ESRB rating: | E10+ for Fantasy Violence |
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