 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
Rabbids Go Home
- Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
- Price: $29.99–$49.99
- Genre: Action/Adventure
Common Sense Media says
Fast, fun action and lots of lowbrow bathroom humor.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that while Rabbids Go Home is a creative and ultimately very fun action game, it contains a great deal of bawdy bathroom humor. This is bawdiness on a level that would not even merit a PG rating were this a film, but the frequency of it certainly merits mention. It's probably no coincidence that the rabbids ride around in speeding shopping carts, a trademark of the all-too-human pranksters from the Jackass TV show and movies. Like the Jackass guys, the rabbids flaunt authority, make fart jokes, and cause damage in the name of a good laugh.
What's it about?
The rabbids, the psychotic, rabbit-like, alien villains from the last three Rayman games, get their own starring roles in RABBIDS GO HOME. After living in an earth junkyard for the past few years, they want to go back home to the moon. Their plan: Steal enough stuff from earthlings to create a junkpile high enough to reach the moon. To achieve their goal, they attack shopping malls, office buildings, hospitals and the like, filling their carts with every loose object they can get their hands on -- and scaring humans for fun along the way.
Is it any good?
The gameplay of Rabbids Go Home -- barrelling through crowded environments, scooping up anything smaller than you, and building it into a giant pile -- is strangely similar to that of the Katamari games. And like those games, Rabbids offers up a lot of fast-paced fun. The humor may be incredibly lowbrow, but the rabbids themselves are undeniably funny. The ability to alter their appearances -- and make the already goofy-looking creatures even more hilarious by adding tattoos, clothing, mustaches, etc. -- is a great bonus. The evil little things are just such horrible role models; it makes enjoying the game a bit of a guilty pleasure. But it is mightily enjoyable.
Online interaction: Players can modify and share their rabbids online. The customization process is wide enough to allow for words or pictures to be drawn on the rabbids heads or bodies. Potential exists for children to be exposed to a vulgarly decorated rabbid.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the nature of comedy, specifically lowbrow comedy. The rabbids are wretched creatures that anyone would despise in real life, but in the game, we enjoy their horrible behavior. Is it okay to laugh along with bad behavior? What is and isn't acceptable as comedy?
Parents can also discuss product placement with their kids. Why was Capri Sun featured so specifically in this game? Does the product's appearance in the game really say anything about the product itself?
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Great game for the Wii.
This game is really fun and easy to play. but,depending on the family, the game might be little to inappropriate and violent. But mainly its just a great silly game to play and also pretty funny.
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A good healthy dose of silly fun.
It's very easy to slight a game for not providing positive input into a child's upbringing but this game fulfills other essential criteria, Have Fun! Kids enjoy chaos, they enjoy silliness and this game made both of mine giggle endlessly.
At the age of six my son is well aware of what is appropriate behavour and he is all too aware that these are comedy characters in a stylised comedy world. Both of them enjoy the chaos the rabbids cause and their innocent attitude to the things they find (quite simply, if it doesn't make them giggle they're not interested in it). It's very easy to try to read deep messages into a game but in this case take it for what it is. A small oasis of silliness!
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OK for older kids (maybe) but not for younger kids.
My 10 year-old son played the game for about 10 minutes...and it looked like fun. That is, until I noticed that part of the game is the Rabbids scaring people OUT OF THEIR CLOTHES! Why? What would possess the game designers to add something like that to a game for kids? Or, if they really felt that that was key to the spirit of the game, the ESRB should've rated it "T" for Teen.
We took the game back. I wouldn't have that in my house. I don't want my kids thinking its funny to force people out of their clothes!
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Kid, 12 years old
November 30, 2009
AGE
Rabbids Go Home! Careful who plays it, but keep saving!
Ok, lets just get clear here. I have alot of things to WARN u about, but this is actually one of the most fun games i own. U just cant look at the "Rabbids" as role models. For violence, all ya need to worry about is charging ppl with a shopping cart and blowing pplz clothes off. The Rabbids are anything but safe, they build a giant pile of random objects to try and reach the moon, which they seem to be strongly drawn to. It really depends on the child and the parent to decide what age is appropriate. I put 8 because i kinda feel like the content is on for 10 and up. My sister is seven, however and she plays it alot. So im not putting 8 as a strict age. U can see the ppl in their underwear when u take their stuff. They use words like "God" and "piss" and in one level they use "freakin". The humans are always working, and in their slivers of free time they shop like animals. The voice on the intercom in the mall levels talks about buying five products a day and stuff, trying to rip off all the other ppl. The Rabbids pay no attention to the influence of the intercom. It is quite fun, however, and has alot of hilarious, if mildly crude jokes. The only issue on drugs is a reference to smoking and drinking over an intercom. I recommend high caution when buying this game, but the appropriate age will quite enjoy this game.
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Kid, 12 years old
November 25, 2010
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ONE OF THE BEST GAMES IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!
this game is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its easy,fun for the entire family.but the word p***ed is used ONCE in the game and fr**in is also used ONCE in the game but its FUN AND EASY great for family game night they ask for no information whatsoever and on the wii verson you can make your own rabbids! so enjoy the game
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Kid, 11 years old
March 6, 2010
AGE
Good for kids like me (9 and up)
great game!!!!!
but would be inapropriate for kids under 8 because I dont think its a good idea to show 7 year old kids how to strip peapal!!!!!
that is... down to there underpants.
theres a mode called "inside ze wii remote" were you can throw rabids around inside a wii remote.someone said it should be rated M but dont listen to him! his name is zhp7654
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Kid, 12 years old
February 16, 2010
AGE
Rabbids Go Home Orginally Been A T For Off Of 8 Years Old
Rabbids Go Home Orginally Been A T For Off Of 8 Years Old
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Kid, 12 years old
October 3, 2010
AGE
It may be a little iffy for BELOW 10,but it's a good game. our friend josh has a saved game on our copy. we have it for the Wii.
well in certain scenes people really can be seen in their underwear. but we have the game and have been pretty far and i have not heard the "p" word. by the way,when they're in their underwear,their chests arent blurred,their bellies arent blurred,nothing is except they are in their underwear.
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Kid, 11 years old
December 12, 2011
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Not the best of the series.
The rabbids get a chance to stand on their own in this fast paced, humorous, and wacky game. It is the most naughty (so far) in the series, with noticeable product placement (Capri Sun ads), thongs and animated naked people, and violence and a word or two thrown in for good measure. I recommend for 11-13 crowd. Ok, but not great.
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| Platforms: | Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Developer: | UbiSoft |
| Release date: | November 3, 2009 |
| Price: | $29.99–$49.99 |
| ESRB rating: | E10+ for Cartoon Violence, Crude Humor, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Tobacco Reference |
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