Common Sense Media Review
By Marc Saltzman
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Reasonably fun casual game based on Wipeout TV show.
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Wipeout: Create & Crash
What's It About?
Based on the popular Wipeout TV program, WIPEOUT: CREATE & CRASH is a video game that lets you play as a contestant challenged with completing an over-the-top obstacle course, such as hopping on inflatable cylinders, running along thin planks or giant balls, using zip lines, and climbing walls. One slip, and into the water you go. Broadcasters will add color and commentary to your performance as you compete to reach the finish line. This new version of the game gives you the tools to create, play, and share your own courses. Plus, there's a side-by-side multiplayer option for those in front of the same TV (solo or team-based play). Wipeout: Create & Crash can be played on the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, and Xbox 360 platforms (with support for Kinect), plus there's a Nintendo 3DS version not tested for this review.
Is It Any Good?
It's OK for what it is: a silly, lighthearted, value-priced game for fans of the show. Wipeout: Create & Crash is better than last year's faulty game (with its shallow play and finicky controls), especially since now you can design and share your own courses; choose from easy, medium, or hard obstacles; and try to beat your course or pass on the unique code to friends so they can try to beat your best time. Also new to this version, players can compete as familiar characters from the show or create their own challenger. Plus, there are new themed courses like "Wipeouts Ahoy" and "Prehistoric Panic," as well as "Course of the Day" and "Wipeout Max" modes, the latter of which offers an endless number of randomly generated courses with increasing difficulty. It won't win any awards, but Wipeout: Create & Crash should entertain younger players fond of the hit TV show.
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Game Details
- Platforms : Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo Wii , Nintendo Wii U , Xbox 360
- Subjects : Arts : movement , Hobbies : sports , Science : momentum , physics
- Skills : Tech Skills : digital creation , Thinking & Reasoning : applying information , strategy , Creativity : imagination , producing new content , Health & Fitness : fitness , gross motor skills , Self-Direction : time management
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- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : Activision
- Release date : October 15, 2013
- Genre : Action/Adventure
- Topics : Adventures
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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