Zhu Zhu Pets Featuring the Wild Bunch
By Christopher Healy,
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Cute, toy-based fun with nice non-competitive team play.
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What’s It About?
ZHU ZHU PETS FEATURING THE WILD BUNCH is the second game based on the popular line of mechanical hamster toys. This game also uses as characters the newest Zhu Zhu toys, the Wild Bunch, who are various forest critters, like squirrels, raccoons, and bunnies. In the game, the rambunctious Wild Bunch have been bragging, claiming they can never be caught by the hamsters. What follows is a long-form game of tag, in which your hamster (there are many to choose from) hops, slides, and races through multi-level, obstacle-course-like worlds, trying to touch the Wild Bunch creatures. When touched, the forest animals simply raise a white flag. There are also a few vehicle racing levels.
Is It Any Good?
Zhu Zhu Pets featuring the Wild Bunch is very nicely geared toward an audience of vastly differing skill levels. Each level only requires that you find a key and an exit door in order to successfully finish it -- and even very young players should be able to handle that much. But there are also loads of collectible coins and gems (which can be used to buy special power-ups), hidden bonus stars, and of course, the rascally Wild Bunch to tag -- and a much higher skill level will be needed if you want to meet every one of those objectives. The co-op mode is designed in a unique way that pretty much allows a more-competent player to carry along a lesser-skilled player without anyone really losing (all you ever need is one of the two players to make it past any obstacle), which makes it a great game for older and younger siblings to play together. This is a fun, colorful, sweet-hearted action game that can appeal to a wide range of players.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what it's like to play cooperatively. In what ways must two people work together in order to make a good team? How can you help a player who's having a harder time than you?
Parents can also discuss the marketing at play here. Can you enjoy this game without owning any Zhu Zhu Pets toys? Do you think the makers of this game want you to buy the toys?
Game Details
- Platform: Nintendo Wii
- Available online?: Not available online
- Publisher: Activision
- Release date: October 19, 2010
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- ESRB rating: E for (No Descriptors)
- Last updated: August 30, 2016
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