I used to play along with the actual game show as a kid...now I have it for the Wii...tons of fun! easy and great for everyone.

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Just got the game today. Fantastic fun! my wife and i had a blast playing it. Cant wait to play with other people. seems like the more you play it with the more fun it will be. Just the the old 80 version. The questions are rather easy and you'll hit the whammy right when you dont want to. All in all if your a fan of the show you'll love this game. Only way it could have gotten better is if Peter Tamarkin and Rod Roddy were still alive to be the host's

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I just bought this game yesterday and I was a little nervous as to how close they could make it to the actual show. I was very pleasantly surprised that so far, it is pretty accurate. It is a fun game for me to play with all 3 of my kids ages 11, 7 and 3. The nice thing with the trivia questions is that after the 1st person buzzes in with their guess, the other two players can see what everyone picks so if they don't know the answer, they can follow the crowd. This is especially helpful for my 7 year old! We have played it through 3 times so far and no repeat questions or whammies :) (the whammies are my 3 year olds favorite part and just as fun as I remember them!) I like that there seems to be a nice mix of difficult and easier questions so everyone can feel like they can answer.

One con would be how much the "host" talks between questions but again, that is probably true to a real gameshow. You can skip the computer turns when playing single-player instead of having to sit through the computer spinning the board many times. Nice feature!

All in all, a great family game. I would definately recommend it to a friend. Hopefully it does not start to repeat questions anytime soon. I will update this review after we have played it longer.

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I purchased this game as a Christmas gift for my daughters who love the game show. They were so excited to play it but every time they go to play together they have to sync the wii wands. They have only been able to play once together. It is much more fun to play with others than alone. Also, the questions are the same each time. I played two consecutive games and every question is the same. When you know every answer there is no challenge. I have to say I was very disappointed in the game.

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When I bought The Price is Right 2010, I was surprised at how slow the game moves and the fact that it feels incomplete. You hear the host, but don't see him. It would be great if they took samples of Bob Barker and Rod Roddy. It has elements that you would see on the TV of the actual game. For [...] on the Wii, the price feels very steep as compared to the PC. Same thing goes for Press Your Luck 2010. Between the 2 games, you are paying over [...] and after you play, you also feel gipped. From the popular TV show of the 80's, the game is similar to its Wii counterpart.

Unfortunately, those who love realism will be somewhat disappointed. You don't see the host as the case on TV (R.I.P. Peter Tomarkin who was the host of PYL in the 80's). The game moves at a slow pace. Just as on the game show, the first round has you answer questions. To buzz in, you move the Wii controller down like a fly swatter. You don't type in the answer, you are given them in multiple choice. So even if you don't know the answer you have a quick 25% shot at getting the question right. After you answer, the game eliminates the obvious wrong answer; the cpu has a better chance than you in fact. Somewhat disappointing. In the real game, you actually needed to know the anser. When the question round is over, the contestants are turned around to face the famous board. Don't expect too much animation. At the beginning, when you are making your character (very limited options but there are unlockable items), you can also set your mood. While "Pressing Your Luck," you might see your player as well as the CPU move their lips and hear faint sounds of," come on, come on, no whammies" but what you or they are saying, is not in sync with what comes out. The controller is responsive although it vibrates (feels awkward). If you land on a vacation prize, all you hear is what it's worth. You are given the opportunity to play or pass as in the real game. The whammy animation is ok. It's not as smooth as what you would see on TV. The music, ha a slight hint of what the real theme song is, but it seems a little blaaaah. For this price, I would recommend that people who love Press Your Luck or have a passing interest on it, to rent it and if you like it, wait for the price to come down. The price is very steep. It's crazy that between The Price Is Right, Press Your Luck, and Family Feud, you would be paying over $120 (even more adding tax and shipping). A big turn off. I bought The Price is Right and Press Your Luck because I had gift certificates; so I didn't pay anything. If I didn't I would of waited. Also, I bought them on the Wii because they can be tradeable. Lastly, it's more fun if there is more than one player.

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It's a great game for Christmas to give somebody who watched this game on TV when it originally aired. So much fun to have for all!!!!

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Just bought this for my husband and I to play. We both loved the game show when we were younger. I've read other reviews before I bought it and I wasn't sure what to expect. We had a good time playing it. It didn't keep our interest for more than few games but I thought the game was well done and think we'll have a lot of fun playing it when we have company over. It really gives you the feel of the game show. The questions are given in multiple choice. The answers aren't shown right away. After the first player buzzes in they are given a choice of four answers, once they choose their answer, one is taken away and the remaining players have 3 answers to choose from. The game board is set up like the show. Another reviewer complained that some of the prizes showed just an airplane with a trip but that didn't bother us at all. You still get big bucks and you still get the whammys. They even go by to bottom of the screen, just like the show. All in all, this is a fun game and a good representation of the TV game show. I'm glad I bought it. I'm not a regular Wii player so this is something fun for my husband and I to play when nothing is on TV.

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I bought PYL for my wife for Christmas, and was also interested because we were both such big fans as kids back in the day. My wife likes the game fine, but for me, there are a few things that make it disappointing.

First and foremost is the boop-boop-boop that plays when you're pressing your luck. On the TV show, the contestant would wait to press the button to stop the cursor on the big board, and you'd hear the constant boop-boop-boop until the contest yelled STOP and hit the button. The booping only happens for a few seconds, and all that's left is applause. The reality is that the applause would last a few seconds, and the booping would be what lasted. That and the sound of sweat dripping from the contestant's forehead. The booping helped keep the tension going, and that was a huge part of the game. Maybe I'm a bit overconcerned, but the point of this game is nostalgia, and that's the sort of thing that's important.

Also, the multiple choice for the first-to-buzz-in contestant doesn't give enough choices. In the show, you could answer the question first without the multiple choice for the extra spins, but with multiple choice for 1 spin. Obviously, there's no voice recognition possible, and typing in an answer wouldn't be practical. So they simply give the first to buzz in 4 choices instead of 3. It's just not enough. Basically, if you want to win, you simply buzz in as soon as you can, and just take your chances. It's a significant change in game dynamic.

AND, the trip prizes (described only as "A Trip") are ALWAYS 3000 for the first round and 4000 for the second round. Trips may cost this nowadays, but without scaling the Big Bucks (like 5000 (+ a spin!)) accordingly, the trips really skew the balance. And geez, they could have made up some different price amounts and destinations, for goodness' sake.

And finally, the whole game feels rushed. The whammy animations (which don't include the Whammy's voice!) are rushed. The avatar choice is a bit limited, with poor emotional response. (Can't they just use the Miis?) The cursor stop on the big board is delayed, *especially* when you use the A button as opposed to smacking the controller down. And the user interface is lacking (e.g. screens where the game is loading don't say as much, and just show a random Whammy animation without a progress bar or anything.

Maybe they'll fix this stuff for 2011...but I suppose they did what was needed to get my 40 bucks, which is put a Whammy on the front of the box. The games isn't as bad as I might make it seem, but it could have been a LOT better.

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Overall, this game is lot like the classic show, but it's cheesiness prevents it from being that much fun. You're likely to get bored with it in a short time. Like other reviewers have suggested, this game's MSRP should be much lower or they should give us several game shows for the price of one game.

Just being able to use your Mii character would be a significant improvement. The game's avatars are pretty poor. One of the biggest negatives about this game is that you can't play with two humans and one CPU player. If you have two humans, the third seat is empty - wtf? The one time we played with two people, my friend got four whammies and that was it. When you're answering questions, the host always says "you chose this answer". There's no point to him saying it and it gets annoying. The round where you use your spins is decent though there are some unexplained differences between the game and the TV show. When you land on a trip spot, it never tells you what the destination is and it's always worth three thousand dollars. The Big Bucks spot is not in the same spot on the board as the TV show.

To sum it up, don't pay regular price for this game and don't expect too much as it seems the designers rushed through this game.

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Press Your Luck is probably one of the most popular game shows of the 1980s, but despite this, there hadn't been an official software version of the game for over two decades until Ludia launched Press Your Luck 2010, part of a suite of game show adaptations by the company. Ludia's version of Price is Right was relatively well received by casual and hard core game show fans alike (despite what some reviews on Amazon may say), so I was disappointed to see that they missed the mark a little bit with this release.

First, the good. The show's primary draw, the Whammy, is faithfully reproduced with over 50 Whammy animations. This includes some newly-created Whammys (mostly hilarious) as well as throwbacks to some Whammys used on the original show. It shows the designers "did their homework". The gameplay is nearly identical to that of the original show as well. The question round has been simplified somewhat to make all questions multiple choice (in the original, the contestant who buzzed in gave a verbal response and his opponents could choose from multiple answers), but other than that the gameplay is faithful. The graphics of the set and the "big board" itself are also faithful to the show, with two notable exceptions.

The first exception is that the prizes on the gameboard are all trips with a singular value. The actual show prided itself on giving away a variety of prizes, some good (like cars) and some bad (like Flokati rugs). The main tenet was that the prizes on the board were constantly changing and their values were a mystery. This led to suspense and strategy when a prize or a decision square was hit, because the contestant would not necessarily know the prize value in advance. By making the prize values static and unchanging, the designers have taken a huge shortcut that cheapens the value of the game.

Lastly, and this is undoubtedly a nit-pick, but the iconic sound heard when the randomizer flashes around the big board is strangely cut short in this game; it's only heard for the first second or two after the board starts spinning. Seeing as the designers went as far as to obtain the actual board sound used on the show, this is most assuredly a bug in the code. Unfortunately a format like the Wii does not lend itself to quick bug fixes.

In a nutshell, Press Your Luck 2010 for the Wii can be best described as a good start to reviving software versions of the franchise, but there's a ways to go to make it a completely faithful experience.

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When a friend of mine mentioned he had this game, I was very exited. Used to watch it all the time growing up, when I was out of school.

The "Whammies" are there and sort-of funny. Questions are way too easy, which may be the point. Not really a challenge. Probably a great game if you're playing for real money and there is some tension there, but otherwise, not a whole lot to it. Press a buzzer, get a whammy or else some "money" added to the pot. No real skill.

Fans of the show MAY like this. Others should skip it.

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I bought this game for nostalgic reasons. It is cute and has the whammies like the game show. The only problem is that the questions are way too easy (and believe me, my husband and I are not rocket scientists). I have only played with two players, have not tried to take it on as a single player. I think the more players, the more fun since you have to buzz in as quickly as possible. If given the opportunity, I probably wouldn't buy this game again unless it was much less expensive.

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Just got this for Christmas and I have to say I was quite disappointed. I loved the game show and this is a pretty good representation but really it is very short. Literally after two games we were bored with it. I think for the price they could have really made this more fun. The games were short and we felt the play was quite primitive! Sorry but cannot rec'd this one.

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Unlike the Price is Right, they got this one right. Every little detail, down to the split screen on the last spin is here. I won't type much, and only say that the game is essentially the same as how you remember the show. They paid attention to the little things, which is always a plus.

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My fiance, who is nowhere near a video gamer, had been wanting this game ever since she knew it had come out for the Wii. I was a little hesitant based on all the bad reviews I had been reading here, but finally broke down and bought it this past weekend. WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!! Me, my fiance, and our 7 year old daughter played it all night long the night we got and we all had a blast. Sure, the questions are easy, but it made it great for the 7 year old to play along. The fact that it was multiple choice really let the 7 year old feel like she didn't need our help at all to answer any of the questions either. Even after the 7 year old went to bed, my fiance and I continued to play it until we couldn't keep our eyes open any more. We played it for about 5 hours straight, and not once was a question repeated, which impressed me a lot. Loved all the whammies and had a blast with it. We both even took turns and played it in the single player option. This option i found more challening because you have to use your spins wisely and think strategically when racking up money. We are definitely looking forward to weekends with parents and brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews for even more family fun nights together. I have been recommending it to anyone and everyone young and old!!

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