Ubisoft continues to build their “Games for Everyone” portfolio with today’s partnership announcement with Cranium, Inc. to bring a video game based on the popular board game to Nintendo Wii this December.
‘Cranium Kabookii’ will come packaged with special decoder glasses that, when combined with the Wii Remote, will allow players to “…jam, draw, act, puzzle and even crack codes to win.”
Ubisoft describes some of the challenges and usefulness of the glasses as follows, “New questions and activities get players to spray paint the solar system on a wall (you actually hear the can shaking in your hand!); use the Wii Remote as a mallet to hammer out ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on a xylophone; solve word puzzles (what word is both a face card and car lifter?); or trot the globe to test your knowledge of world flags, landmarks and national anthems (frequent flier miles not included!). Kabookii Decoder Glasses add an extra twist, allowing one player at a time to view hidden clues on the screen.”
Questions found in the United States version of ‘Cranium Kabookii’ will be catered to this country. Other versions to be released in Canada, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom will ask questions that likewise cater to those audiences.
