Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2007-11-09
• Platform: Nintendo Wii

Manufacturer's Description

EA Playground captures the exuberance of your neighbourhood playground. The game is easy to pick-up and play, and great fun for kids, friends, parents, and even grandparents.

EA Playground smartly delivers both traditional favourites and all-new playground games. Every game is uniquely designed with the Nintendo Wii's unique controls in mind. Whether you are swinging the Wii Remote to throw a ball at your opponent in dodgeball, using it to bash away at a tetherball, or navigating a paper plane through a school hallway obstacle course in Paper Pilots, you'll experience the Wii in a completely new and refreshing fun way. Play these games and more: Dodgeball, Tetherball, Wall Ball, Kicks, Slot Car Racing, Paper Pilots, and Dart Shootout.

There's more fun to be had in the rich Single Player mode. In this mode, you'll explore different areas, meet Playground bosses and beat them at their own games. But watch out, because the further you go in the game, the harder the bosses play. Collect marbles, earn stickers you can use as power-ups, and make the grade with an "A+" Report Card on your way to owning the Playground!

Customer Reviews

Overrated
Very disappointed with this game, especially after reading such good reviews.

Walking round the playground collecting marbles isn't my kind of thing. Would say it's more for children rather than adults.

Great Fun
Erm well my Daughter bought me this game for Christmas wasnt too sure if it would be any good as i tried the DS version and got bored. But the Wii version is great fun, graphics are good game play is brillant and provides excellent use of the Wii Controller in the single player mode you have to challange a kid at his or her sport like kicks or dogeball slot car racing to name a few once you beat them you get a goldern sticker after a few of these it unlocks different areas of the play ground, after you initially beat a kid at there sport they have 4 dare's for you everytime you win you get a bag of marbles which you can use to buy power ups which will help you on harder levels.

Multiplayer game mode is just as good there seems to be a game for everyone, its the kind of game you can put down, then come back to time and time again. all in all great single player and multiplayer fun for the whole family or just me when everyones out lol!

Have you lost your Marbles?
After a few minutes on EA Playground first impressions was that this game looks a bit sickly sweet. The first contact of each game seemed easy with no competition so I thought it might quickly become boring. Not the case! Once you start playing the games you unlock other "Dares" within the games which mean you have to complete challenges within the sport to unlock other things.
All the games are easy to play and don't take that long to master. Personally I think Dodgeball is worth the £25 I paid for the game on its own and is even better with 4 of us playing on the same side.
EA Playground is never gonna be a game to keep you on the edge of your seat and probably wont keep you entertained for days on end (like Resident Evil 4) but for £25 its worth having it in your collection for when your tired of Wii Sports.