Jakks Pacific Announces Fall 2009 TV Games Lineup
Written on Jan 11, 2009 by Brian and filed under Jakks Pacific, News
Jakks Pacific has announced their fall lineup of TV Games at CES. They’ve expanded on their motion technology and are offering new licenced games like Star Wars and Big Buck Hunter. All of the new games will retail under $50 to appeal to the family casual gaming audience.
We saw many of the games in various beta stages at a pre-CES press event and were largely impressed by the offerings, especially when you factor in price point. Jakks continues to believe that offering fun interactive games to the family at reasonable prices is a good model, and we tend to agree.
TV Games Motion
TV Games Motion is a new game line that combines an accelerometer with plug and play simplicity. The accelerometer gives a new level of gaming control; as players turn the controller to the left for instance, the game reacts. We demoed an early release of their new Star Wars game and found the concept to be great when trying to blast enemy ships. TV Games Motion titles will include Star Wars, Toy Story, SpongeBob SquarePants, Spider-Man, Disney Fairies, Power Rangers and more to be announced. They’re designed for ages 5 and up, and will retail for $29.99.
TV Games Sing Scene
Sing Scene builds on the music gaming trend by offering an all inclusive plug and play microphone. Kids will sing along with included songs as the game tracks their performance to see if they’re on key. Sing Scene is designed for kids 8+ and will retail for $29.99.
Jump Camp Fitness Video Game
This mat-based fitness video game includes over 15 sports activities, fitness and casual games. Similar to the idea behind Wii Fit, families can work out together in a way that’s fun and interactive. Jump Camp is for ages 8 and up and will reail for $39.99.
Big Buck Hunter Pro TV Games
The #1 hunting arcade game comes to your TV with an all inclusive pump action gun. Jakks has faithfully recreated the original game and it will be the only shooting game of its type in the market. Big Buck Hunter is suggested for ages 8+ and will retail for $39.99.
Jakks also had a few other TV Games on hand and they’ve updated the packaging, which looks much more modern. We’re impressed with their efforts and look forward to getting hands on with these units as they get closer to release.
Update 10/7/09 – Star Wars Republic Squadron Review Posted
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