Fun family game.
This game follows the board games exactly. Very fun for a family with younger kids (5-tween). Good game for the price. I'm glad I bought it.

Slow pacing, not that fun.
Great idea, neat artwork, but the pace is too slow for parties, and the truth is it's just not that fun.

Not as fun as the board games...
Overall, this would be a good game for a party with a bunch of teens and older who have a Wii. The Wii gamplay does not much factor into the success (and failures) of this game. In fact, for the few cool uses of the Wiimote, there are equally frustratingly hard to learn motions that would make it hard to do this in a large party setting.

My real concern is that the questions are much too adult for most kids to play, but there was no indication of that on the box. For example, one word scramble game gave the hint: "Rotten Music" the answer was "The Sex Pistols" neither my wife, nor extremely musically savvy 9-year old know that Johnny Rotten was a member of the Sex Pistols, and of course my six year old daughter started asking what a Sex Pistol was...

The geography questions are similar: in 60 seconds, find on a hard to manipulate map, Honduras, North Korea and Serbia. Really, fun for everyone? I can do that, but most adults can't, and my kids sure can't.

Looking for Wii gameboard fun? Try Mario Party 8 instead, which is a ton of fun, easy to learn, and has endless gameplay choices. Looking for non-Wii gameboard fun? All the Cranium physical board games are great, and really fun for the whole family. This is a good try, but would benefit from another generation of development.

A Great Party Game
I purchased this game as a fan of the Cranium series of board games and I found this an absolute blast. It's a game that requires at least two "teams" (I've played with just one other player), so you can't really play it alone, but it makes a great game for parties and competitive friends. The Decoder Mask holds fingerprints easily, but it's nothing a little clorox wipe won't take care of.

Great Party Game! Lots of Laughs!
This is a great party game! If you enjoy Cranium, this is a must for the Wii. You make two teams and each team takes a turn spinning the wheel and try to complete the challenge. There is a variety of activities from drawing a picture like Pictionary, but you may have to draw with shapes or lines that will disappear. There are musical games where you play the song and your team tries to guess the song, word scrambles, geography and challenges whereby you turn your back to the tv and your team will describe a series of activities you must accomplish with the Wii remote within the time allotment (hammer a nail, comb your hair, mix a cake, brush your teeth, etc). The challenges are short and the game is not too lengthy.