Product Description

One of the most popular telivision shows makes its way to the Wii where you can now participate at home like never before! Play alone or with friends in a variety of different game modes that let you experience a whole new world of Deal or No Deal.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1781 in Video Games
• Brand: Destination Software
• Model: 802068101381
• Released on: 2009-01-14
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• A fun and cinematic recreation of the television show. Features the voice of Howie Mandel and allows you to play game after game
• Tired of playing random episodes? Want to bring a friend along? Interested in trying your hand as the banker? Custom games are for you. Up to four players can compete and contestants or against them as the banker.
• Use any of your custom created Mii characters in the game! Profiles will be saved to your Mii, so play again and again to unlock each award
• Try your hand at Banker's challenge, Variety Ladder, or Risky Business for a change of pace. Play as series of games to accomplish specific goals - like being a stingy banker or a greedy contestant
• Unlock over 20 awards! Each shows up in the "My Estate" screen where you can view them anytime.

Customer Reviews

Fun game but graphics could be better.
Playing Deal or No Deal on your Wii is like watching the TV show in many ways, but less exciting in others. A good part of the excitement on the show is the different personalities and Howie's comments to the people and all the silliness. The voice of Howie Mandel is real in the game, but there's no way to have the interaction and the give and take that you have on the show. That said, if you were playing the game with other people in the room watching in 1 player mode, or playing one of the custom games with up to 5 players, the conversation on your end might supply the party atmosphere that you see on the show.

Everything is otherwise much like it is on the show, with the audience, the banker, etc. and you can play with your Mii which I thought was kind of a nice touch. The one thing I was not impressed with is the graphics. Howie looks similar to the real Howie, but there are lots of ragged edges to the graphics. They should be smooth. I'm playing on a big screen TV and using component cables, but the graphics were rough enough that I went back to check my settings to make sure that I had it set to 480p instead of 480i. For me, graphics in a Wii game don't have to be fancy, but the ragged edges are distracting. Maybe on a smaller screen it would be less noticeable. I posted some photos under the customer images, but it's kind of hard to see since they reduce the size here, but have a look anyway.

There are several options in the custom games that can be played with up to 5 players. There's a Special Event where you can have from 2 to 13 $1,000,0000 cases. There are also challenges in the 1 player mode like the Variety Ladder where your play one game of each special event type and try to win as much as you can, or Risky Business where you have to win increasingly larger amounts to keep playing. In the Banker's Challenge you play 3 games in a row against computer opponents where the first game is against one, the second against 2 and the third against 3. Again, you try to win as much as possible.

There are some mini games included such as Sharpshooter where you shoot the cases, Blackjack which plays like the card game but instead of 21 you're playing to $2,100 and instead of cards, you're dealt cases. There's also a Marathon that has you playing each mini-game in random order, trying to score as much cash as you can. It's probably good that they have the mini-games since playing Deal or No Deal would get boring after a while.

All in all, I think for the price it's a reasonably good game except I wish the graphics were more smoothly rendered. I think it would be a good game at a party, even with only one player at a time because the interaction would make it more like the TV show. If you like Deal or No Deal on TV you'll probably like this game.

Exactly like the show
This games is exactly like the show, but not in a good way. It's fun the very first time you play but then get's boring. The same phrases are said all the time and you end up skipping through the whole thing. There's not much excitement. There's added features so you can mix it up a little but all you're doing is picking cases. Also, I was excited you could do multiplayer and someone could be the banker. But instead of you getting to pick the offer you want to give your friends, there's a preset limit so it's not any different then when it's done automatically. Don't let the description of added mini games fool you. There are three and they are so short and boring, you can play blackjack, shoot at cases, and click on cases until you find an empty one. It's slightly entertaining but not worth the money when you can play the same thing online for free.

Deal or No Deal and Amazon
Deal or No DealDeal or No Deal for Wii is fun.Skill level is nice for all levels and great for all fitness groups. It takes no experience or action :)
A great game to have around for all ages. Im happy to have this game in
our home for company that stays the week end and just wants to hang around the house. No matter what the age there is no worry over anything
being said that would offend anyone or any blood letting zombies. It is also fun to see who has the "betting streak" and who will take the money and run. Most of all I would like to say Amazon was great to ship and take care of our order. Im so impressed with Amazon and how well they treat their customers and also the merchants that are in Amazon. Bravo!