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| Lego: Indiana Jones (Wii) | 
 enlarge | From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
Buy New: £24.95
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Buy New/Used from £18.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  (18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 30
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 023272006631
EAN: 5050053597809
ASIN: B00140AHIU
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Just as good as Lego Star Wars - why aren't there more two player games! June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
With a 5 year old son I am still struggling with adulthood and cannot resist the urge to have a play with my Wii on a far too regular basis. Lego Star Wars and now, Lego Indiana Jones, gives me a great excuse to spend quality time with my son and still be a kid with computer games ... fantastic! There are those who scorn children with computer games and yes, it should be limited. HOWEVER my son is now far more dextrous and solves puzzles and loves to read and build lego as a result of our "Wednesday Wii" afternoons.
The gameplay is nice and simple to understand and the team play works so well (there are puzzles where one person has to be in one place and the other player has to pull a lever at the same time in order to progress). Other occasions where we can work well as a team are where one of us can be duffing up the opposition while the other one dashes about gathering coins and discovering spades and secret panels etc.
As with Star Wars lego you can also create your own personalised character which is great and means that, even when you have completed the game in "Story Mode" you are really only half way through and can start from the beginning again and it never really gets boring. I have to confess though, I have searched on-line for a walk-through, y'know - just in case like! The walkthroughs and codes seem to be fairly easy to find (it's already available on wikicheats.com) and the fast build and fast fix codes are quite useful.
I heard a rumour that they may be doing a Lego Batman game too ... bring it on!
More lego fun ! June 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After playing lego star wars i couldnt wait for this to come out. Ive been playing this a few days now and i havent been dissapointed, more great lego fun. Obviously the game is basically the same format to lego star wars with you playing your way through all 3 films. On first playing i have noticed that the levels seem to be more challenging than lego star wars, so for those who were dissapointed with the ease of lego star wars (i wasnt one of them) should find this more challenging. Again all the humour is present , which makes these lego games rise above similar titles. Ive played a few games on the wii but for me these lego games are te best. I think the beauty of them is that they dont take themselves too seriously. Its just a great romp of lego, humour , action and puzzle solving. enjoy !!
 Indiana Jones and the Game of Great Fun June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lego Star Wars was a surprise pleasure when it came out, easy for kids to play, knowing enough to amuse their parents, with plenty of little bonuses and challenges. It made sense to continue that line of games butr after Star Wars Episodes I-VI were finished where was there to go..?
A timely rescue is provided by George Lucas' other great franchise, and Harrison Ford's other great role, the whip-cracking, fedora-wearing, artefact-unearthing pulp adventurer known as Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. The game itself doesn't deviate greatly from the Star Wars Lego concept. Run around and batter objects to collect little coins and become a "True Adventurer". Solve puzzles and work with a friend to access different parts of the environment at the same time. There's Prince of Persia style swinging and wall scaling and plenty of good old fashioned two-fisted adventuring. Some objects may only be uncovered by certain characters, some of whom you unlock, giving an incentive to play through twice in the "free play" mode where you can control several characters at once. The control system is easy to use and largely intuitive utilising the nunchuk's control stick for movement and the Wii Controller for jumping and smashing things.
Its all great one-dimensional fun and is great for mindless relaxation regardless of your age. If Lego Indiana Jones has any great flaw its the similarity of the characters. Where Star Wars had the broad range of Jedi and Sith, bounty hunters and droids, and all sorts of other character types there is a far smaller range available in Indy that makes it just that shade more samey. As criticisms go its not by any means damning... This is a great little game and highly recommended.
Fantastic, if a little frustrating at times! June 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well, I've had this about a week now, and I'm thoroughly enjoying spending my spare time exploring the different storylines that have been so carefully recreated in the Lego world. More to the point my flatmate's enjoying being able to play alongside me too. This is a fantastic little game, especially if you're like me and can't quite be bothered with the ultra-serious-blood-and-guts-everywhere games, but want something more than than little party games to play.
The levels are well-thought out, and while the controls and graphics are more than suitable for a younger audience, I still frequently find I've overlooked some part of the puzzle and I'm wandering round a level trying to see what I've missed to allow me to progress. The enforced use of "teamwork" between the different on-screen characters is particularly nice and works equally well whether you're controlling them all yourself or playing in multi-player mode. I also particlulary like the fact that once a level is unlocked you can jump back into any scene you like without having to work through systematically from the beginning - particularly important because there are a lot of hidden items that you aren't able to pick up with the characters you're assigned on the first go!
The tongue-in-cheek cut scenes between and mid-levels are a very nice touch and do make me laugh, although I wouldn't complain if there was a way to short-cut through them, as you don't always want to wait for a minute or two for them to run for the 5th time!
All-in-all a welcome addition to the series - my friends have the star wars version for the ps3 which is also fantastic, and I think I will be similarly investing for the wii once this one's done and dusted.
Amazing fun, easy to pick up, but may not satisfy the hardcore gamer June 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're into blood and guts, Beat-em-ups or first person shooting, look away now.
As a sequel (in the loosest sense of the word) to the immense Lego Star Wars (LSW), Lucasarts - as the designers - knew it had a lot to live up to.
Using the same formula that made LSW so enthralling and utterly hilarious - the amusing cut scenes, the ridiculous use of Lego on everything and anything, and the ease of a second player joining - Lego Indiana Jones builds on this and well, does little to change it. The lack of change though is not necessarily a bad thing - many sequels have failed trying to 'improve' an already successful game.
However, despite Lego Indiana Jones adding new items and techniques (for example Indiana's whip as opposed to lightsabers) many gamers will feel let down by the little change to LSW, but also many others may feel that despite the lack of change, it is still a masterpiece of a game.
I personally enjoyed the game right up until completion, but felt no need to return to unlock everything else.
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