Joey Aires writes: "Movie games are a dime a dozen. It's nothing new. These games have been shoveled out the door since E.T. hit theaters and the Atari 2600 gave us one of the worst games of all time. Sadly How to Train Your Dragon seems to be just more fodder for critics to denounce movie-based video games in general. The movie was released a couple weeks ago and had the power to knock Alice in Wonderland out of the number one spot, but we don't think this game will be knocking any titles from the top spot of sales. Delivering the usual rushed feel that accompanies tie-in games, this one is more likely to put the kiddies to sleep than it is to entertain."
"For this Movie Magic Monday, we are taking a look at how many hours have been reported trying to train dragons!
How to Train Your Dragon was released for the Wii on March 23, 2010, just a few days before the movie it was based on. Surprisingly (to me anyway), this movie tie-in game was developed by Etranges Libellules, the same studio that developed the last Movie Magic Monday game we looked at, but it was published by Activision. The game received an ESRB rating of "EVERYONE 10+" with "Fantasy Violence" listed as content for parents and gamers to be aware of.
About how many U.S. Wii owners have gameplay data reported and how many hours have been reported playing How to Train Your Dragon, since it released just over 3 years ago? Brew yourself some coffee, and let's take a look!", writes CoffeeWithGames.
How to Train Your Dragon was a great movie, but how did the Wii/DS versions of the game turn out? Check out Pure Nintendo's review to find out.
Loot Ninja writes: "I haven’t seen the movie but I volunteered to play this game and give it a review. I didn’t have a very good attitude going in, in truth I kind of dreaded it. With that said, the game pretty much met my expectations but I did have a bit of fun. It wasn’t great but I could see how it would appeal to the right people. It just was not my cup of tea."
