THD:
How to Train You Dragon hurls itself to the top of the near endless heap of poor film-to-game adaptations. It is nothing more then an insult to expect gamers - or parents - to pay full price for what you get. Younger gamers will likely be confused with the poor menus and dragon leveling while being disappointed with what's left. The game play is painful and would have greatly benefited from more platforming, story and just plain substance. Stay away from this one, and keep your Dragon fun for the theater and upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release.
"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."
