Quoting Nintendo Life's review:
"When a video game outright admits that you can play it just as well (if not better) with a sheet of paper and a pen, you've got some problems. The flip-book style animations are quite nice, but the rest of the presentation is so barebones that there's literally nothing to be gained – at all – from owning these games electronically. Family Games is composed entirely of smaller, simple games that are readily available (free, or for the cost of a notebook) elsewhere, and therefore just being "good enough" isn't good enough. There needs to be a reason to buy this game and Family Games, while passably competent, just doesn't have one."
EB's Nathaniel Smyth writes: "The Holiday season is upon us, which generally means big family gatherings; older grandparents, young nephews and nieces, cousins, an overall wide range of people in your house. Families will always watch Christmas movies at these gatherings, it’s a tradition among many other holiday-related activities. Those of us that are gamers, however, can bring our own activities for the whole family to enjoy, whether it be your Wii U, Xbox One, or PS4, there are tons of games the whole family can get together and have a blast with. As much fun as it is 360 no-scoping Grandma in Advanced Warfare, here’s a few titles that pretty much everyone can jump in and play with little-to-no explaining."
This is weird I just purchased a copy of MP4 off ebay yesterday for the holidays lol
"Icon Games hopes to provide players with a means to rekindle past memories of favourite childhood pen-and-paper games with loved ones, and perhaps even create new ones. And for only $5, relatively little gets in the way of having some simple fun with this adequate title." -- Wiiloveit.com
Icon Games is known for producing Minis with almost inextinguishable lifespans. Their existing Minis, Arcade Darts and Arcade Air Hockey & Bowling, are sports titles, and generally, sports titles possess good lifespan as long as they are not broken.
Family Games is not a sports title. It’s a collection of pen-and-paper games (with the exception of matchsticks), totaling eight games packed into this Mini.
