Game Wii: How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon Review

After playing games that make you think and work really hard to stay alive, this simple mixed RPG and fighter game is great for children and adults who would like to have fun, relax, and stay stress free. With so many games focused on just staying alive, it's refreshing to be able to sit back and just play a simple RPG-style game by digging for food and plants, catching animals, and talking to other characters.

The problem is that it is TOO simple. Because the world is so tiny and the varieties so limited, it gets tedious after a few hours of gameplay.
Most of the game is training (as in the game title) your dragon to level up to fight in the tournaments. The training is very step by step and guided, as are the quests.
Fortunately, you can customize your dragon, but it is again, very limited. There are mostly only four different styles per dragon part. The best part of dragon customization are the stats, which actually do make a difference.

There are also minigames which are a much more fun way to train your dragon. But again, they do get slightly monotonous when training all four dragons on the same ~6 minigames.

All-in-all, still a fun game, especially when not wanting to exert oneself. And when finished with the story mode, you can switch over to arcade mode, and fight some dragons, hopefully having unlocked all the extra ones through the story mode.

How to Train Your Dragon Feature

Mini-games include Ice Sculpting, Looping Race, Flying Sheppard, Memory Torch, and Puzzle Dragon. Mini-games earn players points toward leveling up your dragon, winning gold and other items to help care for dragons.
The "Create Your Dragon" feature allows players to customize six different types of dragons, providing virtually unending combinations of ways to modify your dragon's appearance.
Level up your dragon's speed, power, fire and other abilities through training to face the Viking challenge of becoming the ultimate dragon trainer. Then use your trained dragons to battle in a variety of unique environments.
Players enjoy an all-new post-movie adventure as they explore the picturesque Island of Berk as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight for your crown as ultimate dragon warrior.
Arcade Mode allows friends to select a team of four customized dragons and battle against each other. In addition to Astrid and Hiccup, playable characters here include Tuffnut T., Ruffnut T., Fishlegs, and Snotlout.

How to Train Your Dragon Overview

Battle your friends in this all-new adventure, based on the world of DreamWorks Animation’s latest movie, How to Train Your Dragon! With countless ways to customize, you’ll design the coolest dragons to ever live on the Island of Berk. Explore this epic world as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight, fly, and fire your way to victory!

How to Train Your Dragon Specifications

How to Train Your Dragon the Game allows players to battle friends in an all-new video game adventure, based on the world of DreamWorks Animation’s movie, "How to Train Your Dragon." With countless ways to customize, you’ll design the coolest dragons to ever live on the Island of Berk. Explore this epic world as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight, fly, and fire your way to victory. Additional features include head-to-head multiplayer support and mini-game functionality.

The hot fire of a Deadly Nadder in action in How to Train Your Dragon the Game

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Story and Gameplay
Based on the upcoming film from DreamWorks Animation, the How to Train Your Dragon video game launches gamers into a third-person action-adventure as a Viking hero where they must embark upon an epic quest to become the ultimate dragon trainer. Gamers can play as characters "Hiccup" or Astrid" on the vast Island of Berk, which features expanded locales from the film including Vikings' Village, Wild Zone, Training Zone and Fight Arena. In this truly larger-than-life adventure, players will train dragons, explore environments and battle in prestigious dragon tournaments as they battle for Viking victory. Plus, gamers can become the Dragon hero of their living room as they square-off with friends and family in endless head-to-head multiplayer combat.

Key Game Features

Create Your Very Own Dragon - The "Create Your Dragon" feature allows players to customize six different types of dragons, providing virtually unending combinations of ways to modify your dragon's appearance.
Train your Dragon for Battle - "Level Up" your dragon's speed, power, fire and other abilities through intense training to face the critical Viking challenge of becoming the ultimate dragon trainer. Then use your arsenal of trained dragons to battle friends in a variety of unique environments.
Pick up Where the Movie Left Off - Players enjoy an all-new post-movie adventure as they jump into battle as their favorite characters. Explore the picturesque Island of Berk as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight for your crown as ultimate dragon warrior.
Head-to-Head Multiplayer Mode - Arcade mode allows friends to select their dream team of four individually customized dragons or dragons chosen from the arcade roster, then jump in and battle against each other. In addition to Astrid and Hiccup, additional characters are playable in Multiplayer Mode including Tuffnut T., Ruffnut T., Fishlegs, and Snotlout.
Mini-Games - Mini-games include Ice Sculpting, Looping Race, Flying Sheppard, Memory Torch, and Puzzle Dragon. Excelling in mini-games earns players experience points toward leveling up your dragon, winning gold and other items to help care for dragons.

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