- choose to wheel and deal your way to success on any of a variety of Monopoly boards, from the classic board to the World Edition board.
- Compete to own some of the most recognized cities and landmarks on the globe as you make your way around the new World Edition board.
- strategize your way to real estate success speedily in a new, super-fast version of the classic game.
- fill up your passport to unlock never-before-seen Monopoly boards.
- Play thrilling mini games that put your investment sense, business strategies and sheer competitiveness to the test.
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An all-time classic board game, Monopoly, is transformed in an
edition for the Wii with more features added to this addictive
game of real estate millions. They've only made it faster,
better, and realistic. This all-new digital gaming edition brings
a party twist to the classic Monopoly board game. It features up
to 4-player simultaneous play, ensuring that everyone is engaged
and allowing the whole family to get involved in the fun and play
together. Faster gameplay eliminates downtime freeing up players
to wheel and deal their way through some of the most recognizable
cities and landmarks from around the world. Families can fill up
their passports as they try to unlock new and never-before-seen
game boards or challenge each other to fun interactive mini-games
like breaking out of the jail cell and running away with all the
loot. Play in offline single or multi-player mode and compete to
own it all and win!
This interactive edition of Monopoly features smooth 3D
graphics, expressive animations, and ten stylized game boards
with themes such as jungle, arctic, and future. The game's World
Edition game boards are based on real-life world capital cities,
and bonuses are as players fill up their virtual
passports by playing in each one. For fans of the original, all
classic rules apply in the original mode of play. The 2008
edition also introduces a "Richest" mode, which is a more
fast-paced, party-game styled approach to Monopoly. Players
compete in mini-games to earn dice rolls. Dice roles determine
the number of properties the player is dealt each turn. The
player takes possession of any uncled properties that are
dealt, but pays rent on any properties that are owned by another.
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Turn real estate into real entertainment as Monopoly, the
biggest deal in classic board games comes to the Wii for the
first time in Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition. Celebrating
over 70 years of family fun, this new rendition of the legendary
property trading game is sure to delight a new generation of
players as it blends familiar turn-based board game style play
with the energizing, Wii Remote based action modern gamers crave.
10 playable themed boards.
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4-player mini-games galore.
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Fast play in 'Get Rich Quick'.
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. Gameplay
As with all versions of Monopoly, gameplay in Here & Now: the
World Edition is driven by turn-based rolling of the dice and the
player's ability to secure and maintain control of real estate
investments. In the Wii version players use the remote to roll
the dice, with their piece moved around the board and rents
deducted from their account automatically. Once this is done they
have the choice to either visit the accounts screen, where all
player owned properties and available cash are listed, or to
allow the next player to roll. A new twist in gameplay involves
the mini-games scattered throughout the board. These occur at
different points in the game--for example, at the beginning of
the game to determine who will roll first. They are quick detours
from the main action and are generally designed to challenge
players according to their standing in the game, thus making it
tougher for first place players to pull away from their
competition.
A New Game With New Boards
Although the game environment of Monopoly Here and Now: The
World Edition is firmly rooted in the original game through its
inclusion of a classically laid out board, with all the
properties and playing pieces you remember, it also offers up new
directions of play through its wealth of new board options. The
game contains 10 playable boards. Each is individually themed,
with properties reflecting that theme. Just a few of these themes
included are, jungle, arctic, future, cheese, and deco. In
addition, other available boards are designed after world
capitals. As players access these boards they receive stamps on a
virtual passport that when filled will unlock even more boards as
they circle the globe becoming international real estate tycoons.
Key Game Features:
* Get Rich Quick - In this all-new, super-fast version, trade
properties and compete in exciting mini-games designed to
encourage fast monetary turnarounds, to see who makes the top of
the rich list.
* Group Play - Up to four players can simultaneously join in on
the "rags to riches" fun.
* Monopoly Past, Present & Future - The most extensive collection
of Monopoly boards all in one package - from the newest Monopoly
Here & Now: The World Edition to classic Monopoly.
* Now Boarding - Fill up your passport as you play to unlock new
and never-before-seen Monopoly boards.
30 Minute Games with 'Get Rich Quick'
A big part of the fun of the original Monopoly board game was
the experience of going head-to-head against fellow players in
games that could last for hours, depending on the roll of the
dice and how much money and real estate assets were available.
But not everyone wants to, or has the time to play a drawn out
game like this. This is where Monopoly Here and Now: the World
Edition's 'Get Rich Quick' game mode comes in. Designed to be
accessible to players of any age and more importantly to provide
all the rags to riches excitement cherished from previous
versions of Monopoly, condensed into shorter space of time, a
full game in Get Rich Quick mode can take as little as 30 minutes
depending on your configuration. This speed of play is achieved
through the availability of varying levels of play and strategy
built into the mode. At the outset of the game players agree to
play at either the developer, industrialist, or tycoon levels.
Big payoffs and fast turnarounds are the norm here, with the
developer level offering the quickest play due to the leveling
events incorporated within it. Through these, large leads can
often quickly disappear, keeping the game competitive regardless
of player's skill levels and initial bankroll. The result is
quick, compelling and addictive family gameplay that is sure to
make its mark on generations of would-be real estate tycoons for
years to come.