Jeopardy Switch Game
Jeopardy (Digital Download) for Nintendo Switch Web ID/SKU: 108080037 Master your lightning-quick reflexes with new streamlined controls to solve over 2,000 clues, constantly putting your smarts to the test. Is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin.The show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions. The original daytime version debuted on NBC on March 30, 1964, and aired until January 3, 1975. A weekly nighttime syndicated edition aired. JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template easy. Just use our simple editor to get your game up and running.
Also On: Xbox One, PS4
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft
Medium: Digital/Cartridge
Players: 1-3
Online: Yes
ESRB: E
Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! should be slam dunks as far as video game ports go. Their real-world equivalents are the kind of game shows you can play along with at home, and if I’m being honest, I probably sank more time into the PS3 versions of both games than anything else last generation.
This generation of games, however, has made me question just how easy it is. After all, Jeopardy! on PS4 was a soulless, boring waste of time, and Wheel of Fortune was only marginally better. As much as I’d like report that the games got better with their move to the Switch…well, that would be a lie.
In fact, in Jeopardy!’s case, the game is arguably worse, especially if you don’t have Nintendo’s online service. The PS4 version featured both your standard Jeopardy! game and daily challenges. On the Switch, you only get access to the daily challenges if you have an online subscription; if you don’t, that means you’re stuck with Jeopardy!, which is more like a basic trivia game with Jeopardy! branding than the game you know and love. True, there’s still Daily Doubles and categories and whatnot, but there’s no Trebek. In fact, there’s no onscreen characters at all, which was part of what made the PS3 version of the game so much fun.
(In the interest of fairness, I should note that I have PlayStation Plus, so it’s entirely possible that the daily challenges were linked to paid online and I just didn’t think about it. If that’s the case, then the division here is slightly more explicable, but it doesn’t make the lack of content any better.)
Wheel of Fortune, at least, fares a little better. You don’t have the weird-looking Pat Sajak and Vanna White who populated the previous game, but otherwise, it’s more or less what you’d expect from a Wheel of Fortune game. You get to create an onscreen avatar (though your options in terms of clothing are severely limited, particularly at the beginning of the game), you get to spin the wheel, you get to see the characters react to good and bad luck — in other words, you have a real, if Sajak-less, Wheel experience.
Even then, though, there’s not a lot going on here. Again, I’ll point the previous gen versions as doing something right: you not only had something that approximated a real Wheel of Fortune game, you also had mini-games that allowed you to hone your skills between rounds. It may not sound like much, but it added to the overall experience.
And that’s why this double-pack of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune is such a letdown: because the overall experience is just not there. If you want to guess words or answer trivia questions, it’s fine — but it never aspires to be more than simply “fine.” Given how easy it should be to make these games fun, just being fine doesn’t do the trick.
Ubisoft provided us with a America’s Greatest Game Shows: Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! Switch code for review purposes.
America’s Greatest Game Shows: Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! – Nintendo Switch Standard Edition (Video Game)Manufacturer: UBI Soft
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Show off your encyclopedic brain with Jeopardy!®
America’s favorite quiz show®, Jeopardy!®, makes its long-awaited return to home consoles in full HD. Master your lightning-quick reflexes with new streamlined controls to solve over 2,000 clues, constantly putting your smarts to the test. Compete with friends, family, or players online to see if you have what it takes to make it all the way to Final Jeopardy!®
Key Features
Career Mode: Take a look at your progress and performance by comparing your stats with other players. Try to dominate the leaderboards!
Rapid Mode: Play with fewer categories and clues to enjoy quick sessions of JEOPARDY!®
Wheel Of Fortune Switch
Family Mode: Play locally with your friends, family or AI. This mode has its own separate categories to be more inclusive and fun for kids and parents alike.
Rich Media Clues: More than 2000 clues with some visual or audio clues (i.e. quote, speech, song)
Online Multiplayer: Interact with your friends and other players online using the audio chat, plus track your progress and compete with others through a variety of features such as the daily leaderboard!
Jeopardy Switch Game Review
Special Wedges with rules true to the TV Show.
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Prize & Gifts: Collect awesome digital prizes such as trips with the Prize Wedge and win top digital gifts with the Gift Card to show.