Ludography
Smarty Pants cover

2007 · Planet Moon Studios · Puzzle · Quiz

Smarty Pants

Nintendo exclusive

How smart are you? Do you know more than your Grandma about world history? Does your little sister know more than your Dad about sports? Find out in Smarty Pants!

Released
13 November 2007
Platforms
Wii
Genres
PuzzleQuiz
Developers
Planet Moon Studios
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English

About

Smarty Pants: Trivia Fun for Everyone is a quiz video game by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Wii video game console in November 2007. The title features over 20,000 trivia questions covering a variety of topics.

Keywords

  • minigames
  • minigame collection
  • mii support
  • mii
  • mii as playable character

Media

Smarty Pants screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

When setting up a game (using existing Miis if desired), players input their ages, allowing the title to tailor the trivia questions to fit the age of the players.

Actual play consists of a variable number of rounds, depending on selected game length. During a round, each player spins a wheel which determines the category for the upcoming set of questions. While spinning and shortly after the wheel stops, players may use the Wii Remote to "bump" the wheel to attempt to land on the desired category. Categories include "Art", "Books", "Entertainment", "Fashion", "Games", "Places & People", "Science" and "Sports".

Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. Reviewers were pleased with the actual trivia content but questioned the presentation and value. The GameSpot review summarized this sentiment: "It's bare-bones as far as console-based trivia games go, and at $50 it's a good $30 too expensive, but it's still a fun game to break out with groups of friends." The IGN review agreed that the title was probably priced too high, but did note favorably, "Since the interface is easy to navigate and the fundamentals of trivia so inherently intuitive to understand, any casual player can pick this game up and have fun with it [...]"

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Wii13 November 2007North America · Worldwide 13 November 2007 · Europe 23 November 2007

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