My inlaws visit the US for black friday usually. I'm probably buying this game after all.
Will you try and recreate your Japanese Animal Crossing house?
See bottom right house?
Oooh, that looks real nice.
There's online support in this game, right?
SteelAttack said:My inlaws visit the US for black friday usually. I'm probably buying this game after all.
Yeah and you might as well ask him to bring you a copy of Xenoblade. Oh wait....
Iga_Bobovic said:Yeah and you might as well ask him to bring you a copy of Xenoblade. Oh wait....
Hmm, my sister is going to get married with a canuck. Maybe I can coerce him into importing the game and bringing it to Mexico next time he's around here? I need to pimp my sister before she leaves the nest.
SteelAttack said:There's online support in this game, right?
Not sure, someone on GAF said there was.
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Let our Go Vacation interview give you a taste of this season's family holiday on Wii
We spoke with Masaya Kobayashi, producer of the game at NAMCO BANDAI, to find out more about turning Go Vacation’s Kawawii Island into the perfect destination for players of all ages
Can you tell us a bit more about Wii Remote Plus/Wii MotionPlus and Wii Balance Board integration? Are there some games that only work with these controllers?
For Wii MotionPlus, some activities require it and some activities are just compatible with it. I think there are only three that absolutely require it – sword fighting, windsurfing and pitching. An example where Wii MotionPlus technology is optional would be tennis. You can play without it for a regular experience, but if you have it, you can do more precise movements like top spins and slices.
There are 17 different activities that are compatible with the Wii Balance Board. We thought the Wii Balance Board could bring an extra element to activities like paragliding, dog sledding and, as in Family Ski, skis and snowboards can be used with the Wii Balance Board as well.
The Wii Balance Board was of course very important in Family Ski, as you mentioned. But in this game there are so many more activities, and we tried to incorporate the use of the Wii Balance Board as much as possible to give a different feeling when playing. So now you can use it when you’re controlling the marine bike, or for other things like hang gliding or paragliding, where we encourage the player to sit on the board and then lean to control the game.
As you’re progressing throughout the game you’ll earn trophies or stamps for your achievements, and one really fun thing that you can unlock and earn is a villa of your own, adding to that whole “resort life” feeling. And then as you progress in the game you can acquire furniture to decorate your villa with and really customise it and make it your own. So you go out there and you play the activities, win things, and then you can show off in your own villa.
Another way you can have a little competitive element in there comes from the fact that you’re free to explore other people’s villas. So let’s say your father has one; you can go into his and he has a trophy that you didn’t get – and he’s showing it off and you’re thinking “I want to get that too!” Up to eight people can have villas. It’s just another way to add depth and a sense of immersion in the game.
Also:
"there are treasure boxes that are distributed throughout and when the player finds them by exploring the island, such discoveries will be rewarded with new costumes and things like that."
There also seems to be a sort of achievement system
"Playing with a knack for exploration and adventure is also rewarded with what we call Challenge Stars, small rewards for a curious player. Just picture this massive environment at your disposal, and if you’re curious enough to think “What happens if I jump between this cliff and that cliff just for fun?”, you could be rewarded for that kind of stunt. And by collecting these stars you can then unlock further features."
New launch trailer
I just got the game, won't be able to play it until sunday night, though.
I would have got it, but they use tilt for everything but character movement. 
My daughters have been playing the hell out of it this weekend, so far I haven't been able to. They have their villas now, and have tried a good number of minigames, which seem to be quite fun. The central resort hubs are cool because they're open for you to wander about in a variety of vehicles (skateboards, snowmobiles...) and stop by from time to time to try events out.
Are they going to deck out all 8 homes in furniture?
This is still on my list of things to check out. One of these days I'll get to it. It was only $12 at Gamestop, so it's pretty much begging me to get it.
gamingeek said:Are they going to deck out all 8 homes in furniture?
Probably not. But I'd say we should manage to trick out at least 3 or 4 homes, provided I can get my wife to play it as well.
robio said:This is still on my list of things to check out. One of these days I'll get to it. It was only $12 at Gamestop, so it's pretty much begging me to get it.
I got it for about $35 or $40 and I'd say it's worth it. At $12 it's a steal.
Awesome pics