Cosmic Family | 
| From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $19.98
You Save: $10.01 (33%)
New (18) Used (8) from $9.95
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 2097
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 17352
UPC: 008888173526
EAN: 0008888173526
ASIN: B000ME252U
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED; SHIPS THE SAME DAY BY USPS
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| Features:
| • | More than 200 interactive animations, both audio and visual, in each floor of the rocket | | • | Customize rooms, brush a monster's teeth, play dress-up with various characters, nurture plants from seeds and more | | • | Find the hidden surprise in the rocket as you search and play | | • | Intuitive gameplay using the Wii controller to interact and play with the various characters | | • | Original, colorful graphics |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Cosmic Family is an interactive kids game where you'll get to explore a rocket house with the Cosmic Family! They'll have a great time meeting Mom and Dad Cosmic, Big Sister, the two small children, the aloof dog, the lazy cat, and plenty of colorful monsters. Families can pilot a rocket into space & play 15 early-learning mini-games found throughout the five floors of the rocket-house. Use your magic wand (the Wii Remote) to reveal crazy animations, funny stories and playful mini games.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 For the 3-5 set September 6, 2008
My 4 year old is generally reluctant to play the Wii with anyone else, as he doesn't feel comfortable. He'll noodle around with some games that his older brother (7) has mastered, but not with anyone else watching. This is the first game that I was invited to play with him. Yes, he mastered it in about 3 days, playing an hour or so a day, but he likes the mini-games and likes it when others "play" with him. This is a not a game with staying power, but we got it for $15 on sale, and it is probably worth that.
 Great introduction to the Wii for preschoolers! July 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We were having a hard time finding a Wii game that our 3.5 yo DD could play or even relate to, but Cosmic Family has fulfilled that desire. She enjoys the fun stories and can easily play along with the "adventure" or the 20 mini-games and activities. There are 3 game levels that you can choose, perfect as they progress in skills. There are educational themes like shape &/or color matching and sorting, puzzles, associations, sound memory and painting/drawing. She learned to use the Wii remote easily with this game. Oh, and the elephant is always there to click on for help, our DD loves him! Some of the mini-games also have glasses you can click for help if you get stuck, kind of like a hint. Our DD does occasionally need help w/ the more advanced concepts, but we all play it together anyway. This is a great game for younger children to feel included in Wii fun, and can even be fun for a little mindless adult entertainment! :-) We definitely recommend it!
 Fun for little ones. July 8, 2008
Let's be honest, this game isn't for you. It's for your young kids. My 4 year old loves it. My 6 year old loved it for a couple of months and hasn't played it since. It's great to introduce video games to young kids.
 WASTE OF MONEY May 24, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I cannot believe this game garnered more than two stars from anyone. I have a hard time believing the previous positive reviewers have actually played the game. I'm more inclined to think they work for Ubisoft.
I started my 4 year old on the lowest level & what a let down it was! The controls, options and graphics are all very much lacking. It actually took me several tries to figure out what to do in many spots (ON THE EASIEST LEVEL) because the instructions/game play made no sense! When you make a choice a window pops up on screen asking you if you're sure this is what you wanted to do, but many times I didn't know what I had done to know if I wanted to do it or not. And we're actually a pretty intelligent family here.
My 11 yr old son was amazed at how poorly this game was designed. We were watching my 4 yr old play and it was unbelievable how little effort was put into game design. As you move around the family's home you can click on different items & make something happen. Something very LAME. The fridge door opens & closes so fast when you click it you can't even tell what it was that just popped out!
THE WORST PART of the game is that as a game aimed at small children it has some rather questionable parts. We all looked at each other in disbelief when my daughter wandered into the family's kitchen. If you click on the stove, a new window opens and there you see mom & son baking. THE MOTHER OPENS THE OVEN & THE BOYS FEET ARE DANGLING OVER THE OPEN OVEN DOOR AS A FIRE ERUPTS. He is literally sitting right above the oven!!! What were they thinking?????
In another part of game play you click on the TV & this animated dance scene starts. It's just person after person coming on screen dancing but some of the characters really left us scratching our heads. A handful of the female characters have incredibly large breasts literally bouncing all over the place... one even has giant spirally things on her breasts, as if you could miss them!! I watched that a few more times trying to decide if I was seeing things or just over-reacting. Yes they're clothed but still..... what was the point of that?? I'm pretty sure one of the men grabs his crotch, although I could have imagined that part but I was too afraid to watch the whole thing again to see for sure. I seriously think someone at Ubisoft was trying to be funny & see if anyone actually paid attention to this game. Now, it IS almost worth buying the game to see if I'm making this part up, I showed it to a few other adults who also just shook their heads.... it's something you'd expect to see on The Family Guy, or some other adult oriented animated feature!
Needless to say after a mere 10 minutes I was disgusted that I had wasted so much money on this game. I honestly thought "well I could sell it on Ebay" but I wouldn't want ANYONE else to be subjected to this pathetic excuse for a game. If you want a game for a little one Diego is a much better choice. It too could use a lot of work & leaves much to be desired but Cosmic Family was a cosmic letdown!
 Not a good choice for my Autistic son April 26, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
As a general rule my son (who is 7 and has Autism) cannot really play the Wii. The controls are pretty complicated on many games and require a coordination level he just does not have (fine or gross motor). I picked up Cosmic Family thinking it would be perfect for him. I have to say it was a total bust.
The hardest thing for him to do is to hold the Wiimote steady. That is precisely what this game requires. You are pointing and holding puzzle pieces and moving them into place in the puzzle. This actually requires a lot of fine and gross motor coordination. Kids that do very well with that should be fine. My son does play games on the PC that require this click, hold, release functionality but the mouse for the PC is more stationary and stable and he has no problem with it at all. The Wiimote is entirely a different thing altogether and we were frustrated to find out that this Wii Game (marketed for little kids) was not really any less frustrating then all the other Wii games which require too much control that most younger kids don't have.
Very disappointed in this game. I can say it was very cute---the elephant was adorable and funny. But the gameplay was a disaster for my guy. I guess for him we will stick to his Playstation 2 games because the controls are far easier and don't require such precision (he finished Go Diego Go for the PS2 in just a couple of hours). I cannot recommend this game for any child that has difficulty with the Wiimote functionality in other games. Its true it is not hard as far as content...but, again, the Wiimote not being stable just made it unusable for us. I bought it used and was able to exchange for another game.
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