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Bee Movie Game for Nintendo Wii
Bee Movie Game for Nintendo Wii follows Barry B. Benson between New Hive City and the streets of New York. In the hive you take jobs, earn honey points and open new chapters. Outside you fly among traffic and people, avoid obstacles and use Barry's Bee Reflex to slow danger temporarily. The story uses scenes and voices from the DreamWorks film, while adding original missions and locations.
The action changes constantly. You drive taxis, scooters, racing cars and trucks, fly through tunnels and gardens, and fire pollen to activate objects. Story missions contain chases, aerial battles and short reaction sequences. In New Hive City you can also return to different workplaces and improve your results. Progress therefore involves more than a straight sequence of film chapters.
Smart Bomb Interactive made the Wii version, which has extra content compared with the other console editions: three Bee Speedway tracks, four additional maxi-games and six competitive arcade games for two players. The campaign uses a Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Multiplayer is local and needs no network connection. This product contains only the game; no separate accessories are promised.
Region and language
Our Nintendo Wii games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Bee Movie Game supports one player in the campaign and two players in local competitive games. The campaign requires a Wii Remote and Nunchuk; no network features are needed.
Manual
The manual is missing from this copy of Bee Movie Game for Nintendo Wii. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of Bee Movie Game
Activision released Bee Movie Game in Europe on 16 November 2007, shortly after the DreamWorks Animation film reached cinemas. Smart Bomb Interactive developed the Wii version specifically; Beenox worked on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Windows, while Vicarious Visions made the Nintendo DS edition. The teams received film material and built additional adventures around Barry's life as a bee.
The game uses voices including Jerry Seinfeld, John Goodman and Patrick Warburton. The campaign covers the story about Barry and the human honey industry, but also lets you perform everyday tasks in the hive. The scale difference between a small bee and a busy city defines many missions: rain, cars and garden tools become enormous hazards, while Barry can move freely through the air.
Motion and pointing actions were added for Nintendo Wii, and the disc gained extra race tracks, large activities and six competitive games. This content belongs to this version and should not automatically be attributed to the PS2 or DS editions. Bee Movie Game has no required online features; the campaign and local competitive games are fully on the disc. The No Manual product contains the complete game, but not the original instruction booklet.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
Over the Hedge also shows human gardens from the viewpoint of small animals and alternates combat, collecting and short assignments. Bee Movie Game centres on one flying hero and uses New Hive City as a recurring base. Both expand a DreamWorks film, but Barry also drives vehicles and can slow danger with Bee Reflex.
Madagascar 2 divides its Wii chapters among several animals with individual movements and minigames in Africa. Bee Movie Game stays with Barry and connects hive jobs to flights through New York. Both use voices, humour and animated-film locations, but Barry's flight gives the environments a different perspective.
Ratatouille also stars a small character in a human world. Remy runs, climbs and finds routes through kitchens, while Barry flies past many obstacles and can slow time. Both combine platform action with assignments beyond the film story. Bee Movie Game adds local arcade games and controllable vehicles.
Barnyard lets you roam freely around a farm, talk to animals and take part in activities such as BMX races. Bee Movie Game also has a home area with several workplaces, but regularly moves the story to dangerous city missions. Both offer variety; flying and Bee Reflex make Barry's assignments clearly different.
Cars uses an open racing world, more than twenty events and a large group of driveable vehicles. Bee Movie Game also has driving assignments and race tracks, but these are only part of an adventure with flying, aerial battles and hive jobs. Cars supports direct two-player racing; the Wii version of Bee Movie uses six separate arcade games for local competition.
