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LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game for Nintendo Wii
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game for Nintendo Wii lets you play through the first four Pirates films with Jack Sparrow and other familiar characters. Events run from The Curse of the Black Pearl to On Stranger Tides. You investigate islands, ships and ports, fight enemies and use loose building pieces to progress. The characters convey much through movement and facial expressions, allowing familiar film scenes to retain their meaning without lengthy conversations.
Not every pirate has the same abilities. You switch characters to solve an obstacle, operate a mechanism or reach another route. Combining objects and rebuilding components regularly gives the action a puzzle break. The world contains hidden collectibles that you cannot all obtain on the first journey. Returning later with a different character can therefore produce new discoveries, even when you already know a level's story.
You play alone or with two players on the same Nintendo Wii, each controlling a separate figure; you need a second controller for this. Story missions offer short objectives and alternate sword fights with building and investigation. Free play gives more freedom to examine previously visited levels. This is a separate LEGO adventure, not a film collection or a sailing game with a fleet you develop yourself. The fifth Pirates film is not included. You follow the first four stories through the eyes of lively LEGO pirates. Each player uses a Wii Remote with a Nunchuk, so playing together requires two of these sets.
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.
Manual
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game for Nintendo Wii includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
Disney Interactive Studios, TT Games and the LEGO Group announced LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game in November 2010. It appeared in 2011 for Nintendo Wii and other platforms. Its launch coincided with the film On Stranger Tides and LEGO building sets based on the pirate series. The game did not use only that new film: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest and At World's End also formed part of the adventures on the disc.
TT Games already had experience translating familiar film worlds into LEGO puzzles and cooperation. Pirates added a cast with distinctive movements, strange sea monsters and recognisable ships. The developers could tell events through physical jokes and use environmental objects for obstacles. Disney presented the opportunity for two players to cooperate as an important feature. Returning to levels to discover new objects was also emphasised in the original announcement.
The four films thus received one shared game adaptation, using the same foundations of changing characters, building and finding secrets. The game appeared long before a fifth Pirates film and therefore does not contain that later story. Within the Nintendo Wii catalogue, it shows how the LEGO formula was used for a pirate adventure without turning it into a complicated sailing simulation. Recognition comes from its locations and main characters; the regular actions remain focused on puzzles, short battles and investigating levels.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 also retells four film stories with visual jokes and two-player cooperation on Nintendo Wii. Magic and Hogwarts lessons guide its puzzles. Pirates uses the varied abilities of pirates and more often lets you investigate ships, islands and ports rather than a recurring school full of classrooms.
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 likewise combines changing characters and collecting with a familiar film story on Nintendo Wii. New spells and wizard duels give that adventure its own rhythm. Pirates tells the first four pirate films and uses objects, constructions and pirate abilities for obstacles. In both games, returning with other characters produces additional discoveries.
LEGO The Lord of the Rings also has a familiar group of film characters cooperate on puzzles and battles on Nintendo Wii. Middle-earth connects the story levels through a larger explorable world. Pirates divides its adventure between events from four films and uses ships and islands as settings. The puzzle foundations resemble one another, but travelling has a different structure.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga also combines short film retellings with building, changing characters and finding secrets on Nintendo Wii. Lightsabers, the Force and vehicles determine what you can do there. Pirates stays with the first four pirate films, using sword fights, ships and character abilities. Both let two players join the adventure on the same console.
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues likewise turns four films into building puzzles and local cooperation on Nintendo Wii. Indiana Jones uses his whip and tools on treasure hunts and also offers a level builder. Pirates focuses on ships, islands and pirates’ special abilities. You search designed film levels rather than constructing a new obstacle course yourself.
