Is it just me, or did this game not get much press
at all?? I have heard more about Epic Mickey 2, which is not out for another 5
months, than I have heard about this game! The only reason I have it is because
my younger sister saw something about it and wanted to get it. And I do not
know why Disney did not put as much advertising into this game, I think it’s
great!
The premise of Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar
Adventure is that you are a child on a field trip to an awesome theme park,
Pixar Park! You run down this path and enter the hub of the park, which has the
Pixar ball on the ground and the words Pixar for you to stand next to with the
little birds from the “For the Birds” short flying around.
There are 5 spokes off of this hub leading to
playsets for 5 different Pixar movies: Cars 1-2, Up, Toy Story 1-3, Incredibles and
Ratatouille. There are kids running around all of these playsets playing pretend
in their favorite movies scenes.
To play, you “walk” (to make your person walk, you
move your arms up and down) over to the playset you choose and find the blue
Pixar ball on the ground. The game for that ball will come up and you click on
it. Another kid comes down and explains their idea for the game of pretend to
you and then you are transported into that scene and the game begins!
One cool feature that this game has is that it
scans your body to update your character so that the clothes and skin look like
you. Make sure you do this in optimum light though; I had it give me incorrect
colors a few times because it was too dark for it to scan. Once you are scanned
in, it shows you what you will look like as a super hero, car, explorer, toy
and rat for your different adventures.
This game is very active; it has you running,
jumping, swimming, climbing, swinging, throwing, zip lining, pushing yourself down
ramps, river rafting….and these are just in the first couple levels of each
world! Compared to some other games out there for the Xbox Kinect, I find the
controls to be very accurate, especially with activities like climbing; you really
have to put your hand up where the pegs are, not just swing your arms in the
air because you may not grab hold. The more coins and points you earn for your
time in each level, the more you earn towards getting a new level and getting
new friends to come to play with you.
This game also has the option for cooperative game
play, so someone can just hop into the game with you and start playing! I have
not been able to try out this feature as I do not have anyone to join me on my
adventures right now, so I would be interested to hear how this feature works for others!
Of course, you are not able to tell me how it is
if you don’t have the game, so what are you waiting for?! You can purchase it here from Amazon: Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure
