By Joyce Loto
A collaboration that was announced last February between online developer Zynga and play it at home king Hasbro has paid off with the creation of two first ever home versions of the popular Words with Friends, and the FarmVille face-lift of four classic children's games. Featuring a new farm-friendly motif, are the Hasbro card games for children, Old Maid, Go Fish and Memory and longtime favorite, Hungry Hungry Hippos. The revamped versions were released to retailers in October.
The popular on-line game which resembles the popular Japanese video game series, Harvest Moon, is a real-time farm game that at the height of its popularity was the most played game on social networking site Facebook. It was launched in June of 2009. A sequel, FarmVille 2 Was launched in September of 2012.
The popular on-line game which resembles the popular Japanese video game series, Harvest Moon, is a real-time farm game that at the height of its popularity was the most played game on social networking site Facebook. It was launched in June of 2009. A sequel, FarmVille 2 Was launched in September of 2012.
The farm simulation game, which is similar to mainland China's now defunct Happy Farm and other games of that genre, engages would be farmers in the performance of daily chores such as raising farm animals, and the planting and harvesting of crops, that are necessary for maintaining their farms. Although there is a paid option to upgrade, the game can be played at no cost to the player.
In the revamped version of Hungry Hungry Hippos, FarmVille animal heads like a cow, a sheep, a horse, and a pig have replaced those of the old hippo heads, and colored marbles meant to represent their individual food preferences, have replaced the old white marbles. The original name has been changed to Hungry Hungry Herd, and it is retailing for between twenty and twenty-five dollars. Parents who purchase the newly rechristened game, receive fifty dollars in farm cash.
The newly branded FarmVille Animal Game featuring Memory, comes with a Disco Dancing Sheep where the cards, that now feature favorites from the on-line game, are kept. The game is still played in the same way, except that players can now also win by matching baby animals with the corresponding animal parent. The cost is reasonable at about ten dollars, and parent receive a gift of twenty dollars farm cash to be spent on-line.
Also available at just below ten dollars is the new version of Hasbro's card game, Old Maid. The cards that now feature caricatures of faces familiar to the online farming community are accompanied by their own Rockstar Cow card-pouch. Parents receive twenty in farm cash when they purchase this updated version
FarmVille Animal Go Fish has undergone its own transformation, and just like its card cousins Memory and Old Maid, the cards for this game feature the faces from the virtua
In the revamped version of Hungry Hungry Hippos, FarmVille animal heads like a cow, a sheep, a horse, and a pig have replaced those of the old hippo heads, and colored marbles meant to represent their individual food preferences, have replaced the old white marbles. The original name has been changed to Hungry Hungry Herd, and it is retailing for between twenty and twenty-five dollars. Parents who purchase the newly rechristened game, receive fifty dollars in farm cash.
The newly branded FarmVille Animal Game featuring Memory, comes with a Disco Dancing Sheep where the cards, that now feature favorites from the on-line game, are kept. The game is still played in the same way, except that players can now also win by matching baby animals with the corresponding animal parent. The cost is reasonable at about ten dollars, and parent receive a gift of twenty dollars farm cash to be spent on-line.
Also available at just below ten dollars is the new version of Hasbro's card game, Old Maid. The cards that now feature caricatures of faces familiar to the online farming community are accompanied by their own Rockstar Cow card-pouch. Parents receive twenty in farm cash when they purchase this updated version
FarmVille Animal Go Fish has undergone its own transformation, and just like its card cousins Memory and Old Maid, the cards for this game feature the faces from the virtua
The newly branded FarmVille Animal Game featuring Memory, comes with a Disco Dancing Sheep where the cards, that now feature favorites from the on-line game, are kept. The game is still played in the same way, except that players can now also win by matching baby animals with the corresponding animal parent. The cost is reasonable at about ten dollars, and parent receive a gift of twenty dollars farm cash to be spent on-line.
Also available at just below ten dollars is the new version of Hasbro's card game, Old Maid. The cards that now feature caricatures of faces familiar to the online farming community are accompanied by their own Rockstar Cow card-pouch. Parents receive twenty in farm cash when they purchase this updated version
FarmVille Animal Go Fish has undergone its own transformation, and just like its card cousins Memory and Old Maid, the cards for this game feature the faces from the virtual farm world. Priced below ten dollars, it comes with the same on-line farm cash bonus, and a card carrying Chicken card pouch.
The partnership between the company whose mission is connecting the world through games, and the board game king has given birth to eight new games in all. For the eight and over set also has comes CityVille Monopoly, Draw Something, and CityVille Skies. Just as with the children's games, each of the new games comes complete with complimentary money to be spent in FarmVille or other Zynga virtual worlds.
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Also available at just below ten dollars is the new version of Hasbro's card game, Old Maid. The cards that now feature caricatures of faces familiar to the online farming community are accompanied by their own Rockstar Cow card-pouch. Parents receive twenty in farm cash when they purchase this updated version
FarmVille Animal Go Fish has undergone its own transformation, and just like its card cousins Memory and Old Maid, the cards for this game feature the faces from the virtual farm world. Priced below ten dollars, it comes with the same on-line farm cash bonus, and a card carrying Chicken card pouch.
The partnership between the company whose mission is connecting the world through games, and the board game king has given birth to eight new games in all. For the eight and over set also has comes CityVille Monopoly, Draw Something, and CityVille Skies. Just as with the children's games, each of the new games comes complete with complimentary money to be spent in FarmVille or other Zynga virtual worlds.
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