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Design a house from your couch with Our House for the Wii photo

"Few things are as exciting as building and personalizing a home of your own," says Majesco's Gui Karyo, "and only the innovative Wii remote makes it possible to hammer every nail and paint every wall."

Well, when you put it like that, Majesco's upcoming Wii exclusive title Our House might take that HGTV obsession you have to the next level. Developed by Budcat Creations (the folks behind the PlayStation 2 port of Guitar Hero III), Our House will let players design and customize their own home from the ground up. From purchasing materials at the Home Store to sawing wood, painting walls, and landscaping, this game sounds like a hell of a lot of work.

Fortunately, all of that blood, sweat, and tears can be flaunted using Wii Connect 24 -- the game features a "Neighborhood Mode" where gamers can share and build a community. More competitive home improvement junkies can go head-to-head in the game's four-player "build-off" modes.

When my toilet runs, I call a plumber. I hire neighborhood kids to cut my lawn. Sheetrock scares me. Maybe I'll learn a thing or two when the game launches on the Wii Holiday 2008.


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23 comments | showing # 1 to 23

WhiteSpyderZero's Avatar
WhiteSpyderZero at 01/07/2008 11:10
So basically, it's like The Sims - Only without the ability to make someone die through living in their own filth?
Spykron's Avatar
Spykron at 01/07/2008 11:11
I must say, it was fun making my house in Dark Age of Camelot. But this doesn't interest me at all.
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Surf314 at 01/07/2008 11:14
Man this game sounds like a blast. Here's hoping for a watching the paint dry mini-game.
Juggernaut's Avatar
Juggernaut at 01/07/2008 11:16
When I think about nailing wood and drywalling, the word "fun" doesn't come to mind.
mix's Avatar
mix at 01/07/2008 11:17
Build off with friends JUST sold me this game! Now I can build a house with my buddies while we touch each other, HELLS YEAH!

This game sounds lame and sadly enough I bet my gf will want this....
brimtastic's Avatar
brimtastic at 01/07/2008 11:24
Who's house? Run's house! (Say what?)
Mr Wilson's Avatar
Mr Wilson at 01/07/2008 11:35
MY A............DiDas
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 01/07/2008 11:47
I designed the windows

Grapefruit Juice's Avatar
Grapefruit Juice at 01/07/2008 11:53
The Great games just dont stop comin'
Bowshi's Avatar
Bowshi at 01/07/2008 12:17
I'll ready the Madness CD.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 01/07/2008 12:23
I'm designing a Brothel!
Tomquixote's Avatar
Tomquixote at 01/07/2008 12:52
HGTV, the game, eh? Finally a game for the missus.
Justin Villasenor's Avatar
Justin Villasenor at 01/07/2008 12:52
I guess I should of expected this coming after MySims got people ready with the furniture building.
NihonTiger90's Avatar
NihonTiger90 at 01/07/2008 12:59
If I can't build a mansion... then DO NOT WANT.
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chief blaze at 01/07/2008 13:12
Games and ideas like this make me want to get a Wii so bad.
JonDarkwood's Avatar
JonDarkwood at 01/07/2008 13:20
Give me an option to import into Harvest Moon plz kthx
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 01/07/2008 13:26
Sounds interesting. I'm not going to call "lame" on this one just yet. I wanna see how it turns out first.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 01/07/2008 13:47
House designing = fun. House designing without any context = phail.

What's the point of creating this neat house if you don't have an avatar or character to enjoy it through?
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 01/07/2008 13:53
Sounds fun, but hammering every nail? :\
PrinceofCannedPeaches's Avatar
PrinceofCannedPeaches at 01/07/2008 14:53

^^ I'z reckons mah cardboard box kernt beh haaaaard to beeeeeyild.

All hobisms aside, it sounds like it would be an interesting if not necessarily fun idea. And this, in combination with, say, a virtual architecture firm and a "Sims"-like game... you could have a reasonable semblance of reality. Then you just have to stir in some syphilis and the IRS, and you can be just as miserable on your own personal video game console as you are in your own life! Hooray!
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 01/07/2008 15:25
Our house
Is a very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy
’Cause of you
And our...
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wearafrown at 01/07/2008 18:50
this is a GOOD IDEA. I just hope they give lot's and lot's of options and you're not forced to end up with some rococo house just because.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 01/17/2008 01:48
Maybe some other day.
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