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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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WhiteSpyderZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:10
WhiteSpyderZero
So basically, it's like The Sims - Only without the ability to make someone die through living in their own filth?
Spykron's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:11
Spykron
I must say, it was fun making my house in Dark Age of Camelot. But this doesn't interest me at all.
Surf314's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:14
Surf314
Man this game sounds like a blast. Here's hoping for a watching the paint dry mini-game.
Juggernaut's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:16
Juggernaut
When I think about nailing wood and drywalling, the word "fun" doesn't come to mind.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:17
mix
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 - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:24
brimtastic
Who's house? Run's house! (Say what?)
Mr Wilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:35
Mr Wilson
MY A............DiDas
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:47
Orionsaint
I designed the windows

Grapefruit Juice's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 11:53
Grapefruit Juice
The Great games just dont stop comin'
Bowshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 12:17
Bowshi
I'll ready the Madness CD.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 12:23
king3vbo
I'm designing a Brothel!
Tomquixote's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 12:52
Tomquixote
HGTV, the game, eh? Finally a game for the missus.
Justin Villasenor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 12:52
Justin Villasenor
I guess I should of expected this coming after MySims got people ready with the furniture building.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 12:59
Brian Szabelski
If I can't build a mansion... then DO NOT WANT.
chief blaze's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 13:12
chief blaze
Games and ideas like this make me want to get a Wii so bad.
JonDarkwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 13:20
JonDarkwood
Give me an option to import into Harvest Moon plz kthx
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 13:26
Neonie
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 - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 13:47
deiga-the-semivaliant
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 - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 13:53
Cheeburga
Sounds fun, but hammering every nail? :\
PrinceofCannedPeaches's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 14:53
PrinceofCannedPeaches

^^ 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 - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 15:25
Samit Sarkar
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...
wearafrown's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 18:50
wearafrown
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 - Comment posted on 01/17/2008 01:48
Fading Star
Maybe some other day.
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