LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack Standard Edition - Nintendo Wii U

Name: LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack Standard Edition - Nintendo Wii U
Brand: WB Games
SKU: 6550149
Rating: 4.7 (441 reviews)

Model: 1000534189

SKU: 6550149

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Details
- Genre: Action and Adventure
Key Specs
- Edition: Standard Edition
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10+) (The overall rating of the game, based on its age-appropriateness, interactive elements, and types of featured content, as established by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).)
- ESRB Descriptors: Cartoon violence, Crude humor (The type and severity of content in the game, such as the nature of its themes, humor, language, etc. These elements are part of a three-part guide established by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to determine a game's overall age-appropriate rating.)
- Compatible Platform(s): Nintendo Wii U
- Software Format: Physical (Physical software requires a disc, cartridge, etc. be inserted into the gaming console or computer to download and/or operate the software. Digital software allows for downloading and/or playing the software on the gaming console or computer without a physical disc, cartridge, etc. Physical (Download Code Only) software is purchased in physical form with a code that allows for downloading and/or playing the software on the gaming console or computer without a physical disc, cartridge, etc.)
General
- Brand: WB Games
- Model Number: 1000534189
- Product Name: LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack
- Publisher: WB Games
- Developer: Telltale Games
Game Details
- Edition: Standard Edition
- Genre: Action and Adventure
- Game Franchise: Lego Batman
- Game Series: 3
Certifications Listings & Approvals
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10+) (The overall rating of the game, based on its age-appropriateness, interactive elements, and types of featured content, as established by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).)
- ESRB Descriptors: Cartoon violence, Crude humor (The type and severity of content in the game, such as the nature of its themes, humor, language, etc. These elements are part of a three-part guide established by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to determine a game's overall age-appropriate rating.)
Compatibility
- Compatible Platform(s): Nintendo Wii U
- Software Format: Physical (Physical software requires a disc, cartridge, etc. be inserted into the gaming console or computer to download and/or operate the software. Digital software allows for downloading and/or playing the software on the gaming console or computer without a physical disc, cartridge, etc. Physical (Download Code Only) software is purchased in physical form with a code that allows for downloading and/or playing the software on the gaming console or computer without a physical disc, cartridge, etc.)
Requirements
- Video Game Content Included: Full game
Other
- UPC: 883929450398

At the center of the LEGO Multiverse lies an ancient planet that is inhabited by the evil mastermind, Lord Vortech. It is believed that the person who controls the Foundational Elements on which this planet is built will control all of the Multiverse. Vowing to become that ruler, Lord Vortech determines that by summoning characters from a variety of LEGO worlds, he'll be able to find the building blocks of the LEGO civilization. One day, a mysterious and powerful vortex appears in a variety of LEGO worlds, and different characters from DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, The LEGO Movie and more are swept away. Noticing their friends are being taken, Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle jump into the vortex on a journey they never imagined. Now, realizing Lord Vortech's intentions, the three intrepid heroes must venture through space and time to save their friends and all of LEGO humanity.

Team up with the Caped Crusader, Gandalf the Great and Wyldstyle from The LEGO Movie to vanquish Lord Vortech and save LEGO humanity from annihilation in LEGO Dimensions. This Starter Pack delivers everything you need to begin your buildable adventure, including a copy of the game, LEGO Toy Pad, bricks to construct the LEGO Gateway, three minifigures and the LEGO Batmobile vehicle. Let your creativity and imagination guide you on your adventure, as you'll team up with unlikely allies from a variety of worlds, including DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, The LEGO Movie, LEGO Ninjago, Back to the Future and more, to thwart your enemies. Use a combination of up to seven minifigures, vehicles and gadgets by dropping them on the LEGO Toy Pad to bring them into the universe. Let your imagination run wild in a solo journey, or team up with a buddy for cooperative drop-in/-out gameplay. Grab your blocks and flex your creative muscles — all of LEGO civilization is depending on you.

Whats Included

LEGO Dimensions game
LEGO Toy Pad
LEGO Gateway bricks
Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle LEGO minifigures
LEGO Batmobile vehicle

Customers are saying

Customers frequently mention the enjoyable gameplay and the LEGO building aspects as major highlights, with many citing the fun of building and playing with the various characters. Positive feedback also centers on the interactive nature of the game and its ease of use for both children and adults. However, some customers express concern about the high price point and find the instructions somewhat lacking in clarity.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great game
Most fun I have in a long time with my kids love it!
Posted 9 years ago by Los79
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Same lego game formula, with a few twists
A lot of people would say Lego games tend to have the same stale game-play. Though this may be true, I may be lucky in that I don't play too many Lego games. I enjoy the game-play; though simple, it seems that there is plenty to explore and many secrets to find in each area that you visit. The game comes with Legos that you assemble, and actually use; re-positioning them on the scanner in order to solve puzzles/win fights, which should be a big difference from other Lego games. The writing and dialog though is probably my favorite part. As a 28 year old, I was not expecting to love the banter between heroes/ villains, witty jokes and comments, etc. If you are a parent who may be forced to play this game with your kids, you might be able to appreciate the writing, while the kids jump around. All in all a worthy buy for me, with the possible exception of all the expansion packs. Though you can play and finish the game with everything in the starter set, there are areas that you won't be able to explore and certain things you can't do without buying additional Lego pack for the game. Keep that in mind when looking at the total cost of the game. I've been trying to buy them when I can get a deal on the sets as best I can.
Posted 10 years ago by FilFil
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Very expensive and buggy game that still charms
The concept of taking various licensed LEGO properties and throwing them together is great. Some of the properties, like Portal and Doctor Who, have been treated with evident love by the game designers. The controls are less convoluted than some recent LEGO games (LEGO The Hobbit was especially overloaded). But for all the fun in the idea, there's some big negatives. First of all, there's the cost. The entry cost is $99, and that just lets you play part of the game. If you want to get all of the gold bricks and other extras, you're going to need to by expansion sets—and a lot of them. In previous LEGO games, you unlocked characters by finding character tokens; in Dimensions, you unlock characters by buying real-world packs with real money. Even if you don't want to collect all the characters, but you just want to access all the hidden areas, Dimensions will cost you several hundred dollars. Many things are hidden behind things that require one specific expansion character to unlock. While the various packs aren't priced particularly high compared to non-game LEGO building sets with similar parts counts, the fact that you will need so many sets just to get 100% on the basic storyline means that this game requires a substantial financial investment. The game's story mode is short compared to recent LEGO games, although the "adventure worlds" make up for that somewhat. Likewise, the "level packs" that add new story levels are very brief. As for the controls, TT has traded complex menus on-screen for the toy pad. In many places, you need to use the pad and your characters as controls, moving them to different slots on the pad. That adds a new kind of control complexity. You can't just sit down and play the game; you need to have your toy pad within reach. It needs to be on a non-metallic surface, away from any sources of RF interference. It needs to be within reach of your console; it uses a long USB cord to connect. It needs to be on a relatively level, stable surface. And you'll need to have room nearby for your collection of characters and vehicles so you can swap them in and out. The need to constantly shift attention to the toy pad draws you out of the game, especially when you find you need to remove characters from play to make room to swap others from section to section. Like the Wii U's second-screen, it's an idea that sounds good in the abstract but isn't very fun in reality. (At least in the 1.02 patch, some character abilities can be activated with a button press instead of requiring toy pad movement.) The game also suffers from TT Games' long-standing LEGO game-engine bugs. After a decade of LEGO games, TT still hasn't fixed problems like characters getting stuck in places with no way out, or the game occasionally locking up for no apparent reason. (The Doctor Who level pack has a nasty bug where having the artifact-detector red brick enabled causes the game to crash reliably on multiple platforms, making the level unplayable until you disable the brick.) It also adds some new glitches, such as places where your character can fall through the world and die in the offstage area that you should never see... and then respawn offstage right above where you died, creating an infinite loop of falling, dying (and losing studs), and respawning that you can't escape without quitting the game (and losing progress). For a game that will cost several hundred dollars to complete, there's no excuse for not delivering a stable game without ancient bugs. It can be done—the Wii U-only LEGO City Undercover was virtually free of the typical TT Games LEGO bugs—but it wasn't done for Dimensions. If the game were free of these long-standing bugs—heck, if it were even free of bugs that should have been caught with minimal pre-release playtesting—it would be a four-star game. As it is, only the charm of the writing and the concept keep it from being a two-star game. The various properties in Dimensions receive varying amounts of care. For example, the starter set characters all have fairly extensive dialogue from the original actors. The Doctor Who, Portal, and LEGO Movie characters also receive extensive voice acting from the original actors, including minor characters. The Lord of the Rings characters receive the same over-used movie sound bites as the standalone games, which are sometimes even appropriate to the situation. The Ghostbusters levels available so far seem to rely exclusively on movie sound clips. The Simpsons properties are missing dialogue for many of the characters. If you have a lot of disposable income and a high tolerance for replaying levels due to game-ending glitches, LEGO Dimensions has a lot of fun in the way it lampoons its subjects and mashes them together. If spending $300 to $800 to play a buggy LEGO game doesn't appeal to you, you might want to skip it and just watch gameplay clips on YouTube.
Posted 9 years ago by TheRealRuffy