Despicable Me Family Game Night #FMEGifts2015
What is more fun then getting together as a family and playing games? One of the first games I can remember playing as a family is The Game of Life. We had so much fun with it, although I don’t think we brought it out often enough!
Despicable Me is a family favourite movie my entire family loves to watch, so when I heard that Hasbro had brought out Despicable Me versions of two classic games, I knew I had to check them out!
Despicable Me Minion The Game of Life Game
You can now play The Game of Life with Despicable Me minions! Choose your Minion, choose a job, and let the fun begin.
The goal of the game is to try to bag 5 bunches of bananas as you move around the game boarder. The game is significantly different from the original Game of Life as there are no careers and no minion children. There are also mini-spinners at each junction that can send you in a new direction as well as “slides” your game piece can slide through.
This version of the Game of Life is much easier for younger players to play as there is only simple math involved and we found that it was quicker to play through with the average game about 15 minutes of play long. I would say this version seems aimed at young children learning how to play board games rather than older players like the original game of life is.
Purchase online from Amazon or at a toy store near you.
Operation Despicable Me 2 Silly Skill Game
Operation Despicable Me 2 is the classic skill game of Operation, only it has been taken over my minions! Operate on Stuart the minion to remove unicorn fluff or fix up his Banana belly. Collect the most of Stuart’s Funatomy parts to win but be sure not to set off the buzzer! If your hands are steady enough, you can win the Despicable Me 2 version of operation!
Just like the classic game you will use the tweezers to collect Funatomy parts! The only downside for me is that there is no on/off switch so the only way to turn it off is to remove the batteries.
The game includes exclusive minions with 50 minions to collect! (Each sold separately.)
Purchase online from Amazon or at a toy store near you.
Disclosure: I received the above mentioned product in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.
How fun! They both look like great versions! Will have to maybe pick up one of these as a gift!
These look fantastic for minion fans! My grandson would really love any of them for Christmas!
Both games look like a lot of fun, I would love to try Operation again to see how well I do, it’s been ages since I played that game!!
That is so fun! I want to get this game for my family!
We love the Minions in our house. I like house Life is easier to understand, we tried to play the original a few yet it.ears ago but our kids didn’t g
How can you go wrong with a classic game mixed with Minions? Looks like a total blast to me! I like that it’s more younger child friendly too.
Oh my! My kids LOVE Despicable Me and they also love Operation. That would be a perfect Christmas gift for them!
Oh, my kids are going to love this game. Despicable Me is one of our favourite movies!
This is really cool that they have so many Despicable Me games for board games, we love our board games and may have to upgrade Life game to this one!
My kids love minions so I bet they would love this game! Thanks for the heads up!
Oh my gosh, seriously I need to get this for my son. He’s got Minions everything these days. And both of my kids love board games.
What a FUN game. The Despicable Me LIFE game looks particularly fun, I just love those little bunch of bananas playing pieces.
oh my what an adorable game! my nephew would love this. i’m gonna grab it for his christmas gift! how awesome!
This looks like so much fun,i would like to give Operation another go its been years
The Despicable Me version of Operation looks fun! I think I’ll be looking for that one in stores!
My grandkids love minions and I bet they would love this game!
These games sound like fun and I’m sure my grandchildren would enjoy them, they love the Minions.