Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree

Brand: Nintendo

Product: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree

Summary: A mini-game based title that strives to sharpen various brain functions; fun to play in groups of two or more.

Price: About $30 (recently lowered from about $50 at many retailers).

Obviously: Requires a Wii and two Wii Remotes, to maximize the number of players.

Wii Music to be Released October 20, 2008

Brand: Nintendo

Product: Wii Music

Summary: A "game" with reportedly over 60 instruments to air-play (air guitar, air flute, air timpani, etc.) with the Wii remote and various Wii peripherals. Unlike Guitar Hero or Rock Band, Wii Music focuses on creativity over competition. It is definitely a polarizing game in the Wii Series catalog and probably best played with other people.

Price: About $50

Obviously: You'll need a Wii, several controllers, several nunchuk peripherals, and a Wii balance board to maximize the usefulness of "game." Yes, all that needs a TV and electricity, too.

Death Star™

Brand: LEGO®

Product: Death Star™

Summary: Rereate virtually every Death Star interior scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - and imagine new adventures beyond the big screen! Set contains 19 human/humanoid/protocol droid (C3-PO type) minifigures, two astromech droid (R2-D2 type) minifigures, and three other droids - all to help you take your imagination to another galaxy - a long time ago, and far, far away, to be exact. Building set contains 3803 pieces.

Price: About $400

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, Mexico, China, and the Czech Republic. (Or varies, depending on the LEGO Group's current mode of production - see press release.)

Pick a Brick

Brand: LEGO®

Product: Pick A Brick

Summary: It's like your local hardware store, but with plastic interlocking bricks.

Price: Varies.

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, Mexico, China, and the Czech Republic. (Or varies, depending on the LEGO Group's current mode of production - see press release.)

Upcoming Additions to the Wii Series: Music and Sports Resort

In the tradition of Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Chess (not yet released in North America), and Wii Fit, there are two upcoming Wii Series games for the Wii gaming system:

Wii Music, a rhythm-based game that uses existing Wii controllers and peripherals as ad hoc musical instrument-simulators, just like Guitar Hero or Rock Band - to be released in the fourth quarter of 2008;

Wii Sports Resort, the sequel to Wii Sports, containing new sports games and introducing the Wii MotionPlus peripheral - to be released in the spring of 2009.

We'll post new information about these and other exciting Guess Who's Toys? as new information becomes available.