picture-9Developer: Electronic Arts
Price: $4.99
Version reviewed: 1.0

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iPhone Integration: 4.5 stars
User Interface Rating: 5 stars
Re-use/Replay Value: 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.8 stars

Trivial Pursuit is a board game by Hasbro where you progress by answering general knowledge & pop culture questions.  On April 23, 2009 , Electronic Arts partnered up with Hasbro and created Trivial Pursuit for the iPhone.

EA’s take on Trivial Pursuit plays great on the iPhone. This is an amazing recreation of the board game. You roll an on-screen die (via accelerometer or touch) to move around the board and answer trivia questions when landing on colored spaces. Each color represents a different category:

  • Purple: Arts & Literature
  • Yellow: History
  • Orange: Sports & Leisure
  • Green: Science & Nature
  • Pink: Entertainment
  • Blue: Geography
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Category Headquarters

The concluding goal is to answer six questions from category headquarters (they are larger spaces at the end of each spoke).

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classic mode

Classic mode feels a bit pointless when played by yourself since there are no stakes. You can play the game with others through local Wi-Fi, and pass-and-play, but unfortunately EA won’t let you play via Facebook connect like you can with Scrabble.

pursuit mode

pursuit mode

The new Pursuit mode adds a nice touch to the game. This mode was designed for single player. Instead of working your way around the wheel, you move along a linear board with occasional branches. The faster you answer questions, the farther you can move toward the end of each section and pick up a pie piece. Once you have all six of the pie pieces, you win. This is by far my favorite mode.

Trivial Pursuit also sports occasional visual questions that flash photos up on screen such as a famous city landmark, etc. While testing the game, every question was distinct from the other which is really critical for a trivia game.

BOTTOM LINE:

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