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Bully: Scholarship Edition | 
| From: Rockstar Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $23.99
You Save: $6.00 (20%)
New (32) Used (5) from $23.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 319
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Scholarship
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 34299
UPC: 710425342998
EAN: 0710425342998
ASIN: B000WQ1UME
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 8 new missions, 4 new classes, hilarious new characters, added two-player mode, new unlockables, and new rewards | | • | With 82 missions, 45 lessons, loads of mini games and collectibles, Bully provides over 30 hours of entertainment | | • | Over 100 voiced characters to socially interact with among several social groups - jocks, nerds, preppies, greasers, teachers, townies, carnies and, of course, girls | | • | Decide whether you have a positive or negative effect when interacting or accepting missions; you can say hello to fellow classmates or deliver mean wedgies | | • | New high-resolution textures and dynamic lighting and shadow system |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Retaining the wit and deep gameplay of the previously released PS2 Bully title, Bully: Scholarship Edition takes place in the fictional New England boarding school of Bullworth Academy and tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school. Capturing the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence perfectly, Bully: Scholarship Edition pulls the player into its cinematic and engrossing world set in the most vile and sadistic setting yet in a Rockstar videogame: the schoolyard. Laugh and cringe as you stand up to bullies, get picked on by teachers, play pranks on malicious kids, win or lose the girl, and ultimately learn to navigate the obstacles of the fictitious Bullworth Academy.Bully: Scholarship Edition comes to Wii, boasting new content, enhanced control features via the Wii Remote, and two player mini-games that make this title appealing to previous Bully players and a whole new audience.New Content
8 new missions, 4 new classes, hilarious new characters, added two-player mode, new unlockables, and new rewards.Variety
With 82 missions, 45 lessons, loads of mini games and collectibles, Bully provides over 30 hours of entertainment.Characters
Over 100 voiced characters to socially interact with among several social groups: jocks, nerds, preppies, greasers, teachers, townies, carnies and of course girls.Choice
You're in charge. Decide whether you have a positive or negative effect when interacting or accepting missions; you can say hello to fellow classmates or deliver mean wedgies.Technological Upgrades:
- New high resolution textures and dynamic lighting & shadow system.
- Faster frame speed makes the game smoother and more responsive.
- Recreated and updated over 3000 textures and character models by hand.
- Improved full screen effects, including dynamic glow FX, improved depth of field, and heat and fire FX.
- Textures uprezzed by 2x or more on Wii with a wider spectrum of colors and detail.
- More pedestrians and vehicles are able to load at once which improves the visual variety of the game.
- Wii controls provide a more interactive way of playing the missions and classes.
- Mini-games, including classes are easily accessible through the menu system.
Product Description
You're a mischievous schoolboy at Bullworth Academy, and you stand up to bullies, get picked on by teachers, play pranks, and win or lose the girl. You are15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins, a teenager who's been expelled from every school he's ever attended. After your mother abandoned you at the New England boarding school to go on her fifth honeymoon, you have a whole year at Bullworth ahead of you. You have to work your way up the social ladder of this demented institution of supposed learning, stand up for what you think is right and take on the liars, cheats and snobs who are the most popular members of the student body and faculty. If you can survive the school year and outsmart you rivals, you could rule the school.
Faster frame speed makes the game smoother and more responsive Recreated and updated over 3000 textures and character models by hand Improved full screen effects, including dynamic glow FX, improved depth of field, and heat and fire FX Textures uprezzed by 2x or more on Wii with a wider spectrum of colors and detail More pedestrians and vehicles are able to load at once which improves the visual variety of the game Wii controls provide a more interactive way of playing the missions and classes Mini-games, including classes are easily accessible through the menu system
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| Customer Reviews:
Fun game! July 1, 2008
This game has me laughing out loud and having a blast. It loses a half a star, however, for the game control. It's not easy to turn yourself around like it is with Scarface. I disagree with the other person who has moral issues with this game. Personally I love violent games because they mellow me out and make me non-violent and peaceful in real life, since I've gotten out my aggression with the game.
 Fills the GTA void on the Wii. June 23, 2008
I bought this game when GTA4 was coming out on other consoles because I had a hankering to play some GTA. Although this game is not as ridiculously violent as GTA, it's a lot of fun and has a great story line. It is easily as much fun as any GTA that I've played.
 Rent first before you buy May 20, 2008
3 out of 21 found this review helpful
After reading all the reviews for this game I finally broke down a bought it. I must say I was greatly disappointed. I don't care about how great the graphics, environment and freedom of play are (which I must say it has good design and layout). I played it for a single hour before I packed it up and traded it for Zelda.
The reason I did not like this game at all was mostly because you really had no choice in being a bully or not. At least at first, but I wasn't keen to find out. You started the game AS a bully and were forced to befriend the top bully at the beginning. Your first 'proprietary' missions were to break in a locker and steal money, then take a slingshot and go knock out all the football players on the field. Another big complaint is that you can't preview the missions before choosing to accept, therefore you have no clue whether the mission condones being a bully or helping someone out(sometimes by being a bully).
While I did not find these negative behaviors intolerable, seeing as it was acting as a beginners' tutorial for your range of abilities, what I could not stand was the dialog and interactions. Each person I greeted would make nasty remarks to me, and in just walking by someone they would shout "Your Evil!" or "Stupid!". I will say, however, those same kids did say "hey" the next day in passing(a faint glimmer of hope). I also detested the videos of Gary (the bully-friend you make at the first) bullying other kids around and kicking the dudes 'where it hurts'. There is enough of that out in the real world, the last thing I want to do is be a part of it in a video game.
I can't base my criticism on the entire game. Like I said, I only played it for a little while (two in-game days) so it may get better and a bit more positive as you progress. I strongley reccommened renting this game or buying it used (stores that sell used usually have a good return policy.) That way you can be sure you like it enough to buy/keep it.
Buy this game May 9, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is soo much fun, like microeconomy version of GTA. small in scope than GTA but much more detialed, funny, bitting social comentary, very well done combat and the classroom mini games are challanging. A must buy for anyone looking to vent some anger but kicking the crap out of some nerds, or jocks if you like, or just smashing windows out and running from the "law", get it.
The good outweighs the bad April 14, 2008
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
When this game first came out for PS2 I was curious, but never got around to playing it. Now that it's out for Wii, I finally caved in to my curiosity and picked it up. Overall, I'm very impressed.
I actually find this game more enjoyable than the Grand Theft Auto series (although GTA IV looks pretty amazing), because the universe is so much more quirky and unique. There are loads of bizarre characters to interact with, and based on your actions they'll either befriend you or try to pound you whenever you walk past. The environments look great, and the whole town has an almost 1950s vibe to it (although it takes place in present day). If you have any sense of imagination whatsoever, you'll be able to find countless things to do. Even without doing missions, it's fun experimenting and seeing just what the game will let you get away with (answer: quite a lot). From giving wedgies and stuffing kids in trashcans to riding your bike across moving cars downtown, the developers pretty much thought of everything.
When I heard the controls had been optimized for the Wii, I cringed a little bit. The Wii-mote can be great, but it seems most developers use it as a gimmick. Some sort of command is mapped to an awkward shake of the Wii-mote as an afterthought, and the gameplay just gets frustrating. Here, though, the controls are brilliant. To throw a left or right handed punch, you (surprise!) simply punch the air with your right or left hand. It's intuitive and satisfying at the same time. Once you start unlocking new moves (from your P.E. class and your homeless friend) the fighting gets pretty comical/over the top.
I do have a couple issues with the game, however. For one, there does seem to be a bit of lag when you're moving quickly through some of the more complex areas of the game (the carnival, downtown, etc.). This is pretty minimal, though, and doesn't really impede gameplay. I've noticed a couple bugs (characters flickering in and out of existence for a second), but these are pretty minimal as well, and don't really interfere with gameplay. You would think they would've fixed this, though... Beyond that, my only complaint is that the characters and events at times can be painfully cliche. Nerds are your textbook nerds, preps are by-the-numbers preps, homeless characters only ever talk about alcohol/drugs, the "war", and transistor radio parts, etc. I would have appreciated a little more creativity here, since there is so much potential for storytelling. However, the ridiculously fun gameplay and decent overall story (much better than most videogame stories, even if it's not quite as good as a movie) more than make up for this.
All in all, worth the buy [...]. Hope they make a sequel, and I hope they don't skip the Wii like they did with GTA IV.
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