Ah, the fall. After sweating through a harsh summer in the kiddie pool, nothing feels better than spending some time outdoors when the weather is in the realm of “tolerable”. There’s so much to love about the season: buffalo wings during a stacked Sunday football schedule, TV premiers, and new toys hitting the shelves before the holiday buying season. But nothing gets us stoked for fall more than sharing a good scare with our kids. Halloween has become a holiday so big it takes 31 days to celebrate – maybe more if you’re really good at it.

If we ever got off our butts to write that stellar review of Cartoon Network’s Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated series (yes, it really is that great, just so you know), we’d say something like, “the world needs more age-appropriate scares to share with our kids.” Well, thankfully, we may have one more, thanks to Scholastic Media and their popular I SPY media franchise.

I SPY Spooky Mansion will be released for the Nintendo Wii in October. Here is a description of the game from the official press release:

After being trapped by a clever skeleton, players of I SPY Spooky Mansion are challenged to find a secret way out of the mysterious old mansion.  First-person exploration of each room of the house reveals 33 I SPY riddles – each featuring interactive mini-games.  Additionally, players will play brain-teasing games and embark on scavenger hunts throughout the mansion as they search for an escape out of the house.

What we know, aside from a release date in time for Halloween, is that the game will retail for $29.99. We also know it was also released for the iPhone last September for 99 cents and for the iPad earlier this year for $3.99, so this had better be the freakin’ bees knees version or we’re crying foul. Being able to play with a Wiimote on a big TV is undoubtedly a great experience, but all things being equal we think kids would have an easier time using their finger to intuitively swipe their way through the brain teasers and hidden object puzzles. We’d say that’s just us, but we really are looking out for our kids.

And then we can put that $25 savings toward more candy. Trick or treat!