Wii Party | |
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Developed & Published by: |
Nintendo |
Released: |
July 8, 2010 (Japan), October 3, 2010 (North America), October 7, 2010 (Australia) & October 8, 2010 (Europe) |
Genre: |
Party |
Wii Party is a party video game developed and published by Nintendo in 2010 for the Wii video game console. It is a game that features a gameplay that often needs more than two players. A sequel, Wii Party U, was released for the Wii U on October 25, 2013. Wii Party is often compared with the Mario Party series (another Nintendo franchise), mainly because it heavily borrows game play elements from those games. Wii Party is also the first game in the Wii series (Wii Play/Wii Music/Wii Play: Motion etc.) that Shigeru Miyamoto did not produce. The game was released in Japan on July 8, 2010, in North America on October 3, 2010, in Australia on October 7, 2010, and in Europe on October 8, 2010.
Gameplay[]
Wii Party has 3 types of modes. House Party Games, Party Games & Pair Games.
House Party Games are games that use the Wii Remote, they involve 2-4 players. The House party games are:
- Animal Tracker
- Hide 'n' Hunt
- Time Bomb
- Word Bomb
- Buddy Quiz
Party Games is where 4 people go against each other. The Party Games are:
- Board Game Island
- Globe Trot
- Swap Meet/Mii of a Kind
- Spin-Off
- Bingo
Pair Games are where two people help or go against each other in different types of games. The Pair Games are:
- Friend Connection
- Balance Boat
- Match-Up
There are also Minigame modes, they are:
- Free Play
- Battle Mode
- Solo Mode
- Challenge Mode
In Wii Party, there are a variety of minigames, consisting of five types. The host of the game who appears a lot of times is Party Phil. He will help you through everything in the game and you will see him regularly.
Some minigames got lost in development.
Reception[]
The reception for this has been mixed to positive with an average of 68%[1]
Trivia[]
- When you play with a Mii that has lipstick, its lipstick is always red, which happens to some of the CPU Miis as well. (Although the lipstick doesn't change when you pick a Mii with red lipstick)