Wii Party
2010 party video game published by Nintendo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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2010 party video game published by Nintendo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wii Party[a] is a party video game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console.[4] The game heavily borrows game play elements from the Mario Party series, another Nintendo franchise. It is also the first game in the Wii series that Shigeru Miyamoto did not produce.[5] The game was released in Japan on July 8, 2010,[1] in North America on October 3, 2010, in Australia on October 7, 2010, and in Europe on October 8, 2010. Wii Party was revealed by Satoru Iwata in a Financial Results Briefing on May 7, 2010.[6] It received mixed to positive reviews from critics and sold 9.35 million copies worldwide as of September 2021. A sequel, Wii Party U, was released for the Wii U on October 25, 2013.
Wii Party | |
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Developer(s) | NDcube Nintendo SPD |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Shuichiro Nishiya |
Producer(s) | Atsushi Ikeda Hiroshi Sato |
Series | Wii |
Platform(s) | Wii |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Party |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Wii Party features nine different game modes divided between three categories: Party Games, House Party Games, and Pair Games. Most of the game modes integrate use of Wii Party's 80 minigames. The game also offers additional modes that make exclusive use of the minigames.
Party Games are games in which up to four players compete against one another.
Pair Games are designed for two players and are either cooperative or competitive.
House Party Games are activities that focus on the players' environments, with most of them not using the Wii Remote wrist strap because of the unique ways it is being used. One of the games, Quick Draw, is exclusive to the Japanese version.
After the development of Mario Party 8, several of Hudson Soft's key designers left to work for Nintendo subsidiary NDcube.[7] Wii Party was first revealed to the public by Satoru Iwata during a presentation to investors at E3 2010 on May 7, 2010.[6] In an Iwata Asks interview, NDcube said that "One of the attractions of Mario Party is that you can play with your favorite character", but they "thought that using Mii characters would strengthen the impression that you yourself are playing together with your friends." Iwata also hoped "people will play Wii Party for years to come as the new standard in party game software."[5]
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | 70.44%[8] |
Metacritic | 68/100[9] |
Publication | Score |
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1Up.com | C−[10] |
Eurogamer | 7/10[11] |
Game Informer | 4.5/10[12] |
GameSpot | 8/10[13] |
GameTrailers | 7.9/10[14] |
IGN | 7/10[15] |
Nintendo Life | 7/10[16] |
Wii Party received mixed reviews from critics, with an average Metacritic score of 68/100.[9] GameSpot awarded Wii Party a score of 8 out of 10, praising the wide variety of minigames and modes. GameSpot also added that the game's multiplayer mode "is a blast," and believe that Wii Party is "faster and better" than Mario Party.[13] Nintendo World Report also gave the game an 8/10, citing that "A common complaint about Mario Party is that it has too many things that slow gameplay down to a near halt, such as multiple traps on one game board and waiting for the player to finish his or her turn. Wii Party avoids this by speeding up gameplay".[17] IGN gave the game a 7/10, criticizing the graphics as bright and colorful, but "not exactly pretty", but praising Nintendo for doing a good job of allowing players to follow instructions to get through objectives.[15] GameTrailers gave the game a 7.9, saying "Aside from a few dud modes and some minor control issues, there isn't a whole lot to fault."[14]
Phil Kollar of Game Informer stated in a negative review that "Wii Party's 80-plus minigames share the same uneven quality I've come to expect from Mario Party, which makes sense given that many of them are iterations of games from that series. The metagames are even worse. Whereas Mario Party gave players multiple boards to play through, Wii Party features multiple game types, each less exciting than the last."[12]
In its first week of release in Japan, Wii Party sold 230,000 units and was the country's best-selling game that week.[18] As of October 5, 2010, Wii Party has sold 1,350,791 units in Japan.[19] The game has sold 9.35 million copies worldwide as of September 2021.[20] The game would go on to be rereleased by Nintendo under its Nintendo Selects collection of games.[21]
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