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Iwata Unveils Wii Party

The latest in the Wii game line is a compilation of party games.

In an investor briefing, the president of Nintendo revealed Wii Party, the latest title in the Wii line. The game will be a compilation of party games, the second title in the genre from the company since the 2007 release of Mario Party 8. According to Iwata, Wii Party is expected to be a major title in the company's current fiscal year.

The presentation revealing the game also announced the first known modes of the game. Teiban Party is the first of these modes and will contain games such as Bingo, Roulette, Mii-Jan, Overseas Trip Game, and Dice for up-to-four players.

Pair Party which is recommended for two players and contains games like Compatibility Check, Balance Ship, and Mii Alignment.

The last mode revealed, Living Party, will take exclusive use of the Wii Remote, and will be accessible for more than two players.


 

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Nick DiMola Director

05/07/2010 at 02:14 PM

Well, who didn't see this coming What a surprise!

Kathrine Theidy Staff Alumnus

05/07/2010 at 04:07 PM

This is disappointing. I guess this signifies the end of Mario Party.

Personally I think it is a bit late into the Wii market life for this game to have much impact. What this game needs to stand out from the literally hundreds of other minigame collections is the use of Wii Motion Plus. As far as I know, there aren't any that currently use it, and that is the only real way for them to come up with dozens of minigames that haven't already been done several times before. That would be the only way I'd be interested in this, as I have enough minigame collections as is. This reveal didn't mention it, so I'm guessing it won't use it.

It's kind of a missed opportunity. They're clearly pushing Wii Motion Plus as a standard, considering it is now packaged with all Wiimotes except white, and is now even included with the system itself. Yet there are so few games for it, and only Zelda is currently in the pipeline. By the time this game releases, everyone will either have four Motion Plus, or one for every Wiimote they have, or could easily get them. I mean sheesh, even now some people have more than four.

Lukasz Balicki Staff Alumnus

05/08/2010 at 01:38 PM

I just love how the word party is in a bland gray and isn't lively.

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