Dicey Descent (2分の1サバイバル (1/2 Survival) in the Japanese version) is a 4-player minigame in Wii Party.
The minigame's thumbnail.
Introduction[]
The camera will pan upwards as all three platforms shut tight. As the very first one gets shut, all 4 players fall and land on it.
Gameplay[]
Players start out on top of the three platforms and must pick the right or left side on where they want to fall. One side of each platform has thunderclouds that will shock unlucky players, thus there is a 50/50 chance of getting zapped or being safe. If someone gets zapped twice, they are out.
The last player standing, or whoever was zapped the least after three rounds, is the winner.
Controls[]
- Hold the Wii Remote horizontally, and use the D-Pad to move.
Gameplay (Spot the Sneak)[]
In Spot The Sneak, the Sneak's remote will rumble once a second if they pick the correct side.
Ending[]
This minigame can end in two ways:
- If there is only one player standing or all players are eliminated and they have yet to make it to the last platform, the minigame ends.
- Once all remaining players make it past all three platforms, the minigame ends.
Trivia[]
- This game is a luck-based minigame, like Lucky Launch, Strategy Steps, and Risky Railroad. Like these, there are no clear strategies on how to win easily.
- There is only one clear strategy, which applies when there are only two survivors and you are both on the last floor. If you have more life than your opponent, choose the same as them to garauntee your victory, but if you have less, do the opposite for a 50% shot of tying for 1st.
- Like Zombie Tag, you can push players because object collision is enabled. Unlike this minigame, pushing an idle CPU player forces them to move.
- It is possible (though very unlikely) to block a CPU's movement, forcing them to stay in one side. However, this is not recommended for players without savestates (or similar tools) since you do not know which side has thunderclouds.
- In the Japanese and Korean versions of Wii Party, the text that tells the players to pick a side in each round has two triangular symbols representing each platform. These symbols were removed in all other versions of the game, because two lightning bolts can be misunderstood as a nazi symbol.
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