Match-Up

Match-Up
Information
Game:	Wii Party
Type:	2 Players
Instructions:	"Test your memory as you compete to match up pairs of Mii characters!"

Not to be confused with Match Mii or Animal Matchup.

Match Up is a Pair Game mode in Wii Party.

Objective

The objective of this mode is to match a Mii with a certain patterned shirt/dress with a Mii that also has this pattern. The player will get two points if they match up the same patterned Miis, but they can get four points if they match a platinum pair. The player can still match up Miis until they get an odd pair.

The player has hearts that represent their tries in the game. The players win a heart if they complete a minigame or a new round starts. If the player matches an odd pair, they can still try until they have no hearts left.

The player with the most matches when all matches are taken wins.

Tips

• Try to memorize the Mii's colors, especially if you got a mismatch. It will avoid making memorization mistakes before your opponent gets a chance to find a match.
  • The easiest way is to physically write down the Mii's colors on a list.

Trivia

• When there are 3 pairs left, the music changes.
• This takes place in the exact place where Swap Meet takes place. Only differences are that the patches of grass are bigger in Swap Meet and they also have chains in the front of them. There are also trees in Swap Meet, while there are flower patches on Match-up. The grass has a different pattern in Swap Meet too, where it just looks normal, while in Match-up, it has some sort of plaid pattern.

  

  In this picture, we edited arrows to point at what exactly is different.

• This is the only Pair game where the players don't actually play as a pair, rather as opponents.
  • It's also the only Pair game where you are able to play with CPU Miis from Beginner to Master. Balance Boat only lets you play with Master and Friend Connection doesn't let you play with any of them.
• The Miis that are players and the Miis that are supposed to be matched don't have the same model.

  

  Notice how the Miis in Green have round, circular hands while Emma has normal hands.

• The feet of the Miis actually go through their shadow. It isn't that visible with Miis with colors blue, red, etc. However, it is fully visible with platinum Miis.

  

• When getting a tie, Party Phil will say that both players are winners... or losers, and then the game will cut off to the result screen.

  

• It is possible (yet extremely rare) to get all 12 pairs in one turn while your opponent does not have any chance of getting a turn. It is exploitable in tool-assisted gameplays or using save states.
• Whenever a Mii with an unknown color (denoted as "?") reveals a color, they have an angry face at a small frame segment and then a normal face after turning.
• Since the layout is 2x3 rectangle (2 rows and 3 columns), the Miis do not move into a different square. In each sub-square of a rectangle, there are 4 Miis total in the beginning.
• If you point at the Mii, the Mii will have a surprised face and then a happy face.
• Since there are 12 pairs total, it consists of 2 red pairs, 2 yellow pairs, 2 green pairs, 2 blue pairs, 2 purple pairs, and 2 platinum pairs.
  • The maximum theoretical score is 57, in which you need to get a first match, then another match with a same color, and repeat the process.
  • In detail, it is [2 (first match)] + [2 + 4 (second match color combo)] + [2 + 1 (third match with combo continuation)] + (2 + 4) + (2 + 1) + (2 + 4) + (2 + 1) + (2 + 4) + (2 + 1) + (2 + 4) + (4 + 1 (platinum match with combo continuation)) + (4 + 4 (platinum match with color combo)).
  • This only works when you do not lose your turn (getting a mismatch). Otherwise, you lose the combo continuation.

    

    Troll vs Steph. Notice that Troll has a neutral expression.

• In the results, the winner does not have a happy expression. Instead, it has a normal expression.
• If player 1 got all pairs and player 2 does not have a chance to match, at the end before Party Phil announces a winner, both Miis have angry faces.
  • But if player 2 does have a chance to match, two Miis have normal faces instead.

Look at Troll and Mike's face!

Modes in Wii Party
Party Games: Board Game Island - Globe Trot - Swap Meet - Spin-Off - Bingo Pair Games: Friend Connection - Balance Boat - Match-Up House Party: Animal Tracker - Hide 'n' Hunt - Time Bomb - Word Bomb - Buddy Quiz Minigames: Free Play - Battle - Solo - Challenge - Spot the Sneak Others: Suggestions - Rankings