Not to be confused with Wii Party U.
Wii Party is a party game developed by NDcube and Nintendo and also published by Nintendo in 2010 for the Wii. It is a game that features gameplay that often needs more than two players. Wii Party can be compared with the Mario Party series, mainly because it heavily borrows gameplay elements from those games. Wii Party is also the first game in the Wii series (Wii Sports/Wii Play/Wii Music etc.) that Shigeru Miyamoto didn't develop. 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. A sequel named Wii Party U was then released for the Wii U in 2013.
Gameplay[]
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Wii Party's title screen.
Wii Party has 4 different playable game sections/modes: House Party Games, Party Games, Pair Games, & Minigame Modes. (Note: All listed game durations listed are approximations of how long the games will take to play.)
House Party Games[]
- Animal Tracker (2 to 4 players, 5 minutes)
- Hide 'n' Hunt (2 to 4 players, 15 minutes)
- Time Bomb (2 to 4 players, 5 minutes)
- Word Bomb (2 to 4 players, 5 minutes)
- Buddy Quiz (3 or 4 players, 5 minutes)
Party Games[]
- Board Game Island (1 to 4 players, 45 minutes)
- Globe Trot (1 to 4 players, 60 minutes)
- Swap Meet (1 to 4 players, 30 to 45 minutes)
- Spin-Off (1 to 4 players, 30 minutes)
- Bingo (1 to 4 players, 15 minutes)
Wii Party's main menu.
Pair Games[]
- Friend Connection (2 players only, 5 minutes)
- Balance Boat (1 or 2 players, 5 to 15 minutes)
- Match-Up (1 or 2 players, 15 minutes)
Minigame Modes[]
- Free Play (1 to 4 players, 5 min)
- Battle Mode (1 to 4 players, 5 to 30 min)
- Solo Mode (1 player only, 15 to 60 min)
- Challenge Mode (1 to 4 players depending on the game, 5 to 30 min)
- Spot the Sneak (2 to 4 players, 15 to 30 min)
In Wii Party, there are a variety of Minigames that are played after every turn (or every couple turns depending on what Party or Pair game is being played.) There are four types of Minigames in Wii Party, catgorized by how many players can play them. These include: 4-Player, 1 Vs 3, and 1 Vs 1 and Pair. 4-player, 1 VS 3, and 1 VS 1 Minigames usually activate on special spaces, while Pair spaces only appear in Pair Games and cannot be played in Party Games. Minigame Modes allow the player to play all four types of Minigames depending on what mode they choose. There are also Challenge Minigames that can only be played by choosing Challenge Mode. Party Phil will occasionally comment on what the players must do to complete every game.
Reception[]
Wii Party received mixed or average reviews with a score of 68, according to Metacritic.[1] The highest critic score was from Play.tm which gave it an 89/100 and the lowest rating coming from Metro GameCentral, which gave it a 30/100. It was generally well-received by audiences, and has/had an audience score of 7.8.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the Japanese version of Wii Party, a synthesized, feminine voice will explain the minigame's controls and instructions. In the Korean version, the minigame's instructions are explained by a masculine voice. This feature is not present in the USA or European versions of the game.
- The announcer will say 3 (san), 2 (ni), 1 (ichi), before saying スタート！ (Sutāto!, meaning "Start" in Japanese) as well in the Japanese version and 3 (sam), 2 (i), 1 (il) before it says 시작 (sijak) ("Start" in Korean) in the Korean version. In the USA and Europe versions of the game, there is no voice.
- The beginning location of the players in Globe Trot is based off of the region you're in. Depending on the console's region, the game will either start in the USA, Europe, Japan, or South Korea.
- There is something exclusive only to the Japanese and Korean versions: a House Party game called Quick Draw. It was removed from the other versions of the game, likely due to feeling drastically different from the rest of the modes, as well as requiring a full deck of cards.
- In some artworks of the game, some Mii characters are wearing outfits that correspond with their favorite color, as opposed to in-game, where a player Mii's outfit color will always correspond with their player color (Player 1 = Blue, Player 2 = Red, Player 3 = Green, and Player 4 = Yellow).
- Andy, Guest E, Takumi, Abby, Nick, Maria, Saburo, Rachel, Chris, and Keiko all appear in the game's channel intro on the Wii Menu.
- In the Korean version of Wii Party, the medals found in Spin-Off are replaced with stars. This is due to the fact that gambling is illegal in South Korea, and media is prohibited from referencing it in any way, shape or form. In this case, the medals were changed to stars likely to avoid any similarity with gambling games involving a roulette wheel.
- The end screen of the minigames and the 1st-4th place formula is later used for most of NDCube's Mario Party games released after Wii Party, from Mario Party 9 to Mario Party: The Top 100.
Unused Content[]
There is a lot of unused content in Wii Party.
Unused Text[]
Thank you for playing Wii Party. Bye for now!
Apparently Wii Party was planned to be shown off at E3, when only a trailer was shown off.
| Filename | Text | Translation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| MG103 | ギリギリバトル | Close Battle | A 1 v 1 version of Barrel Daredevil. Can be loaded in. |
| MG105 | ターザンレース | Tarzan Race | A 1 v 1 version of Rope Sling? |
| MG207 | あかるい道のり | A bright journey | Unknown Pair Minigame. |
| MG217 | ふたりでパネルあわせ | Two people aligning the panels | Unknown Pair Minigame. |
| MG220 | かくれてすすめ | Hide and Seek | A Pair version of Hide-and-Peek? |
| MG399 | １ｖｓ３ダミー | 1 vs 3 dummy | Placeholder 1 vs 3 Minigame. |
| MG409 | か変えて！チャンネル | Change the channel! | A 4-Player version of Channel Changers? |
| MG417 | はやう早撃ちガンマンズ | Quick Draw Gunmen | A 4-Player version of Pop-Up Bandits. Can be loaded in. |
| MG435 | ダミー | Dummy | Placeholder 4-Player Minigame. |
| MG444 | 0 | 0 | Placeholder 4-Player Minigame. |
| MG500 | ダミー | Dummy | Placeholder Challenge Minigame. |
| MG599 | １人用ダミー | Single-person dummy | Placeholder Challenge Minigame. |
A jamboree of unused minigame names. Only MG103 and MG417 can be loaded in, as the other minigames have been wiped from the disc. All that remains are the names.
Partial Translation[]
Present only in the Japanese version of the game is an early version of the English translation, with slightly different word choices than the final version, as well as some grammatical errors.
