Wii Party with Wii Remote Controller - Black

Party game? Oh no.. I hear you cry! Wii Party isn't like all the other Wii games out there that have 'party' in their title. Ok, it still has 'mini-games' as the bread and butter of the gameplay, but each game has so much attention to detail that it doesn't feel like just another mini-game. The mini-games are played to decide the order of play amongst players in multi-player modes like house party (2 to 4 players) or party (1 to 4 players). You can play single player style in party mode (computer controls other 3 Mii's) or solo mode, which has you playing through mini-games and depending on your success allowing you to advance through a path littered with mini-games. For every mini-game you fail you loose a heart, along the way you can pick up extra hearts when you have completed enough mini-games, lose all your hearts and your solo game ends. When you copmplete beginner level (5 mini-games), you then unlock intermediate, and when you complete intermediate you unlock expert (50 minigames without the option of choosing your path!), a true test of skill.

When you progress through the 4 game types (party, house party, pairs and mini-games only), you randomly encounter mini-games and when you finish a particular game (like board game island or globe trotting, in the party type games) you will unlock other game modes like challenge mode and rule reversal mode in the mini-games only type. Mini-games can then be played on their own, where you can play freestyle or in competitive mode (with another player). There are several game modes to play when you select the mini-games option (if you just want to play through mini-games rather than house mode or party mode or pair mode), here you can select from solo mode (a one player only event), freeplay (1-4 players), battle (1-4 players), challenge (1-4 players) and rule reversal (2-4 player). Admitedly, single player is not as much fun as multiplayer, so if you can't get friends or family involved regularly, then your not going to get as much enjoyment from this game as you would otherwise like to. in the solo mode, you not only have to come 1st or 2nd or 3rd to progress, you need to try and get the highest score possible in each game to try and get the highest score at the end of the path of mini-games, as there is a leaderboard of all the Mii's that have completed that path of mini-games in each difficulty level that that Mii has played in.

Here is a list of the game sections and types of game modes in each:

Party games: Board game island
Globe trotting
Mii of a kind
Spin-off
Bingo

House Party: Animal tracker
Hide 'n' Hunt
Time Bomb
Word Bomb
Buddy Quiz

Pair Games: Friend Connection
Balance Boat
Match-up

Mini-games: (just mini-games on their own)
Free Play
Solo
Challenge
Battle
Rule Reversal

The mini-games are choosen by the Wii depending on the game mode choosen, this keeps the gameplay varied and is a better organisation of the available mini-games than other party games.

Some game modes have to be unlocked, by completing other game modes first.

Some of the game modes, keep a tally of your score throughout your progress based on your mini-game performance, this can be viewed as a leaderboard from the main menu.

If you can't decide how to play, then there is a suggestions option which will ask you questions then decide the order of play based on your answers.

The game has just enough depth to keep you interested and challenged for a couple of weeks, but the game on its own, doesn't warrant the full retail boxed price of around £30 (I got it for [...] from [...]), but the really smart thing that Nintendo did was to include a Wii Remote inside the excellent HUGE thick cardboard box. Not only is there an additional remote, (which gave me 3 remotes so I could get my parents involved), but to my surprise the remote came inside its own rubber jacket! There were even 2 batteries, but I use my rechargeables instead. My Mum beat me on the first game we tried in the pairs section (2 player only games), in the match two Mii's mini-game! You don't have to be a gaming genius to be good at this game, as luck also plays an important factor too.

Here is my percentage analysis of this game:

Gameplay: 89% Mini-games are varied, and involve skill and sometimes just sheer luck, which helps weaker players. Mini-games are wraped in game modes ranging from 1 - 4 players, like
the board game and going places. Mini-games can be played on their own in a variety of play types, like free play (once mini-game is unlocked) or copetitive or high-score.
Very polished gameplay, and it has the Nintendo 'magic touch', you can feel the Nintendo quality control that has been applied to every aspect of this game!

Graphics: 82% Nothing very fancy, but it doesn't have to be to convey what the game has to offer. The Mii's are very nicely handled in the game, and the action is smooth and colourful.

Sound: 80% There are sice sound effects and voice-overs, and the music that is there keeps the action flowing along. Perhaps the weakets element of the game, but satifactory none the less.

Fun: 90% Wii Party is all about the fun, and it has it in a large measure. Challenge friends and family in 4 play modes across 80 mini-games from 1 player, (mini-games on their own and
solo mode)or 1-4 players in party mode, or 2 - 4 players in house mode.

Overall: 86% If you call yourself a hardcore gamer, and you have a predujice against casual games, leisure games or anything with 'party' in the title, then your obviously not going to
want this. You don't know what your missing out on and you will never know unless you try it. On the other hand, if you fancy entertaining some family and friends at
the Christmas party, then you should look no further than Wii Party. It will be the game to end all party games that have come before and after it for the Wii. I have enjoyed
what I have played so far, and am looking forward to discovering the rest of what Wii Party has to offer. It's not an expensive game, you shoudn't spend more than £30 on it, and
by now you may even get a second-hand copy. If you have an inkling for this game, then you should spend your £30 on it, as there aren't any other 3rd party titles like it on the
Wii, and wont be for some time. Go for it, you wont be dissapointed, if you really want to get a party game for your Wii this year!

Wii Party is enjoyed by my whole family which is aged from 4 years old right up to 60 years old! There are lots of different games for you to enjoy with your friends and family in four player mode such as:

Time Bomb is a mad game where you pretend the Wii Remote is a bomb and you must pass it around without shaking it whilst holding a button down then the next person grabs the Wii Remote whilst holding a different button. You have to be fairly fast as the time goes down faster and faster.
Word Bomb is very similar to Time Bomb but this time each player has up to 10 seconds to say a word from a given category such as drinks. If you don't say a relevant word and press the A Button in time, then the bomb explodes and it's game over with your Mii flying right up high towards the tv screen!
Board Game Island is a great fun where up to four players take it in turns to roll the dice and advance along a single route towards the summit of the mountain. At the beginning of each turn, everyone plays a mini-game, and the order the players come in determines which bonus dice they receive. This is a great board game where you swing across vines and get thrown up into the sky by a big hand made of rock across the mountain.
Spin Off is my favourite game at the moment where each player takes it in turns to spin the wheel by holding the A Button and swinging the Wii Remote left or right. most of the time you will land on a spot which wins money that goes into the bank. If you our good at the game and a bit lucky then you will land on a mini game battle and, if you win the mini game then you win all the money thats in the bank at the time.
Balance Boat is a right laugh and you must work together as a team whilst you all place your Mii characters on a ship. If you do not balance your Mii's good enough then the ship will tip over and all of your Mii characters will fall into the sea. Befor you place your Mii's on the ship you must play a mini-game together which if you fail to complete the Mii characters will be different sizes making it harder to keep the ship balanced.
Wii Party is the best multi-player game on the Wii since Wii Sports Resort and will be enjoyed by any type of gamer. You must buy this game I have only sketched the surface with what you can do and not only are you getting a excellent game but a free Wii Remote too!!!

I bought this game after seeing the ads on TV mainly for the kids but i havent been able to get my husband of it yet,its brilliant and such a laugh,before you know it you've been on it late into the night because there's so many games. Both my children have been able to play it fine and there 6 and 10 yrs old so its great for all ages, shop about for a good price because it is out there cheaper we got it from a internet games website (sorry Amazon) for £29.99, i think you can only get it with the controller though which was fine for us as we needed another one but not so good if you dont need it.