Wii Party

***Wii Party*** is a party video game for the Nintendo Wii games console. It 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. *Wii Party* received mixed to positive reviews from critics and sold 9.35 million copies worldwide as of September 2021. A sequel, *Wii Party U*, was released for the Wii U on October 25, 2013. It takes elements from the *Mario Party* series, which is another video game series that is made by Nintendo. It has over 80 mini-games, like Spin-Off, and House Party.

## See also 
**Mario Party*

## Party Games 
**Board Game Island** 

Players roll dice to move along the route towards the top of the island. In each round, the players play a mini-game to determine an order. The player who goes first, second, and third get another dice to roll with a normal dice. The objective of the game is to reach the mountaintop first. On the way to the goal, there are many happening spaces which makes it harder or easier to win. The player who reaches the top of the island first is the winner.

**Globe Trot** 

The players go on a journey around the world. They choose numbered cards and move the number of spaces the card shows them. Each player gets 10 coins in the beginning. In each round, a minigame is played to determine the order and the number of coins each player received. The object is to reach special points on the globe. The visiting of a hotspot costs 10 coins. With any visiting the player collects photos. The player who has the most souvenir photos and coins at the end wins. 

**Bingo**

Each player chooses a card with Mii's faces on it. Then the game begins. A huge bingo machine drops balls in every round. The balls show Mii's faces. If a player has four faces in a row, a voice calls 'Bingo!' and the player wins. Minigame balls make the players play a minigame. The winner can choose which face they wants to choose.

**Swap Meet/Mii of a Kind** 

The players swap their Miis against Miis in the middle. The player who has two rows with three of the same Miis in it wins. It is a parody of the card game Thirty-one. 

**Spin Off**

Players spin a wheel and get medals, lose medals, or add medals to the bank. Players also play many minigames to earn medals. The maximum amount of medals that can be in the bank is 99999. After ten turns, overtime begins, and continues until a player wins a minigame. (If ten turns pass in overtime, a minigame automatically occurs that will award the remaining medals in the bank.) At the end of the game, the player with most amount of medals wins. 

## Pair Games 
**Friend Connection** 

This game requires two players. Two players answer certain questions and play a pair minigame to test their friend connection score.

**Balance Boat** 

Two players balance twenty Mii characters on a boat. Each round, a pair minigame determines the size of each Mii character. If the players successfully balance all twenty Mii characters without letting the boat lean over, they win. There is also a Time Attack mode, which is a timed version of Double Up that involves balancing twenty Mii characters as fast as possible without letting the boat lean over.

**Match Up**

Each player matches Mii characters with the same-colored shirts to earn points. It is like a memory game. After all the matches are taken, the player with the most matches win.

## House Party 
**Animal Tracker** 

This game involves placing the Wii Remotes on a flat surface and listening to the correct sound. Players get a point when they pick up the correct Wii Remote first. The first player to get three points wins.

**Hide ‘n‘ Hunt** 

Similar to Hide and Seek, one of the players hide the Wii Remotes and the others must find the Wii Remotes within a certain time limit. Every ten seconds, the Wii Remote makes a sound as a clue.

**Time Bomb**

Each player passes around a Wii Remote like a time bomb. If the controller is shaken too much, the buttons are released at the same, or if the player presses the incorrect button, the bomb explodes.

**Word Bomb**

Similar to Time Bomb, but it involves listing words in the category. On each turn, the player says a word in a category within a certain amount of time. If the player fails to say a word before the time runs out, the bomb explodes.

**Buddy Quiz**

This game requires at least three players. One of the players is the Buddy and the other players predict what the Buddy player's answers to a series of questions is. Players get points when they correctly predicts the Buddy’s answer. After all the questions are answered, the player with the most points wins.

## Minigames 
**Free Play** 

Wii Party has 79 minigames, which are 4 players, 1 vs. 3, 1 vs. 1, and Pair. This mode features a selection of in-game minigames for players to have fun with.

**Battle** 

Players battle to win a set number of minigames (either 4 player or 1 vs. 1) to see who wins three or five minigames.

**Solo**

A single-player minigame challenge where the player has to complete a series of five, ten, or fifty minigames to reach the rocket.

**Challenge**

A set of more challenging minigames.

**Spot the Sneak/Rule Reversal**

This game mode is unlocked when all the 4-player minigames are played at least once. One of the players is assigned to be "The Sneak" for each minigame. If the player's controller does not rumble, that player is the sneak. The player who is the sneak has a small advantage in that minigame to cheat. Points are based on rankings, and after each minigame, everyone has to guess who the sneak is. If the player is correct, they will steal points from the sneak. If the player is incorrect, the sneak will steal points from the player.

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