Wii Party U

Wii Party U is a multiplayer party game developed and published by Nintendo on October 25, 2013 for the Wii U, and is the sequel to 2010 Wii game Wii Party.

## Gameplay

Wii Party U is a party game which has several different modes. The first is TV Party where the Wii U Gamepad and the Wii Remotes are used to play, there is House Party, where Wii Remotes are used to play and the Wii U Gamepad serves as the screen, there is Gamepad Party, where two players use the Wii U Gamepad in tabletop minigames and the last mode is the Minigame mode, where players can challenge each other in different minigames from the previous modes.

**Minigame Collection**: One to four players can play all the minigames available on Wii Party U.

**Freeplay Challenge**: One player can play the minigames in order to challenge themselves by attempting to break the records of each minigame.

**Bridge Burners**: Players team up with each other to play minigames and "knock down bridges" in order to beat the other team.

**Dojo Domination**: This is a single player mode in which the player challenges 30 computers to the minigames and attempts to last as long as they can.

**Battle of the Minigames**: Two to four players face off in minigames to see who will reach the top of the stage to get first place.

**Tabletop Tournament**: Players use the Wii U Gamepad to face off in "single-elimination or round-robin tabletop tournament."

## Modes

### TV Party

#### Highway Rollers

Highway Rollers is a board game mode in which players must roll a certain amount of die to run across a long highway, which has 300 spaces on it in total. After every round, the players face off in a minigame, and the place each player gets in the minigame results in how many die they get in the next round. The player in first will get 10 extra die, second place will get 5, third will get 3 and fourth will get 1. There are spaces on the board which can either help players advance, send them back or start a minigame. There are also several challenges which involve lowering bridges by playing a challenge, and the players cannot proceed until the challenge is complete. The first player to make it all the way to the end of the highway is the winner.

#### Gamepad Island

Gamepad Island is a board game mode in which players must use the Gamepad to play small minigames which involve rolling dice, hitting numbered balloons etc. to get a number of spaces they can move. The roll games will get harder for the players who are in first and easier for players in last. The goal is to use the rolls to move across spaces around an island and must try to make it to the temple in the centre. There are spaces which can help the player advance, slow them down, start a minigame or swap places with another player. There are also several challenges around the map, like holding the Gamepad backwards and drawing a line to break down a wall or guessing the correct path in a cave, and these must be completed to advance. The first player to make it to the temple first is the winner.

#### Mii Fashion Plaza

Mii Fashion Plaza is a board game mode in which players must roll die to travel around a plaza with clothing shops around it to collect different outfit pieces. Once the players make a full loop of the plaza, they must go to the centre stage and show off their outfit to the audience, and will get points depending on the clothing they are wearing. If a player gets a full outfit of the same type of clothing, they will get double the amount of points they get from the outfit at the centre stage. The players can also earn different types of die from minigames like die that will double or triple the roll, slow the roll so it is easier to pick a number you want or die that only have specific numbers on them. The player who has the most points by the end of the game is the winner.

#### Team Building

Team Building is a game mode in which players have a number of football players on their individual football teams who each have different coloured shirts. In the middle of the pitch is several randomly coloured football players, and after each round they will change. Also after each round a minigame will be played, and whoever wins will get the first pick to either stay with the team they have or swap one of their players with someone from the centre. On the Wii U Gamepad, different coloured combos are seen which will give players points if they get those combos by getting the same coloured teammates on their team by swapping from people in the middle. If a player gets a coloured combo with people on their team, they will get points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

#### The Balldozer

The Balldozer is a game mode in which there is a large ball machine where different coloured balls can be pushed down into a hole. After each round, a minigame is played to determine how many balls each player gets to drop into the machine. The player in first gets to drop 4 balls, second gets to drop 3, third drops 2 and fourth drops 1. If some balls manage to fall into the centre hole on a player's turn, that player gets points depending on how many balls fell into the hole. After a few rounds, a gold ring will appear and will move across the centre hole, and if a ball falls into that, an avalanche of balls will go into the machine, giving the player whose turn it is lots of points. The player who has the most points at the end of the game wins.

### House Party

#### Button Smashers

Button Smashers is a game mode in which players lay out their Wii U Gamepad and Wii Remotes next to each other on a flat surface. On the screen, the host will tell the players which buttons to press, which to hold, which players press which button and which buttons to let go of, similar to *Twister* but using your fingers instead of your body. It gets harder as it progresses as the players' hands and arms get tangled, and people cannot reach a certain button. If a button is pressed incorrectly or if a button is let go without the screen telling you to let go, the game ends.

#### Name That Face

Name That Face is a game mode where players take turns using the Wii U Gamepad to take a picture of their face that they are making to match the description on the Gamepad. The other players must then look at the other player's picture and must try to decide what kind of face the player is making by the options on the screen. If a player guesses it correctly, they get points. Whoever gets the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

#### Lost And Found Square

Lost And Found Square is a game mode in which one player who has the Wii U Gamepad is disguised as an animal and must try to use the Gamepad to describe their surroundings to the other players, who are trying to find the disguised player. However, the twist is that there are lots of other people disguised as the same animal the hidden player is, however only one person is the disguised player. Whoever manages to find the disguised player gets points depending on how much time it took to find them. If a player picks an incorrect disguised player, they will lose valuable time. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins.

#### Sketchy Situation

Sketchy Situation is a game mode in which the players take turns using the Wii U Gamepad to sketch something that has been given to the player on the Gamepad. However, one person will be assigned a different topic to all the other players, and at the end each player must try and use the sketches to figure out which player was given a different subject to draw. If a player guesses correctly, they get points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins.

#### Do U Know Mii?

Do U Know Mii is a game mode in which one player is put in a 'hot seat' and the other players are put in the same seat. The player in the hot seat will be given a question they have to answer using the different options that will appear. The other players will also get the same question to answer based on how well they know the person in the hot seat, and must guess the option that they think the person in the hot seat would have chosen. The answers are then put onto a board and the hot seat and the other seat move to see how close the answers were. The game shows how well each person knows each other.

#### Water Runners

Water Runners is a game mode in which the Wii U Gamepad is placed in the room somewhere far away from the TV, and the players must use the Wii Remotes as jugs and must try and run to the Gamepad which has a river on it and must use the Wii Remotes to scoop up the water in the Gamepad and must carefully go back to the TV and pour the water into the jugs on the screen, trying not to move the Wii Remote on the way back as they could drop some. Whoever fills their jug up first wins.

#### Feed Mii

Feed Mii is a game mode in which one person is the cashier and the other people are customers in a fast food restaurant. The customers must give their orders on what they want by looking at the menu on the screen and telling the cashier who has the Wii U Gamepad what they want, which the cashier must select on the Gamepad and must memorize who ordered what. After the orders are placed, the cashier must use their memory to give the ordered food to the correct customer. At the end, the customers can rate the food they got based on their decisions to see if the cashier got it right or wrong.

#### Dance With Mii

Dance With Mii is a game mode in which the players must put the Wii U Gamepad down on the floor and must join hands with the Wii Remotes to make a circle around the Gamepad. The Gamepad will then give instructions to the players to follow e.g. lift/lower your arms and dance in place. The players must do as well as they can to get a rating at the end based on how coordinated they were with their dancing.