Five Nights In The Koopaling Party

***Five Nights In The Koopaling Party*** is a 2021 survival horror video game developed by ScottGames and published by Nintendo for Nintendo Switch, and Android. The game is the eighth installment in the Movie Koopaling Party, following of FIve Nights Of Freddy's (Game), and presents itself as "The Koopaling Experience", produced for the fictitious corporative entity Bowser Jr. Entertainment to help improve its public image after a series of debilitating lawsuits, following several incidents and disasters that allegedly occurred at their various locations. Gameplay is presented from the first-person perspective and focuses on a series of minigames based on previous games in the series, in which the player must evade attacks from sentient animatronics. The game's canon establishes that Bowser Jr. Entertainment hired an unnamed indie developer to create a video game series based on the events of the previous seven games, before cutting ties with him, and commissioned a virtual reality game meant to make light of the rumors and convince players that those events were completely fictitious.First announced in November 2018, the game was released on May 28, 2021 on Nintendo Switch

## GamePlay

The game contains forty playable minigames, which can be accessed from the game's hub. Many of these minigames recreate the mechanics of the previous games in the series, with their controls adapted to be better suited for a 3D virtual environment. The minigames are divided into groups by game of origin, and sorted by increasing difficulty. In all minigames, losing results in a jump scare.

The original *Five Nights at Freddy's* inspires five minigames that recreate each of the game's five nights (levels). Situated in a security guard's office, the player must survive a full night shift by conserving power and avoiding attacks from four animatronics, which can be observed through security cameras. All visuals of the game are updated from 2D renders to 3D models, and all buttons and controls are laid out around the 3D office for the player to physically interact with. For example, the camera feed, which previously obscured the player's entire screen, is displayed on a monitor on the player's desk. *Five Nights at Freddy's 2* and *Five Nights at Freddy's 3* are adapted in a similar manner, with updated visuals and concrete UI.

*Five Nights at Freddy's 4* inspires six minigames. The *Night Terrors* minigames adapt the gameplay of its main levels, in which the player must ward off animatronics from entering their bedroom by strategically opening and closing the doors. Some of these minigames allow the player to move by "teleporting" to different locations within view, a common VR locomotion method. The first level features Funtime Freddy, the second level features Nightmarionne, the third level features Circus Baby, and the fourth level features Nightmare Fredbear. The original game's "Have Fun with Emilia" (Divertir-se com Emilia) and thier minigames are adapted as *Dark Rooms* minigames, in which the player must use a flashlight to locate the animatronic around an unlit area.

*Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location* inspires nine minigames. The *Parts & Service* minigames require the player to perform maintenance on animatronics by opening compartments and swapping parts around their bodies. *Vent Repair* takes place in a maintenance shaft, in which the player must solve puzzles by flipping levers and pressing buttons while repelling animatronics with a headlamp. One *Dark Rooms* game is also adapted from *Sister Location.*

Winning each minigame in normal difficulty unlocks its counterpart in Blacklight Mode, an advanced difficulty mode that adds visual and/or auditory distractions to each game (e.g. balloons floating around the room, loud music playing, et cetera). Winning all minigames in both difficulty modes unlocks one final minigame, *Place of The Koopaling Party*. Unlike the other minigames, *Place of The Koopaling Party* is a maze which utilizes teleporting movement.

Collectible coins and cassette tapes are hidden throughout the various minigames. Collecting coins unlocks virtual toys that can be played with at the in-game Prize Counter, while collecting tapes unlocks audio logs that the player can listen to.

## Playable Characters

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## Soundtrack

*Main article: Five Nights In The Koopaling Party/Soundtrack*