Wii Party announced by Nintendo. Due late 2010
Nintendo has announced Wii Party for late 2010 release. The Nintendo Wii’s next party game in the “Wii Something” series that includes Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Music, etc.
During an investors briefing in Japan late last week, Nintendo President Iwata said this about Wii Party:
“We are developing this game with the aim to make it a marquee party game for Wii. The developers are spending significant time for this title so that they can include elements that are must-haves in a party game as well as making sure that adequate volume of game play are available. We are developing it with the intent that every Wii player will be able to find a game that can be enjoyed. In a game play mode called “Living Party”, there is unique gameplay only available with the Wii Remote (for two or more players).
In this software, Miis are used as the players’ characters. According to our own survey, we know that more than 160 million Miis have been created by our customers in Japan, the U.S. and six countries in Europe alone, In Japan, thanks to the popularity of the Tomodachi Collection software, an increasing number of Japanese are taking to their Miis. In a sense, it is a natural move for your Miis and your friends’ and family members’ Miis to show up in a Wii party games.
Nintendo has not launched a marquee party game since Mario Party 8, launched in summer 2007. However, since Wii is usually being played by several people at once and the global sales of Mario Party have reached 7.6 million units, a party title has great potential.”
Via Nintendo Japan
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