Software:WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!
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| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems Nintendo R&D1 |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Goro Abe Osamu Yamauchi |
| Producer(s) | Takehiro Izushi Ryoichi Kitanishi |
| Artist(s) | Ko Takeuchi |
| Composer(s) | Masanobu Matsunaga Kenichi Nishimaki |
| Series | Wario |
| Platform(s) | GameCube |
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| Genre(s) | Party game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$![lower-alpha 1] is a party video game for the GameCube. A remake of WarioWare, Inc., and the second installment in the WarioWare series, the game translates the "microgame" gameplay of Mega Microgames! to be playable in a multiplayer environment. It comes with eight special multiplayer modes for up to four players that all involve the known microgames in some way.
Gameplay
Its gameplay shares elements with other WarioWare titles, emphasising quick consecutive minigames for the player to complete (dubbed by the game as "microgames"), but focuses more on multiplayer than other games in the series.[1] Many of the microgames are taken from the original WarioWare, Inc.[2]
Development
The game was developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo Research & Development 1, and published worldwide by Nintendo in October 2003 in Japan, and a year later in April for North America and in September for Europe.[3][4][5][6] The game was produced by Takehiro Izushi and Ryoichi Kitanishi, directed by Goro Abe and Osamu Yamauchi and composed by Masanobu Matsunaga and Kenichi Nishimaki.[7]
Reception
Mega Party Games! received generally favorable reviews upon release, with reviewers commonly citing the game's multiplayer appeal as a positive, but its copied material from Mega Microgames! as a negative.[8] GameRankings gave the game an aggregated score of 77% based on 53 reviews.[9] The game is the first in the series to introduce a focus of multiplayer, a theme that would not be re-visited by the series until the console sequel WarioWare on the Wii in 2006.[10] During the 8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games! received a nomination for "Console Family Game of the Year" by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.[11]
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Notes
- ↑ Known in Japan as Atsumare!! Made in Wario (あつまれ!!メイド イン ワリオ literally Gather!! Made in Wario), stylized as WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
References
- ↑ Arushan, Zosha (2 May 2004). "Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$". http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/4229/wario-ware-inc-mega-party-game-gamecube.
- ↑ "Mobygames WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games! description". https://www.mobygames.com/game/gamecube/warioware-inc-mega-party-game/mobyrank. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ↑ "Japanese game update" (in en-US). https://www.gamespot.com/articles/japanese-game-update/1100-6074538/.
- ↑ "Slew of new Nintendo info" (in en-US). https://www.gamespot.com/articles/slew-of-new-nintendo-info/1100-6092868/.
- ↑ I. G. N. Staff (2004-05-01). "Game of the Month: April 2004" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/01/game-of-the-month-april-2004-2.
- ↑ "Budget priced Wario Ware Cube dated" (in en-gb). Eurogamer.net. 2004-06-22. https://www.eurogamer.net/news220604warioware.
- ↑ Intelligent Systems; Nintendo Research & Development 1 (17 October 2003). WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!. GameCube. Nintendo. Level/area: Credits.
- ↑ "WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!". https://www.metacritic.com/game/warioware-inc-mega-party-game/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube.
- ↑ "WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Games Reviews". http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/918882.asp.
- ↑ Bozon, Mark (12 January 2007). "WarioWare: Smooth Moves Review". http://au.ign.com/articles/2007/01/13/warioware-smooth-moves-review.
- ↑ "2005 Awards Category Details Console Family Game of the Year". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. https://www.interactive.org/awards/award_category_details.asp?idAward=2005&idGameAwardType=44.
- ↑ Reilly, Luke (11 September 2021). "Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ Review". https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/06/wario-ware-inc-mega-party-game.
- ↑ Arushan, Zosha (11 September 2021). "Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ Review". http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/4229/wario-ware-inc-mega-party-game-gamecube.
- ↑ Reed, Kristan (11 September 2021). "Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$". https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_warioware_gc.
- ↑ "WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ for GameCube Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/warioware-inc-mega-party-game/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube.
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