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The game received mixed reviews, with the DS version getting slightly better reviews. For the Wii version, IGN gave the game a 6.6/10 rating, saying that it was a passable effort to emulate Wii Sports, praising the marble and stickers system to upgrade abilities along with its presentation, but criticizing the game for its lack of a mini-game as fun or addictive as the Wii Sports ones were. [4]
Wii U Pro Controller Support Notes Source Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze: Platformer 2014 2 JP, NA, EU, AUS Yes Yes No Yes [87] Mario Kart 8: Racing 2014 4 JP, NA, EU, AUS Yes Yes Yes Yes [88] Mario Party 10: Party 2015 5 JP, NA, EU, AUS Yes No No No [89] New Super Mario Bros. U: Platform 2012 5 NA, PAL, JP Yes No No No [90] Nintendo Land ...
Wii Party received mixed reviews from critics, with an average Metacritic score of 68/100. [9] GameSpot awarded Wii Party a score of 8 out of 10, praising the wide variety of minigames and modes. GameSpot also added that the game's multiplayer mode "is a blast," and believe that Wii Party is "faster and better" than Mario Party. [13]
Wii Play: Motion was later shown off at the E3 convention [56] and was released for the Wii in June of the same year. [57] The game makes prominent use of the Wii's Wii MotionPlus peripheral, which allows for more precise motion control in games, and features several minigames designed to demonstrate the enhanced motion capabilities of the device.
It was nominated for multiple Wii-specific awards by IGN for its 2008 video game awards, including Best Use of Sound, [4] Best Family Game, [5] and Best Use of the Wii Balance Board. [6] During the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated TV Party for "Family Game of the Year". [7]
The third-best-selling game is Wii Sports Resort, a sequel to Wii Sports, with sales of 33.14 million units. The console's top five is rounded out by New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which sold 30.32 million units and Wii Play, which sold just over 28 million units worldwide.
IGN gave the DS version 3/10 and the Wii version 2.5/10, citing that "commercial mascots make terrible videogames" and that the game "barely uses the license at all". [ 8 ] [ 9 ] GameSpot gave the DS version 2/10, stating that the game "could put you off M&M's for life". [ 10 ]
IGN gave it three awards: Best Shooter Game of E3 2008 (Wii), [64] Best Graphics Technology of E3 2008 (Wii), [65] and Best Overall Wii Game of E3 2008. [66] GameTrailers also gave the game Best Wii Game of E3 2008. [67] [69] The game won the worst box art award frok GameSpot. "It's like the artists who created the box art had a checklist of ...