This article is about the video game released on theWii. For the series of the same name, seeWii Party (series).

Wii Party is a party game released byNintendo and NDcube for theWii in 2010. The game is made of various modes, and while it contains many similar elements to theMario Party series, the game was made to be somewhat of a variety pack of party modes, for example, inBoard Game Island, the goal is to reach the end of the board before the other player, while inSpin-Off, the goal is to obtain more medals than the other player.

The game is part of the two games longWii Party series and received a sequel in 2013, titledWii Party U, which expanded the core gameplay.

List of game modes

Party Games

The primary party game mode, this contains five game modes that all support 1-4 players:

Party Games
Game mode	Description	Image
Board Game Island	Miis must run up a long island by rolling dices, with minigames being used to decide turn order.
Globe Trot	Miis explore a globe map and visit countries to get the most photos to use as souvenirs. As in theMario Party series, whoever has the most souvenir photos wins, ties are broken by coins.
Swap Meet Mii of a Kind(PAL)	Miis take turns (order decided by minigame) selecting Miis wearing different colored shirts. They attempt to get three Miis wearing the same color to earn points.
Spin-Off	Players take turns (in order of P1 to P4) to spin a wheel and try to win medals.
Bingo	Miis select bingo cards and attempt to get a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line. Minigame balls occasionally pop up, where the winner gets to select which Mii to cross off.

Pair Games

Two players play together in cooperative and competitive modes. There are 3 modes:

Pair Games
Game mode	Description	Number of players	Image
Friend Connection	Two players first answer five questions to see if they match up, then they play a Co-op minigame to see how compatible they are. This mode is the only one of the three that requires two human players.	2
Balance Boat	Two players attempt to balance 20 Miis on a boat. They first play a minigame to determine if the Miis will be equal size or if one will be heavy and the other light.	1-2
Match-Up	Players take turns trying to match Miis wearing the same color shirts. Every third round, they play a duel minigame to see who gets two tries to match Mii colors.	1-2

House Party

These are various minigames that involve multiple players using the Wii Remotes. It contains 6 game modes in Japanese versions, one of which was removed in international versions:

House Party
Game mode	Description	Number of players	Image
Animal Tracker	Up to four Wii Remotes can be used but two are required. Line up all Wii Remotes in a way that every player can reach them. An animal will come up the TV screen and make a sound while other animals will be in the background making different sounds. Each Wii Remote will make sounds using their speakers mimicking the animals but only one will mimic the animal closest to the TV. Whoever grabs this Wii Remote scores a point, first to three points wins.	2-4
Hide 'n' Hunt	Up to four Wii Remotes can be used. One player takes each Wii Remote being used and hides them somewhere in the room. Every other player tries to look for them before time runs out. Every 10 seconds, each Wii Remote will use their speakers to make an animal sound to make locating them easier.	2-4
Time Bomb	Only one Wii Remote is used regardless of number of players. Players gently pass it while holding the button shown on the screen. If the Wii Remote is shaken too much or the wrong button is pressed, the bomb will explode.	2-4
Word Bomb	Only one Wii Remote is used regardless of number of players. Players pass it like it’s a time bomb after saying a word that matches the given category. Whoever is holding the bomb for too long it will explode.	2-4
Buddy Quiz	A Wii Remote is required for each player. After choosing a player to act as the "Buddy", the other players attempt to predict the Buddy's answers to various questions about themselves and get points for predicting correctly.	3-4
Quick Draw	Exclusive to the Japanese and Korean versions of the game, players use a deck of cards instead of Wii Remotes. They attempt to grab the cards that the game calls out first.	2-4

Minigames

These are various ways of playing the game's various minigames. There are 5 modes:

Minigames game modes
Game mode	Description	Number of players	Image
Free Play	Any minigame can be played.	1-4
Battle	Players compete to see who can win a certain number of minigames first.	1-4
Solo	A single player completes in minigames and attempts to reach the end, but fail when they lose all of their hearts.	1 only
Challenge	Players compete in harder versions of existing minigames.	1-4
Spot the Sneak (Rule Reversal in PAL regions)	Players play minigames where one person has a secret advantage and the other players try to figure out who had the advantage.	2-4

Mii Usage

CPU Miis

100CPU Miis fromWii Sports Resort return. These Miis appear as opponents and background characters during gameplay. InSwap Meet andMatch-Up, Miis appear with randomize shirts. InBingo, the Mii's faces appear on the bingo card and inside the bingo kit. InBalance Boat, Miis are used to keep the boat balanced. InAnimal Tracker, there is one round where Miis will participate to make sounds. Miis can also appear as audience members in several minigames.

There are 5 difficulty levels, each with 20 Miis. Expert difficulty can be unlocked by beating Advanced difficulty and Master difficulty can be unlocked by beating Expert difficulty.

Beginner difficulty CPU Mii
Abby	Alex	Andy	Chika	Gwen	Haru	James	Jessie	Julie	Mia
Miguel	Mike	Miyu	Nelly	Patrick	Saburo	Sarah	Shohei	Tatsuaki	Tommy

Standard difficulty CPU Mii
Abe	Ai	Anna	Ashley	Barbara	Chris	Helen	Hiroshi	Ian	Luca
Maria	Megan	Nick	Shouta	Siobhán	Sota	Steve	Tomoko	Vincenzo	Yoshi

Advanced difficulty CPU Mii
Cole	Daisuke	Emily	Elisa	Fritz	Fumiko	Gabriele	Giovanna	Hiromi	Holly
Kathrin	Marco	Michael	Misaki	Naomi	Oscar	Ren	Ryan	Takashi	Ursula

Expert difficulty CPU Mii
David	Eduardo	Eva	Gabi	Greg	Hayley	Hiroshi	Keiko	Kentaro	Martin
Midori	Rachel	Rainer	Rin	Sandra	Shinnosuke	Shinta	Silke	Susana	Theo

Master difficulty CPU Mii
Akira	Alisha	Asami	Eddy	Emma	George	Hiromasa	Jackie	Lucía	Matt
Marisa	Pablo	Pierre	Sakura	Steph	Stéphanie	Takumi	Tyrone	Víctor	Yoko

Gallery

Main article:Wii Party/gallery

• 
  The North American box art.
• 
  The logo forWii Party.
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  Kathrin fromGlobe Trot.
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  Alisha andTakumi playingTime Bomb.
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  Haru fromJumbo Jump andBobsled Highway.
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  Artwork of a chicken.

Trivia

• In a interview for the Wii gameOops! Prank Party, Yukihiro Kobayashi, the game's lead producer, was asked if the team weren't allowed to use Miis in the game, due to a similar statement from the developers behindWii Party. Yukihiro replied that "what we wanted to do inOops! Prank Party wasn't possible using the Miis, so we just decided to create our own Avatar system."^[1]
  • It is currently unknown if Miis were used during early development instead of the custom avatars used in the final game.

Names in other languages

References