Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade

Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade

North American cover art
Developer(s) Art Co., Ltd
Publisher(s) D3 Publisher
Series Simple series
Platform(s) Wii U
Release date(s) PAL November 30, 2012
NA December 4, 2012
JP December 20, 2012
Genre(s) Party game

Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade is a family based party game released for the Wii U, and is part of the Simple series of games. It was developed by Art Co., Ltd and published by D3 Publisher. The game was released in November 2012 for the PAL region, and in December 2012 for North America and Japan. Its Japanese title is Simple Series for Wii U Vol.1: The Family Party (SIMPLEシリーズ for Wii U Vol.1 THE ファミリーパーティー). The game is available for both retail and digital download via the Nintendo eShop. The game received heavy criticism due to the broken minigames, bad voice acting and poor controls. It may be considered one of the worst games of all time.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings16.2%[1]
Metacritic11/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer1/10[3]
Game Revolution[4]
NintendoLife[5]
Nintendo World Report1/10[6]
Official Nintendo Magazine11%[7]
BioGamer Girl Magazine5/10[8]
Common Sense Media[9]
Game Reactor1/1[10]
GamingXP26%[11]

Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade was widely panned by critics and gamers alike; holding a critic score of 11/100 on Metacritic, the second-lowest score behind Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.[2] Game Revolution gave the game a 0 out of 5 for "[boasting] 30 'great' games, yet [delivering] nothing more than confusion and anger instead of competition and fun." The entire game was criticized for being poorly designed (including a target shooting game that required players to aim with the Wii Remote's Nunchuck instead of pointing and shooting), and all of its minigames were considered to be "garbage" and "borderline unplayable".[4] Official Nintendo Magazine gave the game a score of 11%, jokingly concluding the review (written in the style of a diary) with an "ONM Coroner's Report" that read "Patient suffered a psychotic breakdown while playing this game. No treatment possible."[7]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Official Nintendo Magazine Worst Wii U Games[12] 2013 1
ScrewAttack Worst Wii U Game in 2013, Worst Game of 2013[13] 2013 Won

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade". Gamerankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Nyrén, Kristoffer (2012-12-12). "Game Review". Eurogamer.se. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade review". Game Revolution. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ↑ J Reed, Phillip (January 28, 2013). "Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade". Nintendo Life. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  6. ↑ Kaplan, Jack (January 5, 2013). "Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Family Party Obstacle Arcade: 30 Great Games review". Official Nintendo Magazine. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Worley, Seth (July 14, 2013). "Family Party: 30 Great Games - Obstacle Arcade (Video Game Review)". BioGamer Girl Magazine. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ Raby, Mark. "Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade". Common Sense Media. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  10. ↑ West, Lee (December 13, 2012). "Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade". Game Reactor (in Danish). Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Family Party: 30 Great Games - Obstacle Arcade". GamingXP (in German). December 12, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  12. ↑ East, Thomas (February 25, 2013). "Worst Wii U games: 1. Family Party: 30 Great Games - Obstacle Arcade". Official Nintendo Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  13. ↑ "The Worst Wii U Game in 2013 is... - 2013 SAGYs". ScrewAttack. December 25, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2013.