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[Recommend On] Wii party games!

Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Games and Technology
The wife just invited some friends from work over this week and we were thinking of putting our Wii to work after dinner. So, uh, what good ~6-player games are there for this badboy? I've already rented Rayman TV Party, which is sweet. What else?

The wife isn't really a gamer, but she likes: Death Tank, poker, Crash Bandicoot, tennis games, and whooping everyone's ass in Street Fighter.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Party game musts: Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and Boom Blox

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Boom Blox, play the Jenga-like mode, your friends will thank you

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  • Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    Party game musts: Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and Boom Blox

    Yeah, I'd heard Boom Blox is awesome. I could't find any info on Wiki cuz I thought it was called Bloom Box.

    How is Mario Kart if I'm too cheap to buy four wheels?

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Richard_Dastardly wrote: »
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    Party game musts: Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and Boom Blox

    Yeah, I'd heard Boom Blox is awesome. I could't find any info on Wiki cuz I thought it was called Bloom Box.

    How is Mario Kart if I'm too cheap to buy four wheels?

    Still awesome. Wheel is nowhere near required.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Boom Blox, oh hell yes. Mario Kart works well too.

    Rock Band is awesome as well, though the initial investment's a bit steep.

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  • Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    UncleSporky wrote: »
    Richard_Dastardly wrote: »
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    Party game musts: Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and Boom Blox

    Yeah, I'd heard Boom Blox is awesome. I could't find any info on Wiki cuz I thought it was called Bloom Box.

    How is Mario Kart if I'm too cheap to buy four wheels?

    Still awesome. Wheel is nowhere near required.

    Beautiful. I was pretty hesitant on getting this cuz of that issue...

    Has anyone played the wiiware Bomberman? How fun is that?

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Wario Ware deserves mention for having built-in support for up to 12 players (switching off w 1 Wiimote).

    Seconding that Boom Blox is a must-buy.

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  • AnakinOUAnakinOU Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Wiiware -
    Jungle Speed
    Bomberman Blast

    -Both support 8 local player simultaneous play

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  • LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I have yet to find a more solid party game than Wii Sports Tennis. The only accessories you need are four (4) Wiimotes and one (1) bottle of Jack Daniels. I'm certain that Bomberman is also an instant party-starter.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    House of the Dead: Overkill
    Has four-player minigames, but you can play the 2-player with larger groups really well by having someone drop out whenever they die.

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    DeathPrawn wrote: »
    Wario Ware deserves mention for having built-in support for up to 12 players (switching off w 1 Wiimote).

    Seconding that Boom Blox is a must-buy.

    If you're going to play Wario Ware with a whole bunch of people, I'd recommend starting up a new single-player game and playing through that by passing the remote around. That way, everyone gets to see the tutorial screens and you get to mock and whine at each other whenever one of you screws over the entire group by failing a game. The game is so much better played cooperatively than competitively.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Bomberman Blast is cool but it can be frustrating because of how hectic the games get with 8 people.

    I say if you get Boom Blox you won't be playing anything else that night. There is just too much to do in that game and too many awesome modes. Don't forget about War Lords in there.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yeah, I'd recommend Wario Ware just as much as a 'one person plays, everyone else watches and laughs' as I would a full on party game. Some of the games are hilarious to watch, even if you fail. Especially the water drinking one, it's always hilarious to see someone try to drink water and splash it all over their face.

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  • LitanyLitany Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Throwing in another vote for Boom Blox and Mario Kart.

    If your group thins out to four Dokapon Kingdom gets a big thumbs up as well.

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