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Not bad...for $20

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 58 / 59
Date: November 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Revising my review after a week of owning the game. Here's a rundown of each of the games:

Darts - once you get the hang of it, which doesn't really take that long, it's fun. Especially nice is the fact that up to four players can compete in this game at once. Custom darts/boards are unlockable.

Hoop Shoot - this can get tiring, but is fun for quick competitions between friends. Getting the ball to stay straight can be a little bit of a challenge at times.

Skill Ball - aka Skee ball - is fun. The controls are pretty much the same as Wii bowling, and the only thing you need to watch out for is throwing too hard. Also, this only has a one player mode, but you can easily just select "play again" at the end and pass the remote to a friend.

Shuffleboard - this is not what you're thinking. This is the tabletop version. Controlling the direction that the puck goes in can be a bit sporadic. Perhaps most frustrating here is that in one player mode, the computer will always, and I mean always, get the second turn, allowing them that last chance to knock your pucks out and score the win. Oh, and you can unlock curling if you get enough tickets.

Air hockey - the controls for this are similar to real air hockey, which means you hold the Wiimote parallel to the floor and actually push it left/right and forward/backward to control your player's hand. It's a little easy to score on yourself until you really get the hang of it, but it's a fun game to play in two player.

Ping cup - aka beer pong - frustrating to no end. The controls seem incredibly sporadic on this, and I still have not been able to clear the table before getting irritated to the point of quitting. If this is the only reason you plan on buying this game, be prepared to spend a lot of time with it before you start drinking, or you're just asking for a fight with your TV.

Trivia - I still haven't actually tried this; I'll update again when I do.

Decent value for the price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 41 / 45
Date: December 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Several of the games are quite fun, and work well with the Wii-mote. We like darts, ski ball and shuffleboard. The motion sensor in the Wii-mote seems to behave as expected for these games. Table hockey is a little harder getting used to, the Wii-mote works well, but we keep bumping the puck into our own goal! The pong cup (beer pong) is really annoying - it takes forever to finish a game. The trivia game is okay. Wish you could use your Mii to play the games; instead it comes with a large number of characters to choose from. For the price, I'd say it is a good value. Wouldn't pay more than twenty for it.

Glad it was a rental

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 60 / 79
Date: December 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The only reason I gave it a two was because of the amount of activities. We played it for several hours and not once did it inspire a laugh or any real spontaneous celebration. Skee Ball and Mini Hoops are single player games only, Beer Pong is the most tedious waste of time ever, and Darts is ok, except every shot is followed by an exaggerated crowd reaction and the same Irish song loops endlessly (double arghhh - and I'm Irish!). So that left us with Shuffleboard, which we found most fun (we didn't bother with Air Hockey because we already knew it wouldn't compete with the Wii Play version). Shuffleboard had some catchy music that actually changed during gameplay, and the physics seemed to be good - but again, Billiards in Wii Play has the same general idea and looks 100 times better. If you bought Wii Play to get a second Wiimote you'll never bother with this one most likely. SORRY!!

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 30 / 37
Date: November 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I JUST BOUGHT THIS GAME TODAY AND I REALLY LIKE IT. ALL THE GAMES ARE PRETTY FUN BUT THE AIR HOCKEY TAKES A LITTLE WORK.YOU HAVE TO UNLOCK DIFFERENT STUFF LIKE COLLORS OF THE PUCKS AND BOARDS TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU CAN USE. THE WII REMOTE IS EASY TO USE IN THIS GAME. THE GRAPHICS ARE GOOD AND THE SOUNDS ARE PRETTY GOOD AS WELL.OVER ALL I GIVE IT 4 STARS. I THINK IT IS A STEAL FOR $20
THANKS,FRANK C.

The way this game was meant to be played.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: December 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

*Warning* I'm over 21 and I don't condone anyone under the legal drinking age of 21 to play this game in the manner below. 21 means 21. Drink Responsibly.

It's clear that Midway targeted the college demographic with this game. Ping Cup confirms that.

I myself have graduated from college but I still live with roommates I went to college with. This past week I was looking for a really cheap game for the Wii that I could buy my Nephew and I spotted this game. When I read the game modes I immediately became intrigued and decided to go ahead and buy 2, one for me and my nephew for Christmas. And I'm glad I bought the game.

My roommates and I like to drink before we go out on the weekends. We also like to play drinking games with Wii Sports(Bowling) and we have an absolute blast. Wii Bowling is the only game we like to drink to unfortunately. That's where Game Party comes to the rescue.

1. Ping Cup- Literally "Beer Pong" without the beer. Me and a roommate played our fist game and we finished it in 20 minutes. The mechanics are a bit off and were tough to get used to for a whole 10 minutes and then we started making cups left and right. This is the most fun game in my opinion and is literally a clone of Beer Pong with all the rules included. The game even re-positions the cups after you make about 5 in(just like real Beer Pong). The bounce rule is also in effect where 2 cups are taken away when you make one on a bounce. They nailed this game.

2. Ski-Ball- Wii Sports Bowling dumbed down. It's easy and it's also fun and it too can easily become a drinking game. You can give out seconds for points scored. 170 points= 17 points giving out to other players. You miss the target hole and you drink 5. Believe me, it adds up both ways.

The sad part is these are the only 2 games we've had time to play. But I wanted to share how much fun these 2 games are if you play them the right way. With buddies, beer, and less mess, this game does it's job. I'm almost positive my 6 year old nephew will love it, but obviously not on the same level. Every game type from what I can gather can be turned into a drinking game in some way shape or form. But Ping Cup sold me and it alone was worth the $20. Darts, Hoop Shoot, Table Hocky, Shuffle Board, and Trivia are the other game modes. To me, the games outside o Ski Ball and Ping Cup are an added bonus.

In conclusion, to all you college kids out there who are *21*, buy this game if you have a wii. You only need 1 remote, a couple college buddies or 6, a clean table, and a Friday night. Heck, I'm out of college but it's game like this take me back in time where we played the real thing.

Keep It Coming

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Wii games, like this Game Party, are so fun that the whole family can enjoy. Instead of card game night, add this as a new dimension to your family's enjoyment. It is good clean fun and can be very competitive.

Get it for the darts alone!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I think it's worth the money just for the darts. It's really addictive and fun. The games are hit or miss, but darts is a great game. They also have really fun characters that you can be. I was initially bummed that I could use my Mii, but the characters are so much fun that I don't mind.

Mini-reviews of each game.

Darts - Easy to learn, and easy to waste time playing. My husband and I have sat there playing this for hours.

Hoop Shoot - Exhausting, but fun. Much better than the Hoop Shoot on the Carnival Games.

Skill Ball - I don't really care for skee ball on this game. It's a lot more fun (and easier to do) on the Carnival Games.

Shuffleboard - Probably my third favorite game. I'm terrible at it, but it's fun.

Air hockey - I had trouble with this one. I couldn't maneuver very well and I got extremely frustrated.

Ping cup - This one is OK. My husband likes it, but I'm so bad at it that it takes forever to finish a game.

Trivia - Fun, but I imagine we'll run out of questions at some point!

Great games for the most part

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My husband and I have had a lot of fun with this game. We especially like shuffleboard, darts, and skee-ball. We had fun with unlocking new levels too. The one thing we did NOT like was the "cups" game. It is a bit hard to get the hang of, but the thing we really didn't like was that it goes on forever. If you are doing poorly, this is quite tedious. The only way we could find to abandon the game and play something else was to restart the game.

This game would be acceptable for most ages in a family. pretty clean cut overall even though the "setting" is a bar.

Quickly on it's way to collecting dust

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Aside from the darts and shuffleboard, there is little replayability value in this game. Save your money and buy something else (even at $20).

Darts -- you move the controller similar to throwing an actual dart. Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy.

Hoop shoot -- You'll possibly play this enough times to unlock the other features, but I doubt it...

Ping cup -- after 15 minutes of playing, my 8-year old son and I gave up. The controller was impossible to figure out. We reset the Wii and moved on to the next game.

Shuffleboard -- this game is okay. You slide the controller forward to simulate sliding the puck. Interface for this is fairly intuitive, and easy to get. This is another favorite for the family.

Skill ball -- another impossible interface to figure out. Got frustrated with this one too and moved on to another game.

Table hockey -- this game was okay. Slightly easier to play than the "laser Hockey" game included with "Wii Play".

Trivia -- This is a multi-player trivia game, where players answer 15 trivia questions. The faster you answer, the more points you get. It's okay, but nothing fantastic.

Don't set your expectations too high for this, and you won't be disappointed. For $20, you will get decent darts and suffleboard games -- you probably won't play the others more than once.

A waste if you have Carnival Games

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is generally a repeat of mini-games contained in other Wii games. We have Carnival Games, which has a larger variety of games than Game Party. The one mini-game that I was looking forward to in Game Party was air hockey, but it was quite boring. I sold this game 1 week after buying it. If you already have Carnival Games and are looking for another grouping of mini-games, try Playground instead.

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