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Party Video Games

See also: List of party video games

The party game has become a genre of video games — arguably dating back to 1983, with Starpath's Party Mix. Currently, the most well known examples are Nintendo's Mario Party and Wii series. These games are usually best played in multiplayer mode. The games are commonly designed as a collection of simple minigames, designed to be intuitive and easy to control. Some of the games (most notably the Mario Party series) are played out on boardgame boards. The success of the Nintendo Wii in recent years has led to an increasing number of party video games.

Other examples of party video games include:

  • Hubert the Teddy Bear: Winter Games
  • Crash Bash
  • Doraemon Wii
  • Everyparty
  • EyeToy
  • Fuzion Frenzy
  • Kung Fu Chaos
  • Micro Machines
  • Rayman Raving Rabbids
  • Singstar
  • Sonic Shuffle
  • WarioWare
  • You Don't Know Jack
  • Buzz!
  • Getter Love!!
  • Mario Party
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
  • We Dare

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