Tamagotchi Wii game

By Robert Purchese Published 17 January, 2007

Popularity contest.

Namco Bandai has announced Tamagotchi Party On! for the Wii.

Up to four players can compete in over 15 mini-games, which include shaking hands, finding lost children, and testing your public speaking skills. Winning these will gain you popularity: essential stuff in your campaign for presidency of the Planet.

Simply borrow some friends with cheesy smiles, choose your favourite virtual pet, then swing, shake, turn, or twist your way to victory.

"Tamagotchi Party On! is a seamless blend of both party game and board game," beamed Naruo Uchida, VP of localisation at Namco Bandai America. "It's the wackiest and cutest popularity contest ever, as up-to-four players compete in fun mini-games to become the president of Tamagotchi Planet."

You can still level up you character, using "Gotchi" points you earn along the way; in fact, you can build your very own campaign headquarters. And you'll need them, with over six different towns to win over before you can conquer the World.

More party game madness, then - a sign of things to come?

Tamagotchi Party On! is due for release this spring. Meanwhile, you can direct your gaze upon these new screenshots.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (24) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • rotj #1 5 years ago

    "More party game madness, then - a sign of things to come?"

    Unfortunately, yes. This will be the Wii's legacy I'm afraid. Fine, if you want that sort of thing. But for me, epic mature adventures such as Halo 3, Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey and Splinter Cell 5, on lovely 32" HD widescreen is what I'm after. Not rinky dink novelty games.

    :(

  • Santino #2 5 years ago

    crystal balls are great arent they? or is this more a case of choosing to ignore more than half the library of the system to suit your owned biased opinion? i own a 360 and a wii so i get to enjoy just about every game i want this gen, is that not what this hobby is all about?

  • afray #3 5 years ago

    Zelda not epic or mature then?

  • afray #4 5 years ago

    also: prick.

    EDIT: ok, that was a bit harsh.
    Edited by 1 at 17/01/07 @ 13:05

  • Santino #5 5 years ago

    afray that was not harsh at all if you were reffering to rotj, i think its the majority opinion
    Edited by 1 at 17/01/07 @ 13:07

  • quantumsheep #6 5 years ago

    @Santino's Crystal Balls

    Well said that man! =)

  • f00b_inc #7 5 years ago

    I am of course worried that there may be too many party games to handle in the Wii camp - but I'm more than happy paying for the Nintendo exclusives (the 3rd party surprises are always a great bonus though! I'm hoping in the same way they have been on my DS). Just trying to figure out a way to afford the purchase of a Wii and 360 right now though! I agree with Santino - it's nice to have the best of all worlds :)

  • crazyhorse174 #8 5 years ago

    I think the point is though, that as long as its the party games and other titles of a similar vein that get the most publicity over more serious games, then people will continue to think of the Wii as a kids toy.

  • bushwod #9 5 years ago

    with the inevatable pace at which party games are spat out it'll be a while before we see some epic 3rd party games, don't forget the 360's first year was pretty much a drought.

    I just hope that plenty of 3rd party deveopers get on board, but with the sales looking so positive it seems unlikly the system will be ignored.

    Also: rotj, you are a prick.
    Edited by 1 at 17/01/07 @ 13:30

  • Rambaldi #10 5 years ago

    And if my name isn't Garth?

  • jonsaan #11 5 years ago

    Take your party game and feck right off. As usual with innovative new consoles, it will take Nintendo to show the rest of these 'me too' development teams what different thinking is. I feel the wii will only really start to blossom once we have seen the likes of Mario Galaxy come out.

  • Rambaldi #12 5 years ago

    "don't forget the 360's first year was pretty much a drought"

    ???

    P.S. Lay off rotj - thus far (apart from a Cube port) the Wii HAS been a load of old rinky-dinky-party-crap-graphics games, which is not to the taste of many people, me included.

  • rotj #13 5 years ago

    +1

    They just hate it cos I'm right.

  • richardiox #14 5 years ago

    rotj; This is the whole problem. You are not "right" - but you are not wrong either - it's just an opinion. Please accept other people have different opinions which aren't "wrong" just because they dont agree with you.

    To some people, gaming is about games. Not about formats. And certainly not about daily posts worshipping a product you dont even own and have no vested interest in in terms of it's overall success.

  • rotj #15 5 years ago

    Fair enough. My opinion then, is that my opinion has been the most correct one thusfar, and looks like being so for the forseeable future.

    :)

  • Irien #16 5 years ago

    rotj makes a good point, but the games he lists aren't yet available, so right now, I'm back on Burnout when I turn on the 360 (fun for a few mins). Most of my gametime is split between Zelda/Sports on the Wii, and Tales of the Abyss/FF12 on PS2. Epic games are great, but right now the biggest contingent of such games still seems (for me) to be on the PS2. But darn it, the Wii is FUN!

  • chupachups #17 5 years ago

    "Unfortunately, yes. This will be the Wii's legacy I'm afraid."

    For goodness sake, it's only been out a month and a half! :)

    We don't know what will come to define the system.

    Most launch lineups are a load of mediocre ports and some ill thought out games that play more like tech demos. The real games normally come a year later.

  • DanWhitehead #18 5 years ago

    The fact that the Wii is still consistently flying off the shelves, three weeks after Christmas, would seem to suggest that there are a great many people out there - both adult and child alike, in the real world and not the dank sweaty po-faced dungeon of "hardcore" gaming - who are perfectly happy with a console designed for "rinky dink party games".

  • rudedudejude #19 5 years ago

    Whats does the Wii have? 20 titles out?

    Red Steel, Zelda, and Splinter Cell I'd say were the more mature ones that stick out for me. Someone should total them all up and find out the 'Party %'

  • Rirekon #20 5 years ago

    All the above was said when the DS was launched... need I say more?

  • smelly #21 5 years ago

    "More dull fps games, which in effect are just an over-extended mini game, then - a sign of things to come on the 360?"


    Unfortunately, yes.

  • smelly #22 5 years ago

    "P.S. Lay off rotj - thus far (apart from a Cube port) the Wii HAS been a load of old rinky-dinky-party-crap-graphics games, which is not to the taste of many people, me included. "


    And compared to the ps3... Which came out at the same time.. What has that had which was any better? Eh?

    Oh, and did i miss that The GodFather was coming out on wii? Or are ALL wii games "kiddy"

    Now grow up children!

    No, I doubt i'll be getting this game.. But then I doubt i'll be getting any of the games which looks shit on the ps3 or 360 either... And dont go giving me this "the majority of wii games are crap games for kids, so therefor it's a kids machine" rubbish.. If that was the case, look at the ps2 and all the "crap games for kids" that has!

  • rotj #23 5 years ago

    Oh do shut up smelly. Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Eternal Sonata, Infinite Undiscovery, Splinter Cell 5, Too Human, Banjo Kazooie 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Alone In The Dark, Assassin's Creed, Fable 2, Resident Evil 5, Crackdown, Alan Wake, etc, etc, etc, need I say more?

    And that's not including the likes of Oblivion, Dead Rising, Splinter Cell, Tomb Raider, Saint's Row, Viva Pinata, etc already out, as well as the Xbox Live Arcade.

    Next time, think, before you open your mouth. The Xbox 360 is all about "dull FPS games" in my fucking ass!

    /rolls eyes
    Edited by 3 at 17/01/07 @ 17:42

  • haowan #24 5 years ago

    Rimmer

  • smelly #25 5 years ago

    >Next time, think, before you open your mouth

    See, that's kinda ironic...

    The whole point of my post was that other machines can be equally as generalised as you have done with the wii.

    But yet when it's done back to you, you get all upset and boo hoo! And resort to name calling.

    Oh and Im LMFAO at the fact that most of those games arent even out yet! Well done.. You've just made yourself look even more of a retard than normal!




  • rotj #26 5 years ago

    Um, I know most of them aren't out yet. That's why the second paragraph SPECIFICALLY name-checks the one's that are out NOW. The first paragraph is merely saying thus: "So far, Xbox 360 may have catered to a traditional early adopter hardcore online fragging crowd. But throughout 2007 it will be making the transition to include the casual mass market, and games for everybody".

    Did I honestly need to spell that out for you? Congratulations on some IMMENSE self-ownership, lol!

    :D
    Edited by 1 at 17/01/07 @ 18:58

  • smelly #27 5 years ago

    "So far, Xbox 360 may have catered to a traditional early adopter hardcore online fragging crowd. But throughout 2007 it will be making the transition to include the casual mass market, and games for everybody"



    So you're saying that in the first year the 360 ONLY seemlingly cattered for the online fragging crowd, and now a year after it's release it's beginning to diversify?

    But yet your moaning that 2 months after the wii's release it hasnt diversified yet?

    erm.... um....

  • rotj #28 5 years ago

    Not at all. I was talking in generals. I do not believe that Xbox 360 so far has 'only' catered to the online fragging crowd. There has been quite a bit of diversity. But not enough in my eyes. I have never shied away from saying that.

    There is perhaps one too many shooting games on the Xbox 360, typified by Lost Planet. I honestly believe, having played it, that it would have been a star on any other console, or any other time of the year. But following Gears of War and Rainbow Six Vegas so quickly hampered its impact.

    Again, one too many shooters on the Xbox 360 in my opinion. Not at the detriment of other genres entirely, but its lineup could do with broadening a bit. And here's the kicker. It WILL be broadened. Here's that list of upcoming games again:

    Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Eternal Sonata, Infinite Undiscovery, Splinter Cell 5, Too Human, Banjo Kazooie 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Alone In The Dark, Assassin's Creed, Fable 2, Resident Evil 5, Crackdown, Alan Wake, etc, etc, etc, need I say more?

    You see? I have zero reason to fear for the consoles future, as I know the problem is being worked on. What proof on the Wii? If I add the N64 and Gamecube legacy together, and then look at the Wii's 2007 list, I just lol. Same old, same old rubbish.

    The shooter mantra can only be levelled at the Xbox 360 for so long, judging by my list. But the Wii has no such cause for optimism. Yet. Show me the interesting, cerebral, mature, epic, immersive, engaging games - lots of 'em - and then I *might* change my crystal ball analysis that it will be the same old quickplay, party game, kiddy tripe as usual.

  • thefjk #29 5 years ago

    Sounds fun...

  • kasabian72 #30 5 years ago

    after seeing the screenshots for this game, all i can say is....namco bandai seem to be taking this "gameplay over graphics" mantra waaaay too literally.