nice deal! certainly makes the package seem much more interesting!

I think thats about it. Stuff like this is the reason I feel like the people who hate on this game are people who most likely do not have gamer friends outside of XBL and PSN. Games like Wii Party U shouldn't be underestimated when ppl do their holiday purchasing decisions. 

Note: I just checked sales for the original Wii Party. 8.16 mill? I really had no idea it was that successful.

Looking at sales of Wii Play Motion I don't see this taking off. Also, the kind of gamers Wii U is targeting don't seem like the audience for this kind of game.

Sorry if you didn't like that option. It is not meant as an insult or anything. I was just trying to be amusing and also providing an option for people who only love hardcore games like Dark Souls, Eve Online and Donkey Kong. Also something for Curl 6 to click on.

I dont know. I was at the gamestore at Wii Party's launch and bought it there and then. No questions asked. I never gave a shit about Wii Play Motion. I dont know of anyone else who did, either.

Exactly. The Nintendo fans who are used to enjoying local multiplayer will eat up a good value like this. Also, the "casual" people who will probably jump on board Wii U this holiday thanks in part to the price drop with the intention of picking up Mario 3D World or Donkey Kong will likely grab this game as well for the extra controller.

Also, I think some people in this thread are confusing Wii Party with Wii Play. Wii Party is like a more varied, creative, less-limited version of Mario Party with just a bunch of party games and ideas stuffed together into one package with a ton of minigames interconnecting everything. It wasn't amazing but it was better than any Mario Party game in the last decade in my opinion. Wii Play and Wii Play: Motion were the "here! get a free controller!" games that offered a dozen or so minigames...most of which were pretty awful. So, personally I'm REALLY glad Nintendo isn't bothering with "Wii Play U" and is instead making Wii Party U its controller bundle game. A solid party game with a controller is a lot more appealing than a throwaway game with a controller. 

And yeah, Wii Party did alright for itself. It was pretty much the "fill-in" between Mario Party 8 and Mario Party 9, and was easily superior to them both. I think not being restricted to the "Mario Universe" allowed the designers to be a lot more creative and random...which if you play with the right people, means MORE FUN. It has a decidedly "Japanese" charm to it, which helped it sell well in Japan and surprisingly Europe. NA was the area that it never really caught on as much. 

Great value, I already got 2 Wii remotes so I'll probably won't get it, if I can get Wii party U alone for cheaper I might.

It most likely will be available on the eShop, knowing Nintendo these days.

Sometimes even I wonder if deep down I am a fakeboy sleeper agent, placed to lie dormant within the fandom, then strike at the heart of Nintendo when activated... XD

Nice reply