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kn on 24 September 2007

My daughter is hooked on Mario Party and we have MP8 for her Wii.  After playing the demo, she asked me if we could trade in mp8 and get party animals instead.... It seems OK, but the sample of games is small.



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LordTheNightKnight on 24 September 2007

Hmm. So this game may do what Microsoft is hoping.



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stof on 24 September 2007

Hopefully it'll challenge Nintendo to put a bit more work into the Mario Party franchise.

Aw hell, as long as it's better than Fuzion Frenzy I'll be happy. That game really, really sucked.



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Legend11 on 24 September 2007

Even if the game turns out to be good it's still very far from enough to attract that kind of audience to the 360. They basically have the same problem attracting children and casuals to the system as they do the Japanese and they're going to have to think outside the box if they're going to have any hope of attracting them in large numbers.



starcraft on 24 September 2007

In the case of the Nintendo and Sony consoles there exists a company reputation for a reasonable number and an abundance of casual titles respectively (though they don't actually exist so far this generation). Microsoft doesn't have this reputation, so to garner casual interest with this title, assuming it is a fantastic game, they need a cheap console price, the likes of which they haven't yet obtained.



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naznatips on 24 September 2007
Legend11 said:
Even if the game turns out to be good it's still very far from enough to attract that kind of audience to the 360. They basically have the same problem attracting children and casuals to the system as they do the Japanese and they're going to have to think outside the box if they're going to have any hope of attracting them in large numbers.

Agreed.  Besides, Viva Pinata is much more fun for adults than kids lol.  I want a non party-game sequel to it.  The DS version should be able to tide me over for a while though.  I'm not surprised Party Animals is better than Mario Party 8.  It's not much of a Mario Party.  It's okay, but there are many better ones in the series and 8 was obviously a GC game with a few Wiimote things tacked on.  Hopefully the next Mario Party will be better.  



LordTheNightKnight on 24 September 2007
Legend11 said:
Even if the game turns out to be good it's still very far from enough to attract that kind of audience to the 360. They basically have the same problem attracting children and casuals to the system as they do the Japanese and they're going to have to think outside the box if they're going to have any hope of attracting them in large numbers.

 It's not supposed to go all the way, just be a start for it.



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sinha on 24 September 2007
kn said:
My daughter is hooked on Mario Party and we have MP8 for her Wii. After playing the demo, she asked me if we could trade in mp8 and get party animals instead.... It seems OK, but the sample of games is small.

How bad does that make MP8? Or maybe she just wants something new to play.

I played the VPPA demo just to see how it was and it was pure garbage. Maybe I just don't get party games, but it was completely useless braindead button mashing, and twice I ran into bugs that forced me to restart my 360. To give the demo a review I'd say 4.5 / 10, but I'm definitely not the target audience. Of course no such game could possibly be any worse than Fuzion Frenzy 2....

 



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W29 on 24 September 2007

Viva Pinata Party Animals, is really the next Mario Party. Its the answer to Mario Party. I liked it alot, I had my sisters on the system playing my game. Almost had my mom on it to. Its amazing and the best party game on the 360.



mrstickball on 24 September 2007

IMO, I think VP is going to attempt to be Microsoft's #1 family-friendly franchise.

MS needs to focus Rare (since they own it) on the Viva Pinata franchise, as well as the Banjo Kazooie series. Rare's just about the only good non-Nintendo company for family friendly titles (atleast in terms of putting a ton out that are great).

VP was a masterpiece of a real-time simulation game and vastly undersold and underrated. But with a system like X360, it needs ALOT of games like this, like JRPGs, to build the userbase - the base isn't already there, but if enough games come out like VP, VPA, and such, they will start selling real well.



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