<s>
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
U	I-Application
is	O
a	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
in	O
2013	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
a	O
January	O
2013	B-Application
Nintendo	O
Direct	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
detailed	O
at	O
E3	O
2013	B-Application
and	O
the	O
October	O
2013	B-Application
Nintendo	O
Direct	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
2010	B-Application
Wii	I-Application
game	I-Application
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
U	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
video	O
game	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
standard	O
board	O
game	O
with	O
mini-games	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
people	O
can	O
play	O
mini-games	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
U	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
new	O
accessory	O
,	O
a	O
stand	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
to	O
allow	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
tabletop	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
House	O
Party	O
"	O
games	O
also	O
return	O
from	O
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
,	O
and	O
focus	O
on	O
various	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
Remotes	I-Device
amongst	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
is	O
the	O
TV	O
Party	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
include	O
up	O
to	O
4	O
players	O
that	O
use	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remotes	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
play	O
a	O
microgame	O
to	O
determine	O
how	O
many	O
spaces	O
they	O
will	O
move	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
House	O
Party	O
mode	O
requires	O
both	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
Remotes	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Button	O
Smashers	O
(	O
Button	O
Battle	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
:	O
Using	O
both	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
Wii	B-Device
Remotes	I-Device
,	O
players	O
take	O
turns	O
holding	O
down	O
a	O
button	O
that	O
adds	O
one	O
point	O
to	O
the	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
That	O
Face	O
:	O
Using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
,	O
one	O
player	O
takes	O
a	O
photo	O
of	O
their	O
face	O
while	O
the	O
others	O
guess	O
what	O
their	O
expression	O
is	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sketchy	O
Situation	O
:	O
Players	O
take	O
turns	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
to	O
draw	O
a	O
picture	O
,	O
but	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
is	O
given	O
something	O
different	O
to	O
draw	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Water	O
Runners	O
:	O
Using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
scoop	O
up	O
water	O
from	O
the	O
creek	O
shown	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
and	O
pour	O
it	O
into	O
their	O
corresponding	O
jar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dance	O
With	O
Mii	O
:	O
(	O
Folk	O
Dance	O
Fever	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
:	O
Players	O
stand	O
in	O
a	O
circle	O
around	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
and	O
move	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remotes	O
that	O
they	O
hold	O
up	O
and	O
down	O
in	O
tune	O
to	O
the	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tabletop	O
Baseball	B-Application
:	O
Played	O
like	O
baseball	B-Application
,	O
players	O
compete	O
to	O
score	O
the	O
most	O
runs	O
after	O
three	O
innings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tabletop	O
Tournament	O
:	O
Players	O
use	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
GamePad	O
to	O
face	O
off	O
in	O
"	O
single-elimination	O
or	O
round-robin	O
tabletop	O
tournament.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
U	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
average	O
Metacritic	O
score	O
of	O
65/100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Edge	O
,	O
"	O
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
U	I-Application
has	O
no	O
rhythm	O
,	O
and	O
you	O
wo	O
n’t	O
realise	O
just	O
how	O
crucial	O
that	O
is	O
to	O
a	O
party	O
game	O
until	O
it	O
’s	O
gone.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
also	O
states	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
U	I-Application
's	O
problems	O
is	O
its	O
"	O
multitude	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
spending	O
"	O
at	O
least	O
as	O
much	O
time	O
explaining	O
itself	O
as	O
it	O
does	O
letting	O
you	O
have	O
fun.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Edge	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
World	O
Report	O
praises	O
the	O
game	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
fine	O
crowd-pleasing	O
party	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
featuring	O
"	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
2010	B-Application
Wii	I-Application
game	I-Application
did.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
very	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
selling	O
around	O
than	O
70,000	O
physical	O
copies	O
on	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
,	O
boosting	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
sales	O
system	O
to	O
38,000	O
units	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2013	B-Application
,	O
more	O
than	O
518,000	O
units	O
had	O
been	O
sold	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
entering	O
the	O
year-end	O
Japanese	O
chart	O
at	O
number	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
