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2009 · Cosmonaut Games · Party · Puzzle

5 Spots Party

Nintendo exclusive

Have fun with the entire family and compete in the different play modes!

Released
10 July 2009
Platforms
Wii
Genres
PartyPuzzle
Developers
Cosmonaut Games
Publishers
Cosmonaut Games
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English

About

5 Spots Party is a party video game for WiiWare by Spanish studio Cosmonaut Games. It is a spin-off of the casual PC games 5 Spots and 5 Spots II by KatGames. It was released in Europe on July 10, 2009 and in North America on July 20, 2009.

Keywords

  • minigames
  • digital distribution
  • minigame collection
  • motion control
  • wiiware
  • digital distribution only

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Like its predecessors, 5 Spots Party is a video game version of spot the difference. Players are given 2 near-identical pictures and must uncover differences between the two images under a time limit by using the pointer of the Wii Remote. The player controls 2 cursors: one for precision zooming in, and the other for selecting part of an image. The game supports up to 4 players in Party Mode, where the aim of the game is to spot the most differences amongst players, a "Find The Monkey" mode, which involves finding a picture of a monkey hidden in a photo.

The monkeys vary in art style and appearance. Another "Super Fun Classic", which entails finding 5 differences in similar looking pictures within a specific amount of time. After the mode ends, the player's score is imputed on a scoreboard, which is accessible from the main menu. The final game mode, "Leisure", has no time limit and has the player attempting to progress through 5 photos as quick as possible.

Reception

5 Spots Party received mixed reviews from critics upon release. On the review aggregation website Metacritic, the game holds a score of 56/100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

]", but criticized the party mode, calling it "Lacklustre", and found the sound effects and music "forgettable bordering on annoying". Aaron also doubted the game's claims of having 333 images, saying "you may wonder if there's a bit of creative math being used in coming up with that photo count." Writing For IGN, Lucas M. ".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
PlatformReleasedRegions
Wii10 July 2009Europe · North America 20 July 2009

Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update

Title ids and disc serials by release
PlatformTitle IDRegionLatest update
WiiW54PEurope—
W54ENorth America—

Editions and related releases

Based on
5 Spots5 Spots II

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Collections3 collections

Platform libraries

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