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2012 · Nintendo Software Planning & Development · Puzzle · Quiz

Kiki Trick

Nintendo exclusive

Kiki Trick is best described as a sound-based collection of mini-games. It has an eclectic art design fusing a blend of paper cut outs, hand drawn visuals, and digital photography and video featuring Japanese actors.

Released: 19 January 2012
Platforms: Wii Wii U
Genres: Puzzle Quiz Rhythm
Developers: Nintendo Software Planning & Development
Publishers: Nintendo
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Party
Country: Japan
Age ratings: CERO A

About

Kiki Trick is a music party video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released in Japan on 19 January 2012, but was never released outside of Japan. In June 2017, the game was digitally re-released in Japan via the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.

Keywords

japan only

Media

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Gameplay

The gameplay of Kiki Trick involves listening to a sentence with garbled speech. The player must then choose a word out of a list that completes the sentence. Players can have the sentence repeated.

The game is structured around the single-player "Mimipro" mode, which presents listening challenges in everyday situations such as a shop, interviews, an electronics store, and a kindergarten, and the dedicated 2-4 player "Kikitori Battle!" multiplayer mode, which centers on Soramimi Karuta and versus versions of four Mimipro games.

Development

Yoshio Sakamoto was responsible for designing the game, with Noriyuki Sato directing the game. Sato was previously the team leader on an earlier Nintendo SPD project, the Nintendo DS Digital TV Tuner. The game is based on a proprietary technology designed by Otodesigners Co. Ltd, a Japanese sound engineering company with roots in developing hearing aids and other types of sound technology.