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2012 · Double Fine · Casual

Kinect Party

Xbox exclusive

Kinect Party is the sequel to Happy Action Theater. It more than doubles the number of minigames from the first title and supports local co-op for up to 6 players.

Released
17 December 2012
Platforms
Xbox 360
Genres
Casual
Developers
Double Fine
Publishers
Xbox Game Studios
Series
Happy Action Theater
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Themes
Science fictionHistoricalComedy
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB E
Entry
#2 in Happy Action Theater

About

Kinect Party is the sequel to Double Fine Happy Action Theater, Double Fine's Kinect motion-sensing based casual video game for the Xbox 360. It was published by Microsoft in 2012. It was tentatively titled Double Fine Happy Action TV, before the game's final name was announced when the game was announced at PAX Prime 2012. The game was released on December 18, 2012.

The game was delayed in Australia and New Zealand. It was added to the Xbox store for this region on March 29, 2013.

Keywords

  • martial arts
  • medieval
  • minigames
  • flight
  • achievements
  • abstract
  • sequel
  • user generated content
  • explosion
  • digital distribution
  • minigame collection
  • game reference

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Like its predecessor Happy Action Theater, Kinect Party is an open-ended game, providing thirty-six different modes that incorporate features of the Kinect motion-sensing and camera system. Players can select any one of the thirty-six modes, or opt to have the game randomly select modes and cycle through them every few minutes. The game can support the tracking of up to 6 players. The game will also allow the original eighteen mini games from Double Happy Action Theater, along with eighteen more playable mini games, will be able to be played from within Kinect Party if the player owns the former game as well.

Within most modes there are no goals, only to perform certain actions for the Kinect as to create humorous results in a form of augmented reality on the console's display. The game includes new modes, such as one where players can don virtual costumes (including ones based on Minecraft), create and destroy castles, and perform as if they were in a dubstep video. The sequel also introduces the ability to take and share photos from the various game modes.

Development

Kinect Party was revealed to be in development on May 23, 2012 in an interview with the director of Double Fine Happy Action Theater, Tim Schafer, conducted by SF Weekly. Initial looks at the gameplay were shown by Double Fine during a "Quick Look" with members of the website Giant Bomb.

Reception

The game was well received by critics, with an 81/100 score at Metacritic. Casey Lynch from IGN, giving a score of 8.5/10, stated: "Kinect Party makes Kinect feel necessary. Unless you’re totally against fun, you’ll almost certainly have a great time."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Xbox 36018 December 2012Worldwide

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