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	{{Infobox video game		{{Infobox video game
	\|image=WarioWare, Inc., Mega Party Games box art.jpg		\| image = WarioWare, Inc., Mega Party Games box art.jpg
	\|caption=North American box art		\| caption = North American box art
	\|developer=[[~~Intelligent Systems~~]]<br>[[~~Nintendo Research & Development 1\|Nintendo R&D1~~]]		\| developer = [[Nintendo R&D1]]<br>[[Intelligent Systems]]
	\|publisher=[[Nintendo]]		\| publisher = [[Nintendo]]
	\|director=Goro Abe<br>Osamu Yamauchi		\| director = Goro Abe<br>Osamu Yamauchi
	\|producer=Takehiro Izushi<br>Ryoichi Kitanishi		\| producer = Takehiro Izushi<br>Ryoichi Kitanishi
	\|artist=Ko Takeuchi		\| artist = Ko Takeuchi
	\|composer=Masanobu Matsunaga<br>Kenichi Nishimaki		\| composer = Masanobu Matsunaga<br>Kenichi Nishimaki
	\|series=''[[Wario (series)\|Wario]]''		\| series = ''[[Wario (series)\|Wario]]''
	\|platforms=[[GameCube]]		\| platforms = [[GameCube]]
	\|released={{vgrelease\|JP\|October 17, 2003\|NA\|April 5, 2004\|PAL\|September 3, 2004}}		\| released = {{vgrelease\|JP\|October 17, 2003\|NA\|April 5, 2004\|PAL\|September 3, 2004}}
	\|genre=[[Party\|Party game]]		\| genre = [[Party\|Party game]]
	\|modes=[[Single-player]], [[~~Multiplayer video game\|~~multiplayer]]		\| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
	}}		}}
	'''''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!'''''{{efn\|Known in Japan as {{nihongo\|'''''Atsumare!! Made in Wario'''''\|あつまれ!!メイドインワリオ\|<nowiki>literally</nowiki> ''Gather!! Made in Wario''}}, stylized as '''''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!'''''}} is a party video game for the [[GameCube]]. A remake of ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!]]'', and the second installment in the ''WarioWare'' series, the game translates the "microgame" gameplay of ''Mega Microgames!'' to be playable in a multiplayer environment. It comes with eight special multiplayer modes for up to four players that all involve the known microgames in some way.		'''''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!'''''{{efn\|Known in Japan as {{nihongo\|'''''Atsumare!! Made in Wario'''''\|あつまれ!!メイドインワリオ\|<nowiki>literally</nowiki> ''Gather!! Made in Wario''}}, stylized as '''''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!'''''}} is a 2003 [[party video game]] developed by [[Nintendo R&D1]] and [[Intelligent Systems]] and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[GameCube]]. It is a remake of ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!]]'', and the second installment in the ''WarioWare'' series, the game translates the "microgame" gameplay of ''Mega Microgames!'' to be playable in a multiplayer environment. It comes with eight special multiplayer modes for up to four players that all involve the known microgames in some way.

	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==
	The gameplay in ''Mega Party Game'''$'''!'' shares elements with other ''WarioWare'' titles, emphasizing quick consecutive minigames for the player to complete (dubbed by the game as "microgames"); it includes all of the microgames from the original ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!]]''.<ref name="nwr"/> However, the game places a heavier emphasis on [[~~Multiplayer video game\|~~multiplayer]] than other series entries. In addition to a basic single-player mode, the game features several multiplayer variations, each of which ~~has~~ utilizes the microgames in different ways. Some of these include "Survival Fever", in which players are eliminated after failing three microgames; "Balloon Bang" in which players attempt to not be actively playing a microgame when a balloon inflated by the other players bursts; "Listen to the Doctor", in which players must perform a given action while completing a microgame and are rated by their opponents; and "Wobbly Bobbly", in which players must keep a stack of turtles balanced, with another turtle being added after each microgame.<ref name="ign"/><ref name="eg"/>		The gameplay in ''Mega Party Game'''$'''!'' shares elements with other ''WarioWare'' titles, emphasizing quick consecutive minigames for the player to complete (dubbed by the game as "microgames"); it includes all of the microgames from the original ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!]]''.<ref name="nwr"/> However, the game places a heavier emphasis on [[multiplayer]] than other series entries. In addition to a basic single-player mode, the game features several multiplayer variations, each of which utilizes the microgames in different ways. Some of these include "Survival Fever", in which players are eliminated after failing three microgames; "Balloon Bang" in which players attempt to not be actively playing a microgame when a balloon inflated by the other players bursts; "Listen to the Doctor", in which players must perform a given action while completing a microgame and are rated by their opponents; and "Wobbly Bobbly", in which players must keep a stack of turtles balanced, with another turtle being added after each microgame.<ref name="ign"/><ref name="eg"/>

	==Development==		==Development==
	The game was developed by [[Intelligent Systems]] and [[Nintendo Research & Development 1]], and published worldwide by [[Nintendo]] in October 2003 in Japan, and a year later in April for North America and in September for Europe.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Japanese game update \|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/japanese-game-update/1100-6074538/ \|access-date=April 29, 2023 \|website=GameSpot \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Slew of new Nintendo info \|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/slew-of-new-nintendo-info/1100-6092868/ \|access-date=April 29, 2023 \|website=GameSpot \|language=en-US \|archive-date=August 25, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825110318/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/slew-of-new-nintendo-info/1100-6092868/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=IGN Staff \|date=May 1, 2004 \|title=Game of the Month: April 2004 \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/01/game-of-the-month-april-2004-2 \|access-date=April 29, 2023 \|website=IGN \|language=en \|archive-date=April 29, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429202040/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/01/game-of-the-month-april-2004-2 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=June 22, 2004 \|title=Budget priced Wario Ware Cube dated \|language=en-gb \|work=Eurogamer.net \|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news220604warioware \|access-date=April 29, 2023 \|archive-date=April 29, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429202040/https://www.eurogamer.net/news220604warioware \|url-status=live }}</ref> The game was produced by Takehiro Izushi and Ryoichi Kitanishi, directed by Goro Abe and Osamu Yamauchi and composed by Masanobu Matsunaga and Kenichi Nishimaki.<ref name="megapartygames">{{cite video game\|title=WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!\|developer= Intelligent Systems\|developer2=Nintendo Research & Development 1\|publisher=Nintendo\|date=October 17, 2003\|platform=GameCube\|level=Credits}}</ref>		The game was developed by [[Intelligent Systems]] and [[Nintendo Research & Development 1]], and published worldwide by [[Nintendo]] in October 2003 in Japan, and a year later in April for [[North America]] and in September for Europe.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Japanese game update \|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/japanese-game-update/1100-6074538/ \|access-date=April 29, 2023 \|website=GameSpot \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Slew of new Nintendo info \|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/slew-of-new-nintendo-info/1100-6092868/ \|access-date=April 29, 2023 \|website=GameSpot \|language=en-US \|archive-date=August 25, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825110318/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/slew-of-new-nintendo-info/1100-6092868/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=IGN Staff \|date=May 1, 2004 \|title=Game of the Month: April 2004 \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/01/game-of-the-month-april-2004-2 \|access-date=April 29, 2023 \|website=IGN \|language=en \|archive-date=April 29, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429202040/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/01/game-of-the-month-april-2004-2 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=June 22, 2004 \|title=Budget priced Wario Ware Cube dated \|language=en-gb \|work=Eurogamer.net \|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news220604warioware \|access-date=April 29, 2023 \|archive-date=April 29, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429202040/https://www.eurogamer.net/news220604warioware \|url-status=live }}</ref> The game was produced by Takehiro Izushi and Ryoichi Kitanishi, directed by Goro Abe and Osamu Yamauchi and composed by Masanobu Matsunaga and Kenichi Nishimaki.<ref name="megapartygames">{{cite video game\|title=WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!\|developer= Intelligent Systems\|developer2=Nintendo Research & Development 1\|publisher=Nintendo\|date=October 17, 2003\|platform=GameCube\|level=Credits}}</ref>

	==Reception==		==Reception==
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	== References ==		== References ==
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			== External links ==
			*{{Official website\|https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/WarioWare-Inc-Mega-Party-Game-269325.html}}
			*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gzwj/index.html Official Japanese website] {{in lang\|ja}}
			*{{IMDb title\|0420507}}
			*{{MobyGames\|/12246/warioware-inc-mega-party-game}}

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{{short description|2003 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|image=WarioWare, Inc., Mega Party Games box art.jpg
|caption=North American box art
|developer=[[Intelligent Systems]]<br>[[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|director=Goro Abe<br>Osamu Yamauchi
|producer=Takehiro Izushi<br>Ryoichi Kitanishi
|artist=Ko Takeuchi
|composer=Masanobu Matsunaga<br>Kenichi Nishimaki
|series=''[[Wario (series)|Wario]]''
|platforms=[[GameCube]]
|released={{vgrelease|JP|October 17, 2003|NA|April 5, 2004|PAL|September 3, 2004}}
|genre=[[Party|Party game]]
|modes=[[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}
'''''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Atsumare!! Made in Wario'''''|あつまれ!!メイドインワリオ|<nowiki>literally</nowiki> ''Gather!! Made in Wario''}}, stylized as '''''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!'''''}} is a party video game for the [[GameCube]]. A remake of ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!]]'', and the second installment in the ''WarioWare'' series, the game translates the "microgame" gameplay of ''Mega Microgames!'' to be playable in a multiplayer environment. It comes with eight special multiplayer modes for up to four players that all involve the known microgames in some way.

==Gameplay==
The gameplay in ''Mega Party Game'''$'''!'' shares elements with other ''WarioWare'' titles, emphasizing quick consecutive minigames for the player to complete (dubbed by the game as "microgames"); it includes all of the microgames from the original ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!]]''.<ref name="nwr"/> However, the game places a heavier emphasis on [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] than other series entries. In addition to a basic single-player mode, the game features several multiplayer variations, each of which has utilizes the microgames in different ways. Some of these include "Survival Fever", in which players are eliminated after failing three microgames; "Balloon Bang" in which players attempt to not be actively playing a microgame when a balloon inflated by the other players bursts; "Listen to the Doctor", in which players must perform a given action while completing a microgame and are rated by their opponents; and "Wobbly Bobbly", in which players must keep a stack of turtles balanced, with another turtle being added after each microgame.<ref name="ign"/><ref name="eg"/>

==Development==
The game was developed by [[Intelligent Systems]] and [[Nintendo Research & Development 1]], and published worldwide by [[Nintendo]] in October 2003 in Japan, and a year later in April for North America and in September for Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Japanese game update |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/japanese-game-update/1100-6074538/ |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Slew of new Nintendo info |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/slew-of-new-nintendo-info/1100-6092868/ |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825110318/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/slew-of-new-nintendo-info/1100-6092868/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=IGN Staff |date=May 1, 2004 |title=Game of the Month: April 2004 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/01/game-of-the-month-april-2004-2 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=April 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429202040/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/01/game-of-the-month-april-2004-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 22, 2004 |title=Budget priced Wario Ware Cube dated |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news220604warioware |access-date=April 29, 2023 |archive-date=April 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429202040/https://www.eurogamer.net/news220604warioware |url-status=live }}</ref> The game was produced by Takehiro Izushi and Ryoichi Kitanishi, directed by Goro Abe and Osamu Yamauchi and composed by Masanobu Matsunaga and Kenichi Nishimaki.<ref name="megapartygames">{{cite video game|title=WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!|developer= Intelligent Systems|developer2=Nintendo Research & Development 1|publisher=Nintendo|date=October 17, 2003|platform=GameCube|level=Credits}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Mega Party Game'''$'''!'' received generally favorable reviews upon release, with reviewers commonly citing the game's multiplayer appeal as a positive, but its copied material from ''Mega Microgames!'' as a negative.<ref name="mc"/> [[GameRankings]] gave the game an aggregated score of 77% based on 53 reviews.<ref name="gr"/> The game is the first in the series to introduce a focus of multiplayer, a theme that would not be re-visited by the series until the console sequel ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'' on the [[Wii]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2007/01/13/warioware-smooth-moves-review|title=WarioWare: Smooth Moves Review|last=Bozon|first=Mark|date=January 12, 2007|website=IGN|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> During the [[8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!'' received a nomination for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Family Game of the Year|Console Family Game of the Year]]" by the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/awards/award_category_details.asp?idAward=2005&idGameAwardType=44 |title=2005 Awards Category Details Console Family Game of the Year |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228154506/https://www.interactive.org/awards/award_category_details.asp?idAward=2005&idGameAwardType=44 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Video game reviews
| GR = 77%<ref name="gr">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Games Reviews|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/918882.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918174554/http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/918882.asp|archive-date=September 18, 2007|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=GameRankings}}</ref>
| MC = 76/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/warioware-inc-mega-party-game/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |title=WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$ for GameCube Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>
| EuroG = 7/10<ref name="eg">{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Kristan |title=Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_warioware_gc |website=[[Eurogamer]] |date=July 5, 2004 |access-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105153750/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_warioware_gc |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpot = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Gerstmann|first=Jeff|date=April 5, 2004|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/warioware-inc-mega-party-game-review/1900-6092937/|title=WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Game$ Review|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=October 2, 2024}}</ref>
| GSpy = 4/5<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Bryn|date=April 5, 2004|url=http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/wario-ware-inc-mega-party-game/504282p1.html|title=WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$|publisher=[[GameSpy]]|access-date=October 2, 2024}}</ref>
| IGN = 7.5/10<ref name="ign">{{cite web |last1=Reilly |first1=Luke |title=Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/06/wario-ware-inc-mega-party-game |website=[[IGN]] |date=April 5, 2004 |access-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119022639/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/06/wario-ware-inc-mega-party-game |url-status=live }}</ref>
| NWR = 8.5/10<ref name="nwr">{{cite web |last1=Arushan |first1=Zosha |title=Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ Review |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/4229/wario-ware-inc-mega-party-game-gamecube |website=Nintendo World Report |date=May 2, 2004 |access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>
}}

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== References ==
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{{Wario series}}
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