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| Medieval Games | |
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| Developer(s) | N-Fusion Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Vir2L Studios |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Medieval Games is a party video game developed by American studio n-Fusion Interactive and published by Vir2L Studios for Nintendo's Wii console. It was developed by N-Fusion and was unveiled in December 2008.[1][2] It was released on October 20, 2009 in North America[3][4] and on November 27 in Europe.[5]
Medieval Games is a party video game set in a storybook medieval world. The game is similar to the Mario Party series by Nintendo. The game has a story mode with a story based on the Middle Ages, in which you play as a court jester named Scrunth, with each chapter raising Scrunth in the social hierarchy, with the last chapter he is named King of the Fools. The game features 30 Medieval mini-games including sword fighting, jousting, archery and catapulting.[6] The game supports up to 4-player local multiplayer. The game aims to take full advantage of the Wii's motion capabilities. Most of the actions on the game-boards and mini-games requires motion-controls. It also has 2 vs 2 and 1 vs 3 minigames where player 1 is always the solo.
IGN played four minigames at E3 2009 and wrote in a preview: "Without anything else to base an opinion on, I can only hope the other promised 27 games don't share the same basic, often-lacking controls and thirty-second playtimes. But my hopes aren't high."[7] In a Gamescom 2009 preview IGN played some of the minigames and called them "mildly amusing".[8] Common Sense Media said that the control-scheme could only be enjoyed by an ogre, and was generally negative towards the game.[9] News Shopper wrote: "In short this is tongue-in-cheek fun and ideal fodder for the Wii. It may not look a million groats but who cares when it is this much fun."[10]