Medieval Games

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Short description: 2009 video game
Medieval Games
Developer(s)N-Fusion Interactive
Publisher(s)Vir2L Studios
Platform(s)Wii
Release
  • NA: October 20, 2009
  • AU: November 19, 2009
  • EU: November 27, 2009
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]

Gameplay

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.

Reception

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]

References

  1. "Medieval Games Announced For Wii". cinemablend.com. 2009-01-13. http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Medieval-Games-Announced-For-Wii-14587.html. Retrieved September 9, 2016. 
  2. "Vir2L Studios Announces Medieval Games for Wii". vir2l.com. December 22, 2008. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019161734/http://www.vir2l.com/news/pr_12.22.08.php. Retrieved September 9, 2016. 
  3. "Medieval Games". http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/medievalgames/index.html. Retrieved September 9, 2016. 
  4. "Vir2L Studios' Medieval Games Available October 20th". vir2l.com. October 7, 2009. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130421193003/http://www.vir2l.com/news/pr_10.07.09.php. Retrieved September 10, 2016. 
  5. "Medieval Games Official fact sheet". tothegame.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100101015253/http://www.tothegame.com/wii-9537-medieval-games-for-nintendo-wii.html. Retrieved September 9, 2016. 
  6. "Medieval Games". Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140517022849/http://www.vir2l.com/gamepages/gamepage-medievalgames.php. Retrieved September 9, 2016. 
  7. McLaughlin, Rus (8 June 2009). "E3 2009: Hands-On Medieval Games". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/08/e3-2009-hands-on-medieval-games. 
  8. Casamassina, Matt (21 August 2009). "GC 2009: Medieval Games Hands-on". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/21/gc-2009-medieval-games-hands-on. 
  9. Healy, Christopher (2009-10-27). "Medieval Games review". commonsensemedia.org. http://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviews/medieval-games. Retrieved September 9, 2016. 
  10. Miles, Tim (15 December 2009). "Game review: Medieval Games - Nintendo Wii". https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4795515.game-review-medieval-games-nintendo-wii/. 




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