There is no interaction with the design, and beyond that it really is nothing more than the random, repetitive rolling of dice and watching your character move haphazardly around a map in the blind hope that you'll somehow outscore your opponents by the end of it all. Mario Party wouldn't work without its mini-games. And since Family Pirate Party is, essentially, Mario Party without its mini-games, it doesn't work.
Presentation - 4.0
Graphics - 5.0
Sound - 5.0
Gameplay - 4.0
Lasting Appeal - 4.0
Overall -
MMGN writes: "Family Pirate Party is the next in the continuing anime-styled Family series by Aksys, which involve a son, daughter, mum and dad characters, intended to be played by families with young kids. Due to previous mediocre releases such as Family Slot Car and Family Tennis, Family Pirate Party was a surprise. It’s a pirate themed clone of Mario Party that plays like an electronic Monopoly."
Explore the great secrets of the seven seas this week when Dive: The Medes Islands Secret makes its way onto WiiWare. Players will have to face ocean dangers from sharks to giant squid and upgrade your equipment on your quest to find hidden treasures of immeasurable wealth. Or you can become an extraordinarily cute swashbuckler yourself and compete with your loved ones in the action-packed board game Family Pirate Party.
Gamertell has posted a quick recap of the best and the worst WiiWare games released throughout the service's first year.
Some of the games listed include World of Goo, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Family Pirate Party and Midnight Bowling.
Helix deserves a best of spot too being such a fun, unique and exhausting rhythm based game. Additionally... where is lost winds??? How lazy is only three games for each category?? At least go for 5. There were alot of stinkers over the last year too. Easily could to a top 10 worst games list. with pop-up pirate and the infamous crap racing game which name i can't remember all i know was you were just a wheel and it bit donkey balls.
when will the wiiware drought end... that's 3 straight weeks of total crap garbage wiiware. Mediocre VC titles additions on top of that. Kinda makes me a tad angry. Nintendo needs to stop holding back already.