Medieval games (video game)

Medieval Games
Developer(s)	N-Fusion Interactive
Publisher(s)	Vir2L Studios
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	NA October 20, 2009 AUS November 19, 2009 EU November 27, 2009
Genre(s)	Party
Rating(s)	ESRB: E10+ PEGI: 7

Medieval Games is a party video game published by Vir2L Studios for Nintendo's Wii console. It was developed by N-Fusion and was unveiled in January 2009.^[1] It was released on October 20, 2009 in North America^[2] and on November 27 in Europe.^[3]

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. The game features 30 Medieval mini-games including sword fighting, jousting, archery and catalpulting.^[4] 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.

Reception

Medieval Games received generally bad reviews after its launch. Some reviewers criticised the game's bad motion controls and lack of debt and personality. Commonsensemedia said that the control-scheme could only be enjoyed by an ogre, and was generally negative towards the game.^[5]

References

1. ^ http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Medieval-Games-Announced-For-Wii-14587.html
2. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/medievalgames/index.html
3. ^ http://tothegame.com/search.asp?title=medieval+games&x=0&y=0
4. ^ http://vir2l.com/gamepages/gamepage-medievalgames.php
5. ^ http://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviews/medieval-games