"Wii Party U (Japanese: Wiiパーティ・U Hepburn: Wī Pāti Yū) is a party video game from Nintendo for the Wii U. It was announced in a January 2013 Nintendo Direct, and later detailed at E3 2013 and the October 2013 Nintendo Direct. It was released in North America and Europe on October 25, 2013, Australia and New Zealand on October 26, 2013, and will be released in Japan on October 31, 2013. It is the sequel to the 2010 Wii game, Wii Party. Gameplay Wii Party U is a multiplayer video game consisting of a standard board game with mini-games, similar to Mario Party. Over 80 different new mini-games will be available. Multiple people can play mini-games using the Wii U GamePad. 'House Party' games also return from Wii Party, and focus on various implementations of the Wii U GamePad and Wii Remotes amongst a group of people." Source: Wikipedia, "Wii Party U", available under the CC-BY-SA License.