Wii Party

Quick Draw AudioWhat it says on the tin. These voice lines go unused in all regions except Korea and Japan.

There are also unused Japanese voice clips used for the early Bingo version in the same folder.

Early Bingo AudioUnused Japanese voice clips from the early version of Bingo.

Unused Minigame Modes#

The first digit shows the game type.

These minigames can be activated by swapping .rel files in the game data.

Pop-Up Bandits (mg417) has an unused 4-player mode. In the final game, there's only a 2-player mode. Watch on YouTube

Barrel Daredevil (mg103) has an unused 2-player mode. In the final game, there's only a 4-player mode.

Bingo#

Bingo contains an early mode relating to the House Party minigames; many of it's assets still remain in the game's files.

Early bingo balls which use numbers instead of Mii faces (found in mr741\map\mr741_01.brres.lz)

Preview images of the mode (found in \layout\mr_rule\mr741.arc.lz)

An early selection screen image for bingo (found in \menu\common.arc.lz)

Minigames With Unused Spot the Sneak Functionality#

Spot the Sneak (Rule Reversal in PAL regions) is a game in Wii Party in which players compete in slightly altered versions of 4-player minigames. The altered content comes in the form of an advantage for a singular player (the Sneak), where their goal is to both play well in the minigame, but also hide their identity as the Sneak. Spot the Sneak uses a total of 12 of the slightly altered 4-player minigames, but there are 5 more that go completely unused, all of which have both full functionality as well as descriptions in the Japanese version of mess.bin.

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• Derby Dash allows the Sneak to continue making the horse accelerate even after it's stamina has emptied. Holding B will allow the horse to become tired as normal.

• Shifty Gifts prevents the Sneak from dropping their stack of gifts. Holding B will allow the Sneak to drop their gifts as usual.

• Tropical Punch prevents the Sneak from being KO'ed by an opponents punch. Holding B makes the Sneak vulnerable to the punches as normal.

• Crash Balls prevents the Sneak from falling into any of the holes in the ground. Holding B allows the sneak to fall into the holes.

• Quicker Chipper allows the Sneak to make their chip regardless of if their shot has the correct power. Holding B removes the Sneak's perfect accuracy.

Early English Translation#

Present only in the Japanese version of the game is an early version of the English translation, with slightly different word choices than the final and some grammar errors. (found in \locale\en_US)

Japanese Final	English Early	English Final

Regional Differences#

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Title Screen#

Japan	International

On the Title Screen, in the Japanese version, the "Wii Party" text is bolded, and white, and looks nicer.

Save Banner#

Japan	International

Spin-Off#

South Korea	International

In Spin-Off, Medals are changed to Stars. This was removed to avoid associations with gambling, due to it being illegal in South Korea.

Flying Fruits#

Europe	International

In Flying Fruits, all versions but the PAL version uses a O to count, while in the PAL version, it uses a green V, the reason for this change is unknown.

Match-Up#

Japan (Mii 1)	Japan (Mii 2)

In Match-Up, Japan has a text indicating whether you're selecting the First or Second Mii. This isn't in other versions.

Globe Trot#

Japan	USA	Europe	South Korea

In Globe Trot, each version of the game has a different starting point. US version is in America, PAL version is in Germany (As Nintendo Europe is located in Germany), Japanese version is in Japan, and Korean version is in South Korea.

Dicey Descent#

Japan/Korea	International

In Dicey Descent, the Japanese and Korean version both have symbols for the left and right in the starting message. Another difference is that the international version has a different lightning icon, this change was most likely done to avoid the similarity to the Schutznaffel logo.

Board Game Island#

Japan/Korea	International

In the Korean/Japan version, if you complete a challenge in Board Game Island, it will show a blue circle instead of a green checkmark.

Quick Draw#

Trump Karuta (Quick Draw)

We use real playing cards to play like 'Karuta.'
Quickly grab the card that has been read aloud!

Torampu (Playing Cards)

This game is played using actual playing cards.
Please prepare a deck of playing cards.

In the Korean/Japan version, there is an exclusive House Party game called Quick Draw.