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Mini-Golf Wii and DS Carnival Games Announced
Posted by Brian Crecente at 8:40 AM on March 12, 2008
Carnival Games for the Wii was a shocking success, shocking even to Take-Two which published it. In fact as of today the casual Wii title has shipped more than one million copies worldwide.
Not one to look a gift bit of shovelware in the mouth, Take-Two today announced that they are coming out with two new spin-offs for Carnival Games.
"The success of Carnival Games is proof that the casual game market continues to grow," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "We are actively working to expand the 2K Play label and are committed to producing fun, quality games for the mass market with the Carnival Games franchise paving the way."
Carnival Games DS will hit this summer and will feature a new group of carnival games designed from the ground up for the DS. The games, which includel Ball, Frog Leap, Dunk Tank, RC Raceway and Clown Hammer, will use tapping, blowing, speaking and swiping as play mechanics.
Out this fall, Carnival Games: Mini Golf will make use of the Wii Remote's motion controls to let up to four people play mini-golf. The themed park will include dinosaurs, the Wild West and, wait for it, pirates!!!
Hit the jump for the full release.
Step Right Up! 2K Play Expands Its Carnival Games Franchise With Carnival Games™ For Nintendo DS™ And Carnival Games: Mini-Golf™ Exclusive
Original Wii Version of Carnival Games Ships More Than One Million Copies
New York, NY - March 11, 2008 - 2K Play, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced two new titles as a part of its brand extension strategy for its highly popular Carnival Games series. The new titles include Carnival Games for Nintendo DS, which is scheduled to ship this summer, and Carnival Games: Mini-Golf, an all-new game exclusive to the Wii home video game system, which will debut this fall. 2K Play is also announcing that its flagship Carnival Games title has reached a milestone of shipping more than one million units worldwide, while remaining a top-selling game with a number 5 ranking on the January 2008 NPD Wii chart.
"The success of Carnival Games is proof that the casual game market continues to grow," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "We are actively working to expand the 2K Play label and are committed to producing fun, quality games for the mass market with the Carnival Games franchise paving the way."
"The consumer response to Carnival Games has been extraordinary," said Steve Lux, vice president of business development for 2K Play. "The game resonates with every demographic and the feedback we have received from moms, dads, kids and grandparents shows Carnival Games as one of the drivers of family game time. Our new games build on the strength of the first title and will promote this growing trend."
Carnival Games for DS brings the fun of the original to the world's best-selling portable system during the summer vacation and travel season. Each game is designed from the ground up to take full advantage of the DS control mechanism. A frenzied combination of tapping, blowing, speaking and stylus maneuvering brings the now famous midway to life. Favorites such as Alley Ball, Frog Leap and Dunk Tank are complemented with fresh games including RC Raceway and Clown Hammer.
This fall, the all-new Carnival Games: Mini-Golf comes exclusively to Wii. Featuring Carnival Bob™ and characters made popular in the original, Carnival Games: Mini-Golf is home to larger-than-life, theme park style miniature golf courses. Whether back in time to the land of dinosaurs, keeping order in the Wild West or searching for treasure on an island full of pirates, the game combines traditional miniature golf fare with action-oriented game play utilizing the unique capabilities of the Wii Remote™. It is designed for four players and can best be described as "a hole in fun."
"We work hand-in-hand with Nintendo on the design of our Carnival Games titles to make sure they deliver the best-possible gaming experience for their consoles," said Harley Howe and Patrick Wilkinson, studio heads of 2K Play's Cat Daddy Games. "These new titles in our growing Carnival Games franchise are fun, have true-to-life physics and deliver on the promise of the original: you can almost smell the cotton candy."
For more information, log onto www.2kgames.com/2kplay.
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JustClaws
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
I've got 4 kids between 10 and 2, and the game has been a big hit with them, and we had plenty of fun trying to win the better prizes. I only wish they'd made the effort to use Mii characters, the character choices were too limited, as were maximum number of player profiles. Also, my 5 year old son kept accidentally deleting himself or a sibling by accident with traumatic consequences. This game, together with Cosmic Family has been a great hit for the kids, and their friends, who also bought the game after playing ours! My wife and I have "our games" too, amongst the 12-13 so far, so don't knock fun games for kids, if you have none!
JustClaws
reptile168
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
they should include more than just mini golf though.
reptile168
kidnicky
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Carnival games is fun with your friends,signifigant other,or family. I don't see what all the pissing and moaning is for. If you bought it thinking it would be an engrossing 80 hour RPG,then you're the one at fault. If you bought it expecting to play carnival games,which is what it's called,then you had fun,because the games work well.
The only part of the game that I thought didn't work well was,ironically,the mini golf one.
kidnicky
PlaidNinja
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Will these new Carnival games feature non-white playable characters or is it going to be another aryan playground like the original Wii version?
PlaidNinja
excel_excel
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
@_Ted_: since when was the gamecube bad? Matter of fact the only mini game complation on the gamecube was WarioWare and it rocked...tch some people.....but this selling a million copies.....*shakes head*
excel_excel
awesomerobot
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
GASP! MORE MINI GAMES ON THE WII, THIS IS SHOCKING TO ME.
awesomerobot
wonder6oy
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Ok dawg - so check it out...
I just looked up some reviews of this game as well as some video footage... and I TOTALLY GET IT (why it's selling so well).
If you've got a six year old in the house and want to spend some quality interactive time with him/her playing a game you'll both enjoy, my gosh, THIS IS THE GAME TO GET.
Of course, you'd NEVER play it alone, but that's really not the point, is it?
As a father to a nine-month-old myself, I absolutely see the day coming when I might be digging through the bargain bin in search of this one...
...and selling off RE4. :-(
wonder6oy
KingBroly
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Carnival Games: Mini-Golf is going to be HUGE!
KingBroly
GordieHoweHatTrick: Roll Up The Rim Free Car #0
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Mini-Golf!? Hey, I might give this a shot.
GordieHoweHatTrick: Roll Up The Rim Free Car #0
Josh*
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
@_Ted_, I'm looking your way.
Josh*
Josh*
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Why is it that a crap game can't come out without all and sundry heralding the demise of the platform it's released on?
Josh*
gec05
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
I think you guys are coming to a closer realization that hardcore gamers are such a minuscule fraction of the market. Casual gamers soak this stuff up and they outnumber us by the ten thousands.
gec05
Spoony Bard
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Mini golf has been a no brainer for a while now. If Nintendo were to make a Wii Sports Mini Golf with different fun courses and a Wii Bowling with fun disco-themed lanes, they'd have a hit on their hands. But what do I know?
Spoony Bard
PurpleDrink
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Sweet! While we're at it, I hope E.T. makes a comeback and will be released on the Wii!
PurpleDrink
Sustenance
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Carnival Games is simplistic and family-friendly, but its success isn't a tragedy on the level of something like, say, Superman 64. For what it is, it's not terrible, however much you might loathe the concept of mini-games, or family-targeted console games in general.
Sustenance
GustoGaiden
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
hey, the gameplay might suck, but I hear the character animations are SPECTACULAR.
GustoGaiden
Fonzy
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
and why was carnival games successful? BECAUSE WII OWNERS WERE DESPERATE!! STOP THE SHITTY GAME BEAST AAAAAAAH
Fonzy
Torgen thinks AAA means “Costs $60”
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Mini golf sounds a lot more compelling than the original Carnival Games.
Torgen thinks AAA means “Costs $60”
DonWii
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Just goes to show, if you put 100 mini-game compilations on the Wii, one or two are bound to sell well.
DonWii
Zegridathes
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Anyone else think "a hole in fun" implies an absence of fun?
I don't say that I have "a hole in my shirt" to mean that there is an area of my shirt with, like, twice the density of shirt.
Zegridathes
JamieA
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Get that unholy shovel ware away from me!!! *flails*
JamieA
Okari
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Mini Golf will probably be a lot of fun. It's a type we don't see often, but when we do see it (Super Monkey Ball), it's a huge success.
Okari
_Ted_
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
damn it i'm sick of all this watered down crap being put on the Wii. I want a chance to play real games not all this trash. Nintendo needs to be careful or the Wii may end up like the gamecube. Ok maybe not that bad but you know what I mean.
_Ted_
[KU]Shindokie:Pon Pon Pata Pon!
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Why can't games like these become vaporware... but if it makes some people happy then yay Carnival Games!
[KU]Shindokie:Pon Pon Pata Pon!
madman83
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
While I never bought Carnival Games I wouldn't mind picking up the Mini golf one when it comes out.
madman83
_Ted_
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
damn it i'm sick of all these crappy games getting so much glory on the Wii. I want the choice to play real games not all this watered down crap. I think that nintendo needs to be careful or the Wii may end up just like the gamecube. Ok maybe not that bad but you know what I mean.
_Ted_
Mr. Fap☆Fap!
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
Hell yeah, baby! CG2! GOTY!
WOOOO!
Mr. Fap☆Fap!
TitillatedOcelot
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
"you can almost smell the cotton candy"
I can smell something...
TitillatedOcelot
sUKi
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
New Breed of gamers were born. and WOOT to Mini-Golf Wii. <3
sUKi
wonder6oy
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
(wimper/sob)
*why*...
(snaps finger - ends drama)
wonder6oy
Lateralus63
Posted 10:42 PM 19/3/08
The sales of this game makes me want to cry. Really. Its just tragic.
Lateralus63