Boogie is one of the very popular music video games falling under party games in the music genre. The company named Electronic Arts developed the game for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS consoles.

Players are given a choice to create their character. Once they have done, they use Wii Remote to sing and dance through the same character. They can choose between a karaoke and a dancing game to perform. Karaoke gameplay is same as used by SingStar and Karaoke Revolution using a USB microphone in which the players aim at matching their rhythm and pitch with those of the original. A musical staff keeps indicating both, the correct pitch as well as the pitch of the singer at that particular moment of time.

The dancing gameplay uses Wii Remote with Nunchuk attachment. The remote is to be moved in the most aesthetic dancing style depending on the beats of the song. If the players are using Nunchuk attachment also which is optional to use in the game, they can control the character's facial expressions also as the music goes along.

In the story mode of the game, the players must achieve a minimum score before they can advance further.

The game features both, the competitive and the co-operative local multiplayer modes in order to serve two different kinds of party spirit.

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Pokemon video games are a series of role playing games played both as party games and single player games, published by Nintendo, which have already sold over 175 million units as of April 23, 2008. The development work is done by Game Freak and Creatures Inc. for new generation releases.

These video games were first created as role playing games by Satoshi Tajiri for the Game Boy. The new releases kept getting categorized under generations of chronological orders as and when new characters with new gameplay concepts kept getting introduced in the games. Currently the fourth generation is under progress in the franchise.

The first party games/ single player games in the series were Pocket Monsters Aka and Midori for the Game Boy in Japan. When they went extremely popular, they were reprogrammed as Pokémon Red and Blue for international release on September 30, 1998 in the United States. Then came Pokémon Yellow completing the first generation as it is known today as its chronological name.

The second generation started in 2000 featuring Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver for Game Boy Color. Later in 2001 Pokémon Crystal was added to the list introducing 100 new species of Pokémon making it a total of 251 Pokémon to collect along with many other new features incorporated.

In 2003 came the third generation with the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire for Game Boy Advance, adding Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen in 2004, Pokémon Emerald in 2005, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team in 2006; introducing 135 new Pokémon and thus taking the total to 386.

In 2006 came the fourth generation with the release of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl for Nintendo DS to be expanded later with Pokemon Dash, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, Pokémon Platinum, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky, along with Pokémon Battle Revolution for Wii (with Wi-Fi connectivity); introducing 107 new species of Pokémon and thus taking the total to 493.

Players choose any one of three different Pokémon at the start of the game depending on the type of Pokémon their rival has chosen in order to be able to take advantage of their week points in the game. Only Pokémon Yellow is an exception in which the player gets a Pikachu and the rival gets an Eevee every time.

Pokemon video games as role playing games both as party games and single player games were awarded eight records in Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008, including "Most Successful RPG Series of All Time", "Game Series With the Most Spin-Off Movies" and "Most Photosensitive Epileptic Seizures Caused By A TV Show".

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Mario Party DS is one of the latest party video games for Nintendo DS console. It is the 12th game in the Mario Party series. The game was released in November 2007 almost all over the world barring Australia where it was released on 6th of December, 2007.

The party aspect of the game has been taken proper care of allowing four people to play wirelessly using one single game card only. The names of the characters to be played are Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Princess Daisy, Toad, Wario, and Waluigi.

A dice block numbered 1-10 is used to move the player according to its number. There are also many boards named Wiggler's Garden, Toadette's Music Room, DK's Stone Statue, Kamek's Library, and Bowser's Pinball Machine.

The game consists of quite a few minigames, their number being 74 to be exact; some of them using buttons, stylus or microphones to be played.

In Soccer Survival a Goomba kicks soccer balls and the players dodge them. In Short Fuse a fuse on a bomb is supposed to be blown in order to survive. In Globe Gunners players shoot projectiles at each other while running around on a globe.

There are three modes in the game - the Puzzle Mode, the Frenzy Mode and the Focus Mode - all having their own different conditions to play making the game much more interesting.

The plot revolves around the eight characters including Mario who all have been miniaturized by evil Bowser in his castle and thrown out. Now they all are to find Sky Crystals to restore themselves to their original size and defeat Bowser in his own wicked game.

Mario Party DS on Nintendo DS has been a big hit in the genre of party video games and is one of the bestselling games in the international markets at the moment.

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Party video games on Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles are popular as party games both among kids and adults alike. It all started in 1981 when Starpath came up with Party Mix for the first time in this genre through braving the famous video game crash of 1983.

Right now Mario Party series is going most popular in parties as well as other gatherings where its games are played in multiplayer mode.

Different games are played on different consoles, which are handheld electronic controllers controlling the visual output of a physical action on a video monitoring screen.

These interactive games gathered momentum with the introduction of Super Spike V'Ball in 1989 on the console named Nintendo Entertainment System, which further developed as Super Nintendo Entertainment System with the introduction of Super Bomberman in 1993.

Then came Nintendo 64 with Mario Party series in 1999, and along came a horde of new console with new games like Crash Bash on PlayStation in 2000 and Fuzion Frenzy on Xbox in 2001, with Nintendo developing to Nintendo GameCube with the introduction of Super Monkey Ball in 2001.

Once it gathered its full momentum in the year 2002, there was no looking back and newer consoles with still newer games proverbially with every passing day have become the craze of the day today.

I'll be covering them all in my posts to come.

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