Furu Furu Park

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Furu Furu Park
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Developer(s) Taito, 505 Games
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Wii
Release
  • JP: April 19, 2007
  • NA: January 16, 2008
Genre(s) Mini-games
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer

Furu Furu Park (ふるふるぱーく, Furu Furu Pāku) (originally known as Furi Furi) is a collection of minigames for the Wii. [1] It was developed (along with 505 Games) and published by Taito and was originally planned for a release in Japan for the Wii launch, but was pushed back to April 19, 2007. The minigames are inspired by classic Taito arcade games. Majesco Entertainment published the title in the US on January 16, 2008. There are 2 single-player modes and 3 multi-player modes. It has 30 minigames to play.

Contents

Minigames

The game features a variety of minigames. Some include skateboarding, safe cracker and puzzle. Most have references and/or shared gameplay elements with Taito classics.

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 23 out of 40. [5]

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