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It is provided free of charge on the Xbox store. There are several options for game content. Initial looks at the gameplay were shown by Double Fine during a "Quick Look" with members of the website Giant Bomb. Kinect Party was revealed to be in development on in an interview with the director of Double Fine Happy Action Theater, Tim Schafer, conducted by SF Weekly. The sequel also introduces the ability to take and share photos from the various game modes. The game includes new modes, such as one where players can don virtual costumes (including ones based on Minecraft), create and destroy castles, and perform as if they were in a dubstep video. Within most modes there are no goals, only to perform certain actions for the Kinect as to create humorous results in a form of augmented reality on the console's display. The game will also allow the original eighteen mini games from Double Happy Action Theater, along with eighteen more playable mini games, will be able to be played from within Kinect Party if the player owns the former game as well. The game can support the tracking of up to 6 players. Unfortunately, these game modes would often be unplayable, as the Kinect would have many issues trying to read the player. Players can select any one of the thirty-six modes, or opt to have the game randomly select modes and cycle through them every few minutes. Like its predecessor Happy Action Theater, Kinect Party is an open-ended game, providing thirty-six different modes that incorporate features of the Kinect motion-sensing and camera system. It was added to the Xbox store for this region on March 29, 2013. The game was delayed in Australia and New Zealand.
The game was released on December 17, 2012. It was tentatively titled Double Fine Happy Action TV, before the game's final name was announced when the game was announced at PAX Prime 2012.
Kinect Party also has built-in Facebook integration so you can share your wildest moments with the rest of world if you choose.Kinect Party is the sequel to Double Fine Happy Action Theater, Double Fine's Kinect motion-sensing based casual video game for the Xbox 360.
However, if you own both games, there are over 40 activities to participate in so there are plenty of options. My only gripe is once each activity has been played once or twice, it will lose its staying power. But getting six players to comfortably fit in your living room (while not accidentally smacking each other during each activity) will perhaps be the biggest challenge. Kinect Party also encourages multiplayer as six players can play at once. This game also has a grand total of 400 Achievement Points too. Each game is also unique and drips with creativity.
And combined with all the activities from the original Happy Action Theater, there is plenty here to keep party guests occupied. Even the Kinect microphone gets used but I won’t spoil how (hint* – it is used to unlock an Achievement). One minute you will be digging for buried treasure or next you can be making star constellations but holding random poses or destroying objects with karate chops in a kungfu dojo. Once fired up, the game just immediately throws you into a random activity where players can instantly figure out what to do. In fact, there are no menus to read or options to navigate. The entire attitude of this XBLA title is friendly and easy going. I have played many Kinect games but Kinect Party is the most fun I have had using Microsoft’s camera peripheral. Playing dress up is actually more fun than it sounds.