{"id":15068,"date":"2016-06-08T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=15068"},"modified":"2016-05-10T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T15:18:40","slug":"dodge-club-party-wii-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/08\/dodge-club-party-wii-u\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodge Club Party (Wii U)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DODGE_BOX\"<\/a>There\u2019s a retro-styled indie game that has been making its way around night clubs and art galleries for people to play for years, and now you can enjoy it on your Wii U as well. It\u2019s called Dodge Club Party, and if you\u2019ve ever played a similar game on Dot Arcade<\/strong><\/a>, you\u2019ll know what to expect here.\u00a0 Except this version adds some multiplayer modes to the mix.<\/p>\n

The idea is very simple. You control a square and must avoid anything else that moves.\u00a0 The longer you last, the higher your score.\u00a0 Things to avoid include a \u2018spark\u2019 which is just a line that moves around the border of the screen, and a fireball, which is a large square that bounces around the field.\u00a0 But be careful because sometimes the fireball will bounce erratically and not the way you\u2019d expect it to go.\u00a0 If you get hit by any of the obstacles, it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 The game has characters and a story about a dangerous night club dance floor, but it really doesn\u2019t matter in order to play the game.<\/p>\n

Depending on how many people clock in at the player select screen will determine what kind of gameplay mode is activated. If one person is playing, you\u2019ll just do the single player mode where you must try to avoid obstacles as long as possible.\u00a0 If two to four people check in, everyone will have to avoid obstacles, and the last person standing wins.\u00a0 If five people play, one person controls the fireball on the Wii U touch screen.\u00a0 If that player catches all the others, they win, but if not, the other players win.\u00a0 In the multiplayer modes, if you run into someone you\u2019ll hear a \u2018bump\u2019 sound, but you\u2019ll pass through them, so it can get a little confusing.<\/p>\n

The best part of the game is the catchy chip tunes that play in the background. While I like the simple design, I really can\u2019t imagine anyone getting a bunch of people together to play this.\u00a0 Maybe back in 1979, but not now.\u00a0 And the multiplayer modes probably just should\u2019ve been a part of Dot Arcade\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> version anyway.\u00a0 But while I think Dot Arcade is a better value as far as variety goes, Dodge Club Party is only two bucks to download.\u00a0 So if you like supporting talented indie developers, I say go for it!<\/p>\n

\"DODGE_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No reading is require and no violence either. Younger gamers may get bored with the simplistic gameplay, though.\u00a0 Dodge Club Party is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a retro-styled indie game that has been making its way around night clubs and art galleries for people to play for years, and now you can enjoy it on your Wii U as well. It\u2019s called Dodge Club Party, and if you\u2019ve ever played a similar game on Dot Arcade, you\u2019ll know what to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15068"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15070,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068\/revisions\/15070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}