Ennichi no Tatsujin (縁日の達人, lit. "Festival Master") is a

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for Nintendo's Wii console. It was a launch title in Japan. The game is composed of several minigames, all of which revolve around

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. This is

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's first Wii game. It is a spin-off the

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series.

Modes

The game is composed of nine games in one single game. The Wii Remote is used by itself for majority of the games. The games are listed below: * Kingyo Sukui: A game which uses virtual net to grab goldfish from a tank. * Shateki: a game to fire as much possible bottles with a gun. *

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: a game to flip as much possible Takoyaki balls over. *

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: Throw darts, striking targets in the specified order. * Balloon Art: Use the Wii Remote and

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to twist a balloon into shapes. Movements must be timed to coincide with the background music. * Yo-yo Tsuri: The Wii Remote is used to aim a paper string and hook onto balls in a bucket of water. The trick is to keep the string from tearing apart. * Wanage: A game of

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to grab prizes. * Uranai no Yakata: This is a

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s house. The Wii Remote and Nunchuk are used to make a pair of virtual hands grasp a crystal fortune ball and hear a fortune for the day. * Crepe: A game where players are required to meet a target number of crepes, using the exact toppings only requested by the customers.

Reception

On release week,

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gave the game a 27 out of 40 (7/7/6/7).

References

2006 video games Party video games Wii-only games Japan-exclusive video games Video games developed in Japan Video games set in Japan Wii games {{action-videogame-stub