House Party Games are activities that focus on the players' environments, with most of them not using the Wii Remote wrist strap because of the unique ways it is being used.

After the development of Mario Party 8, several of Hudson Soft's key designers left to work for Nintendo subsidiary NDcube.

"[5] Wii Party received mixed reviews from critics, with an average Metacritic score of 68/100.

[9] GameSpot awarded Wii Party a score of 8 out of 10, praising the wide variety of minigames and modes.

[17] IGN gave the game a 7/10, criticizing the graphics as bright and colorful, but "not exactly pretty", but praising Nintendo for doing a good job of allowing players to follow instructions to get through objectives.

[15] GameTrailers gave the game a 7.9, saying "Aside from a few dud modes and some minor control issues, there isn't a whole lot to fault.