| Carnival Games | |
|---|---|
 North American Wii box art | |
| Developer(s) | Cat Daddy Games |
| Publisher(s) | Global Star Software (Wii) 2K (DS, iPhone) |
| Platform(s) | Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS (iPhone) |
| Release | Wii DS iPhone August 5, 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Carnival Games (known in Europe and Australia as Carnival Funfair Games) is a video game for Wii, Nintendo DS and iPhone, with a re-release for Nintendo Switch. It was the last game published by Global Star Software, before it was absorbed into Take-Two Interactive (and what is now 2K).
Despite mixed reviews by most gaming websites and critics, the game was a commercial success. The Wii and DS versions of the game sold over six million units as of June 2010,[1] which, according to the NPD Group, was the third best-selling third-party game on the Wii.
As a result of the original's success, a follow-up for the Wii was announced, and launched in the fall of 2008, titled Carnival Games: Mini-Golf.[2] A proper sequel, New Carnival Games, was released on September 21, 2010, for the Wii and Nintendo DS.[3] A new game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, simply called Carnival Games, was released on November 6, 2018,[4] and for Microsoft Windows (Steam) on November 19, 2020.
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- ^ "2K Announces Carnival Games® for Nintendo Switch™". Business Wire. Berkshire Hathaway. June 28, 2018. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2018.