Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics,[lower-alpha 2] known as 51 Worldwide Games in Europe and Australia, is a party game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The game is a successor to Clubhouse Games for the Nintendo DS and is a compilation of card, board, and parlor games from around the world. It was released on June 5, 2020. As of June 30, it has sold 1.03 million copies worldwide.

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
European and Australian icon
Developer(s)NDcube[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Atsushi Nakao
Producer(s)
Designer(s)
  • Makoto Eguchi
  • Hiroyuki Seki
  • Ryo Yokomizo
  • Yuya Rokuyama
Programmer(s)Tadao Shohyama
Akira Matsumoto
Atsushi Hamada
Artist(s)
  • Takahiro Karino
  • Hidenobu Sasaki
  • Ryoichi Okayama
Composer(s)
  • Chamy Ishi
  • Toshiki Aida
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseJune 5, 2020
Genre(s)Tabletop game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The player chooses a toy figurine as an avatar and assigns a favorite game to it. This allows other players to see a globe where they can pick that game. These figurines act as tutorials for the games. They can give trivia on the game such as history.[1]

The compilation of 51 games includes a variety of card, board, parlor, and toy games such as Yacht Dice, Four-in-a-Row, Backgammon, Renegade, Checkers, Chess, Dominoes, Hanafuda, President, Golf, Billiards, Bowling, Toy Tennis, and Darts, as well as a plaything Piano.[2] Various games allow for motion control through the use of the Joy-Con controllers. In solo play, the player plays against CPUs if required and can change the difficulty accordingly.[3][4][5]

Game list

The compilation includes a variety of card, board, and toy games, with a few sports and simple action games; 52 in total when counting the extra Piano minigame.[6] Multiple games allow for motion control with the use of the Joy-Cons. In solo play, the player plays against CPUs (if the game requires them) and can change the difficulty accordingly.[7][8] [9] Multiplayer mode can be played locally in single-system play (with some exceptions) or via local wireless. A multiplayer mode called Mosaic Mode allows for multiple Switch consoles to link together to display one whole picture to display games like slot cars, where one track is displayed over four screens.[10] The game has an online mode, with matchmaking modes or lobbies with friends.

Clubhouse Games Guest Pass, known as Local Multiplayer Guest Edition in PAL regions and Pocket Edition in Japan, is a free app on the Nintendo eShop which includes a demo of dominoes, slot cars, four-in-a-row and president and allows users to join lobbies hosted by players who have the full game.[11][12]

Development

The game was announced in a March 2020 Nintendo Direct where a trailer revealed a list of all the games featured in the compilation.[13] A follow up overview trailer was released in Japan on April 28, 2020 and in North America on May 18, 2020.[14] Certain game elements can be seen as far back as the Wii U's E3 reveal trailer where renegade, checkers, and chess were shown off on the Wii U GamePad.[15] Additionally, the golf courses are recreations of the nine holes from Wii Sports, which were themselves inspired by courses from Golf for the NES.[16]

Reception

On July 13, 2020, Nintendo published the global popularity statistics of each minigame, with 1.5 million players of Dots and Boxes, as of July 7, 2020.[17]

Critical
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic82/100[18]
Review scores
PublicationScore
4Players78/100[19]
Destructoid8.5/10[20]
EGM[21]
EurogamerRecommended[22]
Hardcore Gamer4/5[23]
Jeuxvideo.com16/20[24]
Nintendo Life[25]
Nintendo World Report8.5/10[26]
PolygonRecommended[27]
USgamer[28]
VG247[29]

The game received generally positive reviews, mostly due to the presentation of the game, the selection of games available, the large focus for single player content, online features, and matchmaking.[30] The AI for the game was also praised as surprisingly tough.[31][32]

Polygon praised the game selection in a simple package, and the tutorials.[27] Eurogamer praised the presentation, polish, and atmosphere.[22]

Complaints included a lack of 3-to-4 player multiplayer game options, omissions of certain games, obnoxious dialogue and voice acting,[25][33] and a lack of support of all Switch play styles.[30]

Sales

The game reached the top 10 of sales charts for June 1-7 in Japan, with 64,443 copies sold, placing second behind Animal Crossing: New Horizons.[34][35] Since then, 51 Worldwide Classics has surpassed 1 million copies sold.[36]

Notes
  1. Additional work by C.A. Production
  2. known in Japan as Worldwide Collection of 51 Games (世界のアソビ大全51, Sekai No Asobi Taizen 51)

    References
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