Family Card Games is a video game developed by Arc System Works

Arc System Works

is a video game developer and publisher based in Yokohama, Japan. It was founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988. Arc System Works is best known for its arcade 2D fighting game, Guilty Gear and its sequels.-BlazBlue series:...

 for the Wii

Wii

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. It was released as a WiiWare title in Japan on June 6, 2009, on November 11, 2009, in North America and on August 11, 2010, in PAL territories

PAL region

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 at a cost of 500 Wii Points

Wii Points

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. The game is the 7th in its series and brings and end to the long line of video games branded as Okiraku in Japan and Family games in North America and PAL territories, such as Family Table Tennis

Family Table Tennis

Family Table Tennis is a table tennis video game developed by Arc System Works for the Wii. It was released as a WiiWare launch title in Japan on March 25, 2008, and on May 26, 2008 in North America at a cost of 500 Wii Points...

 and Family Glide Hockey

Family Glide Hockey

Family Glide Hockey is an air hockey video game developed by Arc System Works for WiiWare. It was released in Japan on October 21, 2008, and later released in North America on January 19, 2009 and the PAL regions on January 30, 2009.- Gameplay :Similar to Family Table Tennis, players control a...

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Gameplay

Family Card Games features three different card games; Daifugo, Speed

Speed (card game)

Speed is a game for two or more players of the shedding family of card games, in which each player tries to get rid of all of his cards. Speed is a game associated with the game Nertz.- Dealing :...

 and Memory

Concentration (game)

Concentration, also known as Memory, Pelmanism, Shinkei-suijaku, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards...

. The player controls one out of four different family members: Mommy, Daddy, Billy and Sarah. There are no differences between the characters except for their physical appearance. The game can be played against the computer in single player mode. Family Card Games also has a multiplater mode which supports up to two-player local multiplayer and up to four-player online multiplayer (only when playing Daifugo) through WFC

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

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. You can also see where you rank globally through an online leaderboard. The game has downloadable content which can be uploaded through Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

's Pay & Play-service. You can download several different deck of cards. Each deck cost 100 Wii Points

Wii Points

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Daifugo

Daifugo is a well known Japanese card game. It's similar to the card game President. Essentially, Daifugo's a game of escalating values where you're always trying to play something stronger than the guy who played before you—going around the table and running through your cards until someone goes out and is declared the "Daifugo" or "Rich Man." The rich man then earns benefits in subsequent rounds, while the lower-placed players try to better their standing and draw themselves out of the hole. Daifugo is the only game featuring online connectivity. One can play up to four players online with random players. Online leaderboard is also supported.

Speed

Speed is a card game in which each player tries to get rid of all of his cards. Speed is a game associated with the card game Nertz

Nertz

Nertz is a fast-paced, real-time, multiplayer card game involving multiple decks of playing cards. It is often described as a combination of the card games Speed and Solitaire....

. The game supports two-player local multiplayer and no online support, unlike Daifugo.

Memory

Memory is a card game in which all of the playing cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards. This game supports up to two-player multiplayer, similar to Speed.

Reception

Family Card Games released to generally unfavorable reviews. Reviewers criticised the lack of debt, quality and quantity of the games. However, some reviewers were positive to all the features included in Daifugo, even though they wished the two other card games would receive the same number of features. ONM said in their review that the video game was "three rubbish card games for just under a fiver". IGN

IGN

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's Lucas M. Thomas said that you should rather go buy a deck of cards for 99 cents instead of wasting 5 dollars on Family Card Games.