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[Chet Rippo]

Platform: Wii
Developer: Square Enix
Genre: Board Game
Players: 1-4 Multiplayer

Release Dates

- December 1, 2011

- December 5, 2011

- January 6, 2012

It's WALUIGI TIME!
Are you disappointed in that other game this holiday season doesn't have Waluigi? Then this is the game for you! This is THE must have game for Waluigi greatness!

What is Fortune Street?
Worlds collide with the famed Super Mario and Dragon Quest series team up to occupy Fortune Street. Much like the board game Monopoly, You snatch up properties, invest in shops, charge your foes and drain their bank accounts, and play the stock market like a true 80s businessman. Twists of fate and fortune pop up with every roll of the die!

Selectable Characters
Starting Characters
Mario - Plumber, doctor, construction worker, zoo keeper, kart racer, professional athlete, and now shrewd business man. Not Waluigi
Luigi - The king of second bananas. Not Waluigi
Yoshi - A green dinosaur from Yoshi's Island that eats things and poops them out as eggs. Not Waluigi
Daisy - She rules some kingdom, but nobody seems to care anymore, not even she. Not Waluigi
Bowser - The fearsome and incompetent ruler of the Koopas. Not Waluigi
Bowser jr. - Bowser's illegitimate son. Not Waluigi
Wario - The fat and greedy guy who thinks he's cooler than Waluigi, but he's not Waluigi
Waluigi - The big star of THE show. Waluigi
Donkey Kong - Big slow ape who excessively hoards bananas. Not Waluigi
Diddy Kong - Donkey Kong's small comrade in arms. Not Waluigi
Toad - One of the many Toads that make up the Mushroom Kingdom. Not Waluigi
Birdo - The gender confused dinosaur. Not Waluigi

Slime - The podgy and squishy monster that can speak pretty good "gooman." Not Waluigi
Platypunk - Half platypus, and all punk. Not Waluigi
Princessa - The magical princess of Moonbrooke. Not Waluigi
Alena - She can bust down walls with her powerful arms. Scary, but not Waluigi
Kyril - This priest is hopelessly in love with the spunky tsarevna. Not Waluigi
Bianca - She's the childhood friend and one of the few girls the Hero can marry. You know, that one hero. Not Waluigi
Carver - Gentle yet powerful martial artist. Most definitely not Waluigi
Angelo - The wimpy pretty boy of Maella Abbey. Not Waluigi
Young Yangus - Young bandit of the wretched town of Pickham. Don't be fooled! He's not Waluigi
Stella - An extremely annoying celestial fairy who has an eye for fashion. Not Waluigi

Mii - The customizable "you." You could emulate Waluigi, but you won't be the real Waluigi

Unlockable Characters

Spoiler

Peach - Yes, that's right PRINCESS PEACH. Not Waluigi

Spoiler

Dragonlord - Why does he have a nose here??? Not Waluigi

Spoiler

Jessica - VA VA VOOM! Not Waluigi

Spoiler

Patty - She has lovely assets, if you know what I mean. Not Waluigi

Selectable Boards
Mario Stadium
Starship Mario
Mario Circuit
Yoshi's Island
Delfino Plaza
Peach's Castle
Bowser's Castle
Super Mario Bros World 1-1
Good Egg Galaxy
New Super Mario Bros. Wii World 1

Alefgard
Castle Trodain
The Observatory
The Ghost Ship
Slimenia
Mount Magmageddon
The Robbin' Hood Ruins
... I know there are more, but I can't find any sources

Videos
Fortune Street E3 2011 trailer
Fortune Street November Trailer
Fortune Street Commercial
Super Mario RPG Music!!!

Reviews
Game Informer - 8.5
1up - B+
Games Radar - 7
IGN - 7
Gamespot - 6

 

[Poyunch]

 

[BY2K]

 

[Razorskin]

This almost makes up for Waluigi not being playable in Mario Kart 7






almost

 

[A Human Becoming]

This almost makes up for Waluigi not being playable in Mario Kart 7






almost

I know what I'll be buying over Mario Kart 7.

 

[Man God]

This game is crack.

 

[-WindYoshi-]

 

[Brazil]

Every OT ever should have a Chet drawing.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Giant Bomb played this for three and a half hours last night.

It was one of the shortest maps.

 

[BY2K]

Super Mario RPG Music!!!

I'm sorry, Nintendo and Square-Enix, but now that you did this, you have no choice.

Super Mario RPG remake. NOW!

 

[WillyFive]

Hurray Waluigi.

Also, this is totally a candidate replacement for Mario Party once Hudson quits.

 

[-WindYoshi-]

Giant Bomb played this for three and a half hours last night.

It was one of the shortest maps.

Yeah the games do take a long time, but all in all it's good fun. A great alternative to Mario Party.

 

[friskykillface]

Lmao awesome OP

I've seen a commercial for this game and went "wait this isn't Mario party :O"
I might have to check it out


WALUIGI

 

[-WindYoshi-]

I'm sorry, Nintendo and Square-Enix, but now that you did this, you have no choice.

Super Mario RPG remake. NOW!

Did you see the Yoshi Island map? They recreated the Yoshi's Island title screen, IN 3D, and it looks amazing!

 

[akilshohen]

What happened to Peach?

Spoiler

why is she hidden?

 

[Forkball]

It's bullshit that Waluigi isn't in MK7. BULLSHIT.

And yeah the game looks pretty fun too.

 

[Man God]

Giant Bomb played this for three and a half hours last night.

It was one of the shortest maps.

They don't seem to be the sharpest tools in the set.

 

[ZealousD]

 

[Razorskin]

It's bullshit that Waluigi isn't in MK7. BULLSHIT.

And yeah the game looks pretty fun too.

Technically, he is in the game, just not as a playable driver.

 

[Aeana]

Giant Bomb played this for three and a half hours last night.

It was one of the shortest maps.

I bet they didn't even go into the options menu to turn on all of the things that speed up the game.
If you take that long on most of the maps in this game, you most likely don't know how to play the game very well, and you haven't put any effort into doing better.

 

[Ezalc]

Time to buy this game because it has the people's champion!

WALUIGI!

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I bet they didn't even go into the options menu to turn on all of the things that speed up the game.
If you take that long on most of the maps in this game, you most likely don't know how to play the game very well, and you haven't put any effort into doing better.

They turned on faster animations about halfway through, and even after discovering that just sinking a lot of money into properties and districts pays off generously, they kept trying to break up each other's districts with expensive buyouts.

It became hilarious as they slowly went from "this game is so slow and boring and it's Japanese Monopoly, I want to die," to, "OH SHIT DISTRICT D IS TANKING SELL YOUR SHIT IT'S BECOMING A FUCKING GHETTO, QUICK START DEVELOPING OVER HERE"

 

[Man God]

part of the meta game is convincing somone in dead last to not do everything in his power to make the game miserable for everyone else.

 

[Ceebs]

Glad to see I am not the only one who thinks Waluigi is amazing.

 

[MisterHero]

Excuse me? Luigi? The King of Second Bananas?

To be honest that's better than Waluigi, the second banana that almost never existed and thank goodness Nintendo made a Tennis game which required Luigi to have an evil twin.

Holy crap, Mario RPG music

 

[PixyJunket]

My copy came in the mail today, earlier than scheduled, hooray.

I plan to play a little single player tomorrow and will be trying out multi-player next weekend.

 

[Ysiadmihi]

Does this have online play? The Wi-fi connection logo can go either way.

 

[PixyJunket]

Does this have online play? The Wi-fi connection logo can go either way.

Yup!

Maybe we should do some friend code stuff in this thread?

 

[Ermac]

hype!

 

[PixyJunket]

Chet's take on Toriyama's iconic characters is quite charming, I must say.

 

[Emitan]

hype!

bahahahahaha

it's always waluigi time!

 

[MatthewB92]

Giant Bomb played this for three and a half hours last night.

It was one of the shortest maps.

Where can I find this video?

 

[Ken]

Where can I find this video?

JustinTV Giant Bomb archive.

 

[MatthewB92]

JustinTV Giant Bomb archive.

Thank you!

 

[Typographenia]

Where can I find this video?

http://www.justin.tv/giantbomb/b/302076117


Had a great time watching, what little time it actually was. The gifs... my word, the gifs...
Looks like a game not for me, but definitely interesting stuff.

WALUIGI IS THE BEST!

 

[PixyJunket]

Princess Princessa is probably the best character name ever.

Now all I want to know is the official name for the Prince of Cannock.

 

[Gravijah]

yay it's bianca

 

[weeskwee]

WTF is this fixation on Waluigi?! The first time i heard of/saw this character i was like "you have to be shitting me! how lame! This is worse than Wario!"

 

[PixyJunket]

yay it's bianca

Nera > Bianca.

 

[shaowebb]

I like where this is going.

 

[Gravijah]

WTF is this fixation on Waluigi?! The first time i heard of/saw this character i was like "you have to be shitting me! how lame! This is worse than Wario!"

give it time and you'll understand.

 

[Madao]

WALUIGI TIME.

i hope this game is as engaging as mario party. when the first mario party was first talked about, i thought it was monopoly + mario characters. it turned out differently and now we get a real monopoly + mario characters.

 

[Lijik]

Waluigi, you say? Well I know where my money is going, sorry Mario Kart.

(awesome ot)

 

[Blizzard]

WTF is this fixation on Waluigi?! The first time i heard of/saw this character i was like "you have to be shitting me! how lame! This is worse than Wario!"

He's so bizarre that some people like him. In the DS Mario Kart I was like, this guy is driving a forklift and has a weird accent? CRAZY.

Brawl in the Family is a webcomic that also popularized him, I think.

I mean, some people probably even like Tingle, but I think Tingle is creepier than Waluigi.

 

[BY2K]

http://www.justin.tv/giantbomb/b/302076117


Had a great time watching, what little time it actually was. The gifs... my word, the gifs...
Looks like a game not for me, but definitely interesting stuff.

WALUIGI IS THE BEST!

They could actually try to enjoy the game by learning the rules before playing...

 

[DICKS AHOY]

so wait is Waluigi in this game

 

[ToastyFrog]

This thread makes me happy because it suggests the game has sold at least a dozen copies. Maybe more!

 

[DICKS AHOY]

I thought Fortune Street did gangbusters in Japan usually though? Thought this one was only being brought stateside and to PAL regions because of all the Mario stuff possibly making all the hardcore financial stuff slightly less daunting for casual people.

Spoiler

also is this toastyfrog as in Jeremy Parish

 

[sfried]

This thread makes me happy because it suggests the game has sold at least a dozen copies. Maybe more!

Aren't we suppose to be hyping this up in Talk Time?

I guess everyone's still too busy playing Pushmo or Mario Kart.

 

[qq more]

WTF is this fixation on Waluigi?! The first time i heard of/saw this character i was like "you have to be shitting me! how lame! This is worse than Wario!"

Are you dissing Wario too?!