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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^"Step Right Up! 2K Play Expands Its Carnival Games Franchise With Carnival Games For Nintendo DS And Carnival Games: Mini-Golf Exclusive". Take-Two Interactive. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original on March 13, 2008.
^Reilly, Jim (June 8, 2010). "New Carnival Games Announced". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
^"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.
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