game &amp; wario is a party video game in the "wario" series released for the wii u game console. it was developed by nintendo software planning &amp; development and published by nintendo. it was released in japan on march 28, 2013, in north america on june 23, 2013, and in europe on june 28, 2013. the game has 16 minigames which are played with the wii u gamepad. some minigames are single-player games, while others are multiplayer games that can be played with up to five players.