PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit (Asoberu Ehon Tobida Sugoroku! in Japan) is a party video game developed and published by 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....

 for the Wii

Wii

The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...

's WiiWare

WiiWare

WiiWare is a service that allows Wii users to download games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii video game console made by Nintendo. These games and applications can only be purchased and downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section...

 download service. It was released on March 26, 2009 in Japan for 1000 Nintendo Points, on August 17, 2009 in North America for 800 points and in the PAL regions on October 23, 2009, also for 800 points.

The game takes the form of a board game

Board game

A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

set inside a pop-up picture book. The game supports up to four players with optional computer controlled players taking the place of spots not filled by human players.

External links

• PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit at us.wii.com