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{{Infobox video game
| title = Worms World Party
| image = Wwp-win-cover.jpg
| caption = PC Cover of ''Worms World Party''
| developer = [[Team17]]<br>[[The Code Monkeys]] (PS1)<br>Fluid Studios (GBA)<br>Paragon 5 (N-Gage)
| publisher = '''Microsoft Windows/Dreamcast'''<br>[[Titus Interactive]]<br>'''PlayStation/Game Boy Advance'''<br>[[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]]<br>'''Windows Mobile'''<br>[[EA Mobile|JAMDAT Mobile]]<br>'''N-Gage'''<br>[[THQ Wireless]]
| producer = {{Unbulleted list|Lee Clare|Paul Kilburn}}
| designer = 
| series = ''[[Worms (series)|Worms]]''
| engine = 
| released = {{collapsible list|title=6 April 2001|'''Windows'''<br>{{vgrelease|EU|6 April 2001|NA|16 June 2001}}'''Dreamcast'''<br>{{vgrelease|EU|27 April 2001|NA|4 June 2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=Updated Dreamcast release list |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/updated-dreamcast-release-list/1100-2766081/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref>}}'''PlayStation'''<br>14 December 2001<br>'''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{vgrelease|EU|4 October 2002|NA|29 October 2002}}'''Windows Mobile'''<br>3 October 2003<br>'''N-Gage'''<br>{{vgrelease|EU|15 April 2005|NA|11 May 2005}}'''N-Gage 2.0'''<br>{{vgrelease|WW|7 April 2009}}}}
| genre = [[Artillery game|Artillery]], [[Strategy game|Strategy]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]<br>[[Dreamcast]]<br>[[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]<br>[[Game Boy Advance]]<br>[[Windows Mobile]]<br>N-Gage (both [[N-Gage (device)|1st]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.n-gage.com/firstgen/en-US/games/gamedata/worms.htm | title=Nokia N-Gage Worms World Party | website=[[Nokia]] | access-date=14 February 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015001703/http://n-gage.com/firstgen/en-US/games/gamedata/worms.htm | archive-date=October 15, 2007 | url-status=dead}}</ref> & [[N-Gage 2.0|2nd generation]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nokia.com/en_int/news/releases/2008/02/14/nokia-devices-to-host-worms-world-party | title=Nokia devices to host Worms World Party | website=Nokia | date=14 February 2008 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063315/http://www.nokia.com/en_int/news/releases/2008/02/14/nokia-devices-to-host-worms-world-party | archive-date=14 March 2017 | url-status=dead}}</ref>)
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'''''Worms World Party''''' is a 2001 [[Artillery game|artillery]] [[turn-based tactics]] [[video game]] developed by [[Team17]], and is the sequel to ''[[Worms Armageddon]]'' in the ''[[Worms (series)|Worms series]]''. As with the previous games in the series, players take turns controlling their teams and using available projectiles, firearms, explosives, and equipment to destroy all opposing teams and manoeuvre across a specified and highly destructible map.

Although fairly well received upon release, the overall reception of ''Worms World Party'' has subsequently become mixed amongst the ''Worms'' community. Some found it to be an improvement to an already good game, whilst others saw it as being too derivative of its predecessor and not worthwhile for ''Worms Armageddon'' players. ''Worms World Party'' was the last two-dimensional title in the main series before transitioning to 3D graphics, with ''[[Worms 3D]]'' as the first fully 3D ''Worms'' title.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Worms World Party screenshot.png|thumb|left|''Worms World Party'' screenshot illustrating several worms and some landscape deformed by explosions]]
Like its predecessors, ''Worms World Party'' is a [[side-scrolling video game]] involving controlling a team of worms and using a collection of weaponry to eliminate any opposing teams.{{Sfn|Manual|2001|p=32}} The worms can walk and jump around and use tools such as the ninja rope and parachute to move to otherwise unreachable locations.

The worms have an arsenal of dozens of weapons, ranging from [[longbow]]s to [[bazooka]]s and from [[Street Fighter#Hadouken|fireball]] to [[Holy Hand Grenade]]s. There are also an array of special weapons, such as Armageddon (meteor shower) or the infamous Concrete Donkey. Some of these weapons are present in the worms' initial arsenal while others can be collected from randomly appearing crates during the game. For some weapons, such as grenades, holding the launching key longer shoots them further. The landscape can be [[Explosion crater|deformed]] with any weapon, forcing the players to adapt to changing environments. Also, in addition to the nature-made obstacles, the maps may contain land mines which explode when a worm comes close to one, and barrels which explode when shot, spreading out some burning napalm. These often lead to very technical combinations where, for example, a worm is first hit with a grenade and is then thrown against a mine which sets off another worm, which hits a third worm who slips into the water.

The image illustrates a match between three teams of worms in a [[Piracy in the Caribbean|pirate]]-themed map. Over their heads the worms have their names and [[Health (gaming)|hit point]]s. The colour of the text indicates the team the worm belongs to. Each team can be customized by the player's will, including the language the worms speak and the [[headstone]] that is left when a worm dies. The worms can also be drowned, in which case no headstone is left. In the bottom of the screen the remaining time and the wind speed are shown. When the time runs out, the water level starts to raise on each turn, drowning the worms at the lowest points of the map (this is called Sudden Death). The wind speed affects some weapons. Failing to account for it may turn a missile back into the worm who launched it.

The player can play [[Game artificial intelligence|against the computer]], or can play against people on the [[Hotseat (multiplayer mode)|same computer]] or over the Internet or [[local area network]] ([[Internet Protocol Suite|TCP/IP]] and [[Internetwork Packet Exchange|IPX]] supported).

The player can set up many options and make maps one can play on prior to battle to tailor the experience. There are also single-player and multiplayer missions available to help refine the player's skills with the various weapons and utilities.

==Development==
After releasing ''Worms Armageddon'', Team17 had plans to develop a fully three-dimensional iteration of ''Worms'', resulting in the 2003 launch of ''[[Worms 3D]]''. ''Worms Armageddon'' was meant to be the final game in the series using two-dimensional visuals, but [[Sega]] approached the company and asked them to develop an online version for the [[Dreamcast]].<ref name=Retro043>{{cite magazine | title=The Complete Lowdown - Worms (1995-2007) | author=Day, Ashley | magazine=[[Retro Gamer]] | publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]] | issue=41 | date=16 August 2007 | pages=74–75}}</ref> ''Worms World Party'' is the first ''Worms'' game in which Andy Davidson, the franchise's creator, had no involvement since his departure from Team17 (Davidson later returned to the company in 2012).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/worms-creator-returns-to-team17 | title=Worms creator returns to Team17 | author=Dutton, Fred | website=[[Eurogamer]] | publisher=[[Gamer Network]] | date=2 April 2012 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060812/https://www.eurogamer.net/worms-creator-returns-to-team17 | archive-date=5 April 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>

''Worms World Party'' was ported to [[Pocket PC]]s by [[EA Mobile|JAMDAT Mobile]] on 3 October 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hexacto.com/news.php?nwid=55 | title=JAMDAT Mobile launches Worms World Party for the Pocket PC | website=Hexacto | date=3 October 2003 | access-date=20 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040218004139/http://www.hexacto.com/news.php?nwid=55 | archive-date=18 February 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> There was a port due to launch on the [[Gizmondo]] platform, but that was ultimately cancelled because of the console's short lifespan.<ref name=Retro043/>

===Worms World Party Remastered===
A remaster of the game, '''''Worms World Party Remastered''''', was released to Steam and [[GOG.com]] on July 16, 2015. The game is "remastered in 1080p and at 60fps", with new sound effects.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/1080p-60fps-worms-world-party-remastered-hitting-p/1100-6427999/ | title=1080p/60fps Worms World Party Remastered Hitting PC Next Month | author=Makuch, Eddie | website=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] |date=11 June 2015 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406040944/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/1080p-60fps-worms-world-party-remastered-hitting-p/1100-6427999/ | archive-date=6 April 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/worms-world-party-remastered-july | title=New Treatment: Worms World Party Remastered In July | author=O'Connor, Alice | website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]] | publisher=Gamer Network | date=11 June 2015 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925123913/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/worms-world-party-remastered-july | archive-date=25 September 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| SDC = true
| GBA = true
| N-G = true
| PC = true
| na = true
| MC_SDC = 79/100<ref name=MCDC>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/worms-world-party/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast | title=Worms World Party critic reviews (DC) | website=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=Fandom | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601092631/https://www.metacritic.com/game/dreamcast/worms-world-party | archive-date=1 June 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| MC_GBA = 75/100<ref name=MCGBA>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/worms-world-party/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance |title=Worms World Party critic reviews (GBA) | website=Metacritic | publisher=Fandom | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406040944/https://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/worms-world-party | archive-date=6 April 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| MC_N-G = 77/100<ref name=MCNG>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ngage/wormsworldparty | title=Worms World Party (ngage: 2005): Reviews | website=Metacritic | publisher=[[CNET]] | access-date=13 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913065427/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ngage/wormsworldparty | archive-date=13 September 2008 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| MC_PC = 75/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/worms-world-party/critic-reviews/?platform=pc | title=Worms World Party critic reviews (PC) | website=Metacritic | publisher=Fandom | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602231256/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/worms-world-party | archive-date=2 June 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| Allgame_GBA = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=34957&tab=review | title=Worms World Party (GBA) - Review | author=Marriott, Scott Alan | website=[[AllGame]] | publisher=[[All Media Network]] | access-date=13 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114153334/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=34957&tab=review | archive-date=14 November 2014 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| CGW_PC = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_203.pdf | title=Worms World Party | author=Nguyen, Thierry | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | issue=203 | date=June 2001 | page=100 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530175613/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_203.pdf | archive-date=30 May 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| EGM_SDC = 8.17/10<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://retrocdn.net/images/0/0d/EGM_US_142.pdf | title=Worms World Party (DC) | author1=Kujawa, Kraig | author2=Boyer, Crispin | author3=Dudlak, Jonathan | magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] | publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | issue=142 | date=May 2001 | page=104 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008152015/https://retrocdn.net/images/0/0d/EGM_US_142.pdf | archive-date=8 October 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Three critics of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' gave the Dreamcast version each a score of 9/10, 8/10, and 7.5/10.}}
| EPD_PC = 9/10<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=5451&full=1#mr_toppy | title=Worms World Party (PC) | author=Hudak, Chris | website=[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]] | publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. | date=7 April 2001 | access-date=25 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020323134109/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=5451&full=1#mr_toppy | archive-date=23 March 2002 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| EuroG_SDC = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-wwp-dc | title=Worms World Party (DC) | author=Bramwell, Tom | website=Eurogamer | publisher=Gamer Network | date=10 May 2001 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010603042722/https://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_wwp_dc | archive-date=3 June 2001 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| GI_SDC = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Worms World Party (DC) | magazine=[[Game Informer]] | publisher=[[FuncoLand]] | issue=97 | date=May 2001}}</ref>
| GameRev_SDC = B+<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.game-revolution.com/games/dreamcast/strategy/worms_world_party.htm | title=Worms World Party - Dreamcast | author=Hudak, Chris | website=[[GameRevolution]] | publisher=[[CraveOnline]] | date=July 2001 | access-date=13 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203043449/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/dreamcast/strategy/worms_world_party.htm | archive-date=3 February 2004 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GSpot_SDC = 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/worms-world-party-review/1900-2779078/ | title=Worms World Party Review (DC) | author=Villoria, Gerald | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | date=21 June 2001 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010703110832/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2779078,00.html | archive-date=3 July 2001 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot_GBA = 6.8/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/worms-world-party-review/1900-2909589/ | title=Worms World Party Review (GBA) | author=Provo, Frank | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | date=24 January 2003 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104113523/http://www.gamespot.com/gba/strategy/wormsworldparty/review.html | archive-date=4 January 2005 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot_N-G = 7.7/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/worms-world-party-review/1900-6122363/ | title=Worms World Party Review (N-Gage) | author=Gouskos, Carrie Venetia | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | date=15 April 2005 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050421060652/http://www.gamespot.com/ngage/strategy/wormsworldparty/review.html | archive-date=21 April 2005 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot_PC = 7.4/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/worms-world-party-review/1900-2779318/ | title=Worms World Party Review (PC) | author=Ajami, Amer | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | date=22 June 2001 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010709120918/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2779318,00.html | archive-date=9 July 2001 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpy_SDC = 9/10<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/wormsworldparty/ | title=Worms World Party | author=Tren | website=[[GameSpy|PlanetDreamcast]] | date=16 May 2001 | access-date=13 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123161532/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/wormsworldparty/ | archive-date=23 January 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GSpy_N-G = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite web | url=http://wireless.gamespy.com/n-gage/worms-world-party/610146p1.html | title=GameSpy: Worms World Party (NNG) | author=Leeper, Justin | website=[[GameSpy]] | publisher=IGN Entertainment | date=4 May 2005 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224000647/http://wireless.gamespy.com/n-gage/worms-world-party/610146p1.html | archive-date=24 February 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| GameZone_SDC = 8.1/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/worms_world_party_dc_review | title=Worms World Party - DC - Review | author=Simply Laura | website=GameZone | date=2 July 2001 | access-date=13 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211180329/http://dreamcast.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r14973.htm | archive-date=11 February 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| GameZone_N-G = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/worms_world_party_ng_review | title=Worms World Party - NG - Review | author=Bedigian, Louis | website=GameZone | date=30 May 2005 | access-date=13 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218012354/http://ngage.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r14973.htm | archive-date=18 February 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN_SDC = 8.2/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/13/worms-world-party-3 |title=Worms World Party (DC) | author=Chau, Anthony |website=[[IGN]] | publisher=Ziff Davis | date=13 June 2001 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406040943/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/13/worms-world-party-3 | archive-date=6 April 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN_PC = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/18/worms-world-party-2 | title=Worms World Party (PC) | author=Chau, Anthony | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | date=18 June 2001 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405193759/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/18/worms-world-party-2 | archive-date=5 April 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| NGen_SDC = 4/5<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen78Jun2001/page/n87/mode/2up | title=Worms World Party (DC) | author=Wolf, Mike | magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] | publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] | issue=78 | date=June 2001 | page=86 | access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref>
| NP_GBA = 3.4/5<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Worms World Party | magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] | publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]] | volume=158 | date=July 2002 | page=149}}</ref>
| PCGUS_PC = 75%<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/worms_world_par.html | title=Worms World Party | author=Cohen, Corey | magazine=[[PC Gamer]] | publisher=Imagine Media | volume=8 | issue=6 | date=June 2001 | page=74 | access-date=13 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315134834/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/worms_world_par.html | archive-date=15 March 2006 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''
| rev1_PC = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.maximonline.com/articles/review_videogames.asp?videogame_id=1009 | title=Worms World Party (PC) | author=Alt, Eric | magazine=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] | publisher=MaximNet, Inc. | date=21 May 2001 | access-date=25 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010615191959/http://www.maximonline.com/articles/review_videogames.asp?videogame_id=1009 | archive-date=15 June 2001 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The Dreamcast, PC, Game Boy Advance and N-Gage versions received "generally favourable reviews" according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MCDC/><ref name=MCGBA/><ref name=MCNG/><ref name=MCPC/> The main complaint in the individual reviews is that the game was too similar to ''Worms Armageddon'' with merely incremental improvements.<ref name=GRY-Online/> Mike Wolf of ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]]'' said of the Dreamcast version, "Even with the online issues, this is ''Worms'' at its finest – quick, easy, fun worm-blasting action."<ref name=NGen/> Miss Spell of ''[[GamePro]]'' said of the same console version, "While true to the series, the simple 2D graphics don't push the Dreamcast's capabilities. The heroic music and the comic voices are the best part of the game, which isn't saying much. All in all, you'll want to let this one off the hook."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cc/GamePro_US_152.pdf | title=Worms World Party | author=Miss Spell | magazine=[[GamePro]] | publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] | issue=152 | date=May 2001 | page=78 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122055030/http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/12960.shtml | archive-date=22 January 2005 | url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|''[[GamePro]]'' gave the Dreamcast version two 3/5 scores for graphics and control, 4/5 for sound, and 3.5/5 for fun factor.}} ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' called the same Dreamcast version "a purchase that can't be justified if you only plan to experience the oneplayer{{sic}} side."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e0/Edge_UK_093.pdf | title=Worms World Party (DC) | author=Edge staff | magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] | publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] | issue=93 | date=January 2001 | page=110 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930082632/https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e0/Edge_UK_093.pdf | archive-date=30 September 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>

The PC version received a "Silver" sales award from the [[The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment|Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] (ELSPA),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elspa.com/?i=3942 | title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver | website=[[The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment|Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221154943/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3942 | archive-date=21 February 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref> indicating sales of at least 100,000 units in the UK.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/elspa-i-wii-fit-mario-kart-i-reach-diamond-status-in-uk | title=ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK | author=Caoili, Eric | date=26 November 2008 | website=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]] | publisher=[[Informa]] | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php | archive-date=18 September 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>

The same PC version was ranked {{abbr|Nos.|numbers}} 30, 70, and 94 of ''[[PC PowerPlay]]''{{'}}s top 100 PC games of all time in 2001,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-064-2001-09/page/n47/mode/2up | title=The Top 100 Games of All Time (#30) | magazine=[[PC PowerPlay]] | publisher=[[nextmedia|Next Media Pty Ltd]] | issue=64 | date=September 2001 | page=48 | access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> 2003,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-090-2003-09/page/n57/mode/2up | title=The List - Top 100 (#70) | magazine=PC PowerPlay | publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd | issue=90 | date=September 2003 | page=59 | access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> and 2004,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-101-2004-07/page/n55/mode/2up | title=The Top 100 - PCPP's Best Games of All Time (#94) | magazine=PC PowerPlay | publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd | issue=101 | date=July 2004 | page=57 | access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> respectively. It was voted by about 1.22&nbsp;million gamers as the second runner-up for the Mobile Game of the Year in the [[Golden Joystick Awards]] 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamesradar.com/every-golden-joystick-winner-right-here/ | title=Every Golden Joystick winner right here | author=GamesRadar UK staff | website=[[GamesRadar+]] | publisher=[[Future plc]] | date=30 October 2009 |access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105004415/https://www.gamesradar.com/every-golden-joystick-winner-right-here/ | archive-date=5 January 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Pocket Gamer]]'' retrospectively listed the port for N-Gage versions 1.0 and 2.0 as one of the twenty best games for the gaming phone.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/features/the-20-best-n-gage-and-n-gage-2-0-games/ | title=The 20 best N-Gage and N-Gage 2.0 games | author=Pocket Gamer staff |website=[[Pocket Gamer]] | publisher=Steel Media Ltd | date=6 December 2017 | access-date=24 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405165024/https://www.pocketgamer.com/features/the-20-best-n-gage-and-n-gage-2-0-games/ | archive-date=5 April 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>

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==References==
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<ref name=GRY-Online>{{cite web | url=https://www.gry-online.pl/newsroom/od-pierwszych-wormsow-po-worms-oblezenie-czyli-opowiesc-o-robakach-cz4/z9401d | title=Od pierwszych Wormsów po Worms: Oblężenie - cz.4 | language=pl | author=Smoszna, Krystian | website=[[Gry Online|GRY-Online.pl]] | publisher=Gry-Online S.A. | date=8 November 2004 | access-date=25 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405165024/https://www.gry-online.pl/newsroom/od-pierwszych-wormsow-po-worms-oblezenie-czyli-opowiesc-o-robakach-cz4/z9401d | archive-date=5 April 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref>
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