Cast your mind back to 2007, the infancy of our beloved Wii console. After just a few months on sale it had a bunch of party games all using the Wii Remote in a variety of crazy ways and had captured the public imagination like nothing else. Was there anything the Wii Remote couldn't do?

As the years went on though, passion for our fabled motion controller dwindled thanks to a bunch of poor offerings and borked motion controls and by 2012 even Mario Party had given up as you were asked to use the Wii Remote as a modern NES controller for the majority of the game. This is where Bumpie's Party comes to save the day though, with its cute visuals, upbeat music and bizarre creatures.

Spin The Bottle: Bumpies Party requires you to round up a few of your friends (not family this time, mind) and gather around the GamePad. It can be played from 3 to 8 players and requires each person to pick a bizarre little creature and take their turn at spinning the bottle.

Unlike the real life game, you won't be awkwardly copping off with your friends all night and never look them in the eyes again. Instead, you'll be presented with a bunch of fun, interesting and sometimes completely crazy minigames that all use the Wii Remote in such inventive ways you'd think you're watching a promo video for the Nintendo Revolution.

So, each person gets a spin of the bottle and whoever it lands on is their victim who will have to join them in a game. If the game is completed correctly, each person involved will get a flower and the first player or players to reach 3 flowers wins.

Sometimes these mini-games are solely for the two people involved, so it could be a case of putting you arms around one another and doing the waltz whilst the people who aren't playing can look on in awe as you blow them away with your elegance. Other games require all of you to get involved though. One particular game has the people who spun stand outside whilst the others have to hide all the other Wii Remotes around the room. The two other players then have to come in and find them in time, as they get increasingly louder with their weird noises and unrelenting vibrations.

What really separates Bumpie's Party from the crowd though is the way the games take place around you instead of on the TV. Turning off the TV and all sitting around the GamePad really gets you involved in the title like nothing else. Quite often with multi-player party games you'll find that, whilst two people are having fun, the other players are staring blankly at the TV instead of getting involved.

Far too many times have I seen a game of Dance Dance Revolution involve some people flailing around terribly like injured octopi, for their friends to not even notice or mock them as they're too busy focused on the moving arrows on screen in a Drowzee type trance. This is where Bumpie's Party comes alive, as it is all based around you, the player, and has everyone join in the fun. This is as far removed from a videogame as you could probably find on Wii U, yet is by far one of the most fun for multi-player action.

The mini-games benefit being removed from the TV as it gives the developers so much more freedom for creativity, and the players a lot more freedom for hilarity. For example, one game requires the bottle spinner to place the Wii Remote stood upright across the room. Their victim then has to play the part of the 'blind dog' and get blind folded, walk on all fours, and press A and B on the Wii Remote without knocking it over, being guided by the bottle spinner.

Another game has you wrap your arms around another player and listen to a drum beat. When the drum beat stops you both have to jump in unison. It all sounds simple enough but often ends up with hilarious results.

Whether you're slow dancing in each others arms, finding a Rooster hidden in the Wii Remote or playing invisible tennis with one another, Spin The Bottle will always provide you with a bunch of surprises and a really fun atmosphere.

Spin The Bottle excels in bringing people together to act stupid and each game is simple enough and so far removed from a conventional videogame that you don't have to have touched a controller in your life to have fun. It really breaks the mould as far as party games are concerned and is an experience on Wii U like no other.

If you're looking for a party game to play with a bunch of like-minded people then this is a great choice. It does lack in certain areas though. Whilst all of the mini-games on offer are vastly different and very original, there aren't that many which means it's best played in short bursts. Whilst the average Wii Party or Mario & Sonic Olympic Games session can last a few hours, Spin The Bottle is best played in short half-hour bursts.

That is really the only complaint though, and with the promise of future DLC, free for early adopters of the game, it is certainly something to overlook when the game offers such a unique experience.

With its mix of cute visuals, silly characters, bizarre mini-games and fresh take on the genre, Spin The Bottle: Bumpie's Party is a great addition to the Wii U library and gives a nice alternative to the usual board-game premise.