There’s little mystery behind why the classic “whodunit?” board game “Clue” is so popular. Everyone likes to feel smart — piecing together puzzles for those “ah-ha!” moments — and everyone likes to point the finger. But there’s a catch, as with most board games… all of that clean up.

Cards and other game pieces require set-up and post-game clean-up, which usually falls on one poor soul as the remainder of the players scatter off to use the restroom or fix their hair. Okay, I admit it – I’m a bit lazy. And since I’m too busy to get my detective’s license, what’s my substitute to scratching that gumshoe itch?

Disney Interactive’s Guilty Party, developed by Wideload Games (Stubbs the Zombie, Hail to the Chimp) just may be my answer. The four-player Wii-exclusive title mixes the crime solving of “Clue” with Wii Remote-based mini-games. The title’s being designed exclusively for Nintendo’s console with “family fun” style play, both cooperative and competitive, in mind.

At Nintendo’s Media Summit this week, I had a opportunity to get a first look at the game, as well as solve a few cases myself. Best of all? No mess.

Guilty Celebration introduces players to the Dickens Detective Bureau, a group of elite sleuths made up of crime solver stereotypes, designed to appeal to as many people as possible on the planet as possible. For example, there’s Charlotte, the petite and elderly granny who just happens to know kung-fu, or