No
matter what your gaming experience Nintendo has just the game for you
to play with your friends and family. Wii Play consists of a selection
of nine very different mini-games on one game, which are designed to
help you master the unique Wii Remote, whilst also providing hours of
entertainment. To ensure you can enjoy Wii Play with your friends, the
game comes bundled with a free Wii Remote.
Wii Play
consists of a variety of quirky games that can be played either alone
or with a friend. This includes Shooting Range, which is the first game
unlocked and is reminiscent of the classic Duck Hunt (released on the
NES). In order to unlock the next game the player simply needs to
complete the previous one (this sequence continues throughout). When
all of the games have been unlocked players can start earning medals
for their performance.
Find
Mii involves picking the right face out of a crowd in an environment
that constantly changes - it’s a race against the clock and each other!
Pose Mii requires players to make their Mii characters fit into the
shapes in the Wii bubbles. To do this they must swing the remote to the
right angle to make it fit inside. The psychedelic colours and quirky
graphics involved in this puzzle make it instantly addictive.
Other
games included are Charge, where players have to hold onto a rampaging
bull and try not to fall off! Players steer their bull and make it jump
by moving the Wii Remote in the right direction, attempting to knock
over scarecrows on the way. Tanks, which also makes use of the Nunchuk
controller, tests a player’s strategic skills encouraging them to leave
trails of mines for other tanks to stumble across.
Wii
Play also features faithful recreations of real sport games demanding
precision and skill with the Wii Remote. In Table Tennis players hold
the Wii Remote like a bat and use it to move their on-screen
character’s hand and return balls. In Fishing players cast their line
with similar moves as they would in real life and then wait for a bite
before jerking the remote back to hook and reel in a fish. As a pub
favourite, Billiards will be an instant hit with older Wii owners. In
this game players hold the remote like the back of a snooker cue and
use a smooth sliding motion to hit the cue ball. Finally Laser Hockey
is a cross between air hockey and ping-pong. Gentle flicks of the wrist
are picked-up by the Wii Remote making the pace of the game as relaxed
or as frantic as required.
Wii
Play takes simple concepts and demonstrates how much fun they can be by
using the Wii’s unique control mechanism. The Wii’s unique Mii channel
also allows players to build their own customised avatar that can then
star as the central character in Wii Play and other games.
The Nunchuk controller
contains the same motion-sensing technology enabled in the Wii Remote
controller but also includes an analog stick to assist in character
movement. In several games, players will use the analog stick of the
Nunchuk controller to move their characters and the Wii Remote
controller to perform a specific action, whether that's throwing a pass
in football or aiming a ranged weapon in an action game.
Along
with the analog stick, the motion-sensing Nunchuk controller also
contains two buttons positioned for quick access. Because the Wii
Remote and Nunchuk controllers are only relatively dependent on each
other, players are free to hold them in whichever hand is most
comfortable. The ambidextrous nature of the Wii controllers grants
accessibility seldom seen in game controllers.