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The remote makes this game worth the $50.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had bought a Wii about a month ago as a gift for my two sisters and I. When looking at games, I decided to buy this one simply because it came with an extra remote which is necessary for more than one person to play.

Another review mentioned that it's a $10 game with a $40 remote. This is absolutely true. The games aren't that great but if you play with more than one person, it's much more fun than if you were playing by yourself. The Wii Play absolutely helps in showing the different ways you can use the Wii remote. Here's my review of the games:

Ping Pong: This is probably better played as a single player rather than multiplayer. I say this because it can get hard for the player who is at the top of the screen. Learning how to control the remote can be a challenge. As a single player, it's fun to see how many times you can hit the ping pong ball in a row. (Overall rating: 2/5)

Racing game: Better played with more than one person. My sister and her boyfriend like to race each other. Basically what you have to do is go through a race while knocking down scarecrows and jumping over hurdles. This game is probably the coolest simply because you have to turn the remote on its side to play. (Overall rating: 3/5)

Pose Mii: Another review said that this game is pointless. I absolutely agree with him/her. It's better played with more than one person. What you have to do in this game is line up your Mii so that it matches the diagram on the screen. You then have to keep that pose and line up your Mii to the outline in the falling bubbles on the screen. If the bubble falls, you lose. Like I said, it's better played with more than one person. The bubbles overlap each other and it's fun to try to get past your fellow player's bubble to get your own. (Overall rating: 2/5)

Tanks: This game can be played by yourself or with another person. Either way you play it, it can be fun. Basically you have to shoot the tanks on the screen but it gets harder with every level (more tanks, bigger bombs, etc.). I prefer to play this with another person because I like that you have to play as teammates rather than against each other. (Overall rating: 3/5)

Find Mii: This is the one game that I find the toughest to play. You get a task on the screen (like "Find two identical Miis") and you have to look through the crowd of Miis to complete your task. With each level it gets harder because more and more Miis show up. I haven't played this with another person so I don't know how much fun it would be but I personally can't get past the 6th level myself. (Overall rating: 2/5)

Shooting game: This is probably the best game on the Wii Play in my opinion. You can shoot different things (cans, birds, targets, spaceships, etc.) and each thing you can shoot is fun for different reasons. This is best played with another person although it's also really fun for a single player. It can get tough with two people playing because it's hard to see where your aiming with all the bullets flying everywhere. (Overall rating: 4/5)

Fishing: The one game that I can't figure out. Admittedly, I don't play this game much because no matter how many times I try, I can't get my fishing rod to work correctly. My sister and her boyfriend can't seem to figure this one out either. (Overall rating: 1/5)

Pool: Another game that I really like. Also another game that is fun playing by yourself or with another person. I found it hard at first to get the pool stick to hit the ball correctly (and I'll admit I still sort of do) but it's much more fun than regular pool (mainly because it's easier). (Overall rating: 4/5)

Laser Hockey: A pretty good game to play either by yourself or multiplayer. It can be sort of hard to maneuver the remote but once you get the hang of it, it can be a fun game. (Overall rating: 3/5)

Overall, this game is just ok. However, if you plan on playing the Wii with more than one person, it may be a good idea to get this not only to enjoy the few minigames that are fun, but to also get an extra remote at a cheaper price. I'm assuming that the Wii remote was thrown in because these games are meant to be multiplayer games. I'd only recommend the Wii play to those who are looking to get an extra remote in the future and would like a few extra games to play besides the Wii Sports games that came with the Wii. If you're getting this just for the games, I'd stay away.

Strange time to release this title

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: February 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I find it odd that Nintendo decided to release this title when they did (almost 3 months after the release of the Wii). To me these aren't really mini games. Well not all of them. Several of the 9 are truly demos and instructional games to help you understand how the Wii remote works. For example, in the manual for the Shooting Range game it says, "This game introduces basic pointing techniques." For each game the manual explains what purpose it serves (i.e. which skill it is going to teach you). Most of the games are very short overall. It's weird that Nintendo would release this long after people with a Wii have gotten used to using the remote, and that they are calling it a real game when it's really not. To me it is a Wii remote that comes with Wii Play and not the other way around.

I suppose this is considered an expansion of Wii Sports, but as you have read in all other reviews it is much simpler. The only similarities are how it starts off. You choose how many players and then which mii(s) you will be playing with. Oh and you can win bronze, silver, and gold medals just like in the training section of Wii Sports.

So I'll break down each game for you and tell you what I think. Here they are in the order that you unlock them when first starting up the game.

Shooting Range-- Not bad. This one isn't really short. I believe there are 5 stages that last for a little while each. It is kinda like Duck Hunt except you don't shoot at just ducks. There are little targets that appear among other things. Occasionally a duck will fly by. It does get pretty challenging at the end. Birds and what not are flying all over the place. I have not tried yet, but you can use two remotes in single player mode. I guess that would make it more fun. The gun shot sound is pretty realstic.

Find Mii-- This game is absolutely stupid and boring. There are several stages. Most of them involve you finding the two miis that look alike in a small group(in the face, they all have different clothes on) and you must do it before your time runs out. Once you have to pick your own mii out in a crowd. It's just, well like I said already: really stupid, repetitive, and boring, but you have to play it in order to unlock the rest so...

Table Tennis-- This game is really simple. There is no swinging motion like in Wii Sports tennis. You simply point the remote where the ball is and it hits it back for you. It gets old really fast. The goal is to return 100 balls. I got bored and lost on purpose before reaching 100 just so I could move on.

Pose Mii-- I'm embarrased for Nintendo. This game is more complicated than Find Mii, but to me it is more stupid. These little bubbles come floating down with little miis inside of them. Your job is to point the remote at them (which is a mii too) and twist it to match the orientation of the mii inside the bubble then it goes away. You can't let any fall down. There are 3 different mii poses that you scroll through using A and B. When the pose in the bubble changes you must change yours to pop it or whatever. It does get challenging as a lot of bubbles come down with different mii poses at the end. Just die on purpose so you can go to the next game. (Apparently it doesn't matter how well you do to unlock the next game so long as you have played it.)

Laser Hockey-- This is a 2-D bird's-eye view of an air hockey table. It's called laser I guess because everything is in bright neon colors. This game is pretty fun. You move your paddle thing around and try to score more than the computer before time runs out. You can twist the remote to aim the little ball. It can get really fast. It does get old after a little bit though.

Billiards-- This is one of the more complicated games. I found it to be entertaining at least for a while. It is short though because you can only play 9-ball. You must point anywhere on the table and hold B to aim. Then point at the cue ball to decide where on the ball to strike. Then hold B and pull back and push foward. It is pretty responsive to how hard you hit the cue ball. The way the balls react is pretty realistic.

Fishing-- It's kind of like fishing with the first rod in Zelda. Sort of. The fish are really dumb looking and are very 2-D. They all look like they are swimming sideways, like a flounder or something. You lower the remote and you can move it around side to side and foward and backward to put it where you want. Jerk it up when you get a nibble. You get a set number of points for catching different kinds of fish. Pretty boring.

Charge!-- It looks like it will be stupid. It is weird. You are riding on the back of a cow. The point is to knock down as many scarecrows as you can as quickly as possible and make it to the finish line. You hold the remote like in Excite Truck. Roll it foward to make the cow run faster or roll it back to slow down. If you jerk the remote up the cow will jump (there are hurdles in your way). This game is weird but it's kinda fun. The course is short though. The time limit is 90 seconds.

Tanks!-- This is my favorie game and really makes the extra 10 bucks for the remote worth it for me. It is a bird's-eye view of a little battlefield with little barriers and walls and what not to hide behind. I don't know how many levels there are because I keep dying after like 7 or 8. This game can be pretty hard. The CPU tanks get fast and have fast flying bullets. You can move around with the D-pad or plug in the nunchuck and use the joystick. A lays mines and B fires. You can bounce a bullet off of a barrier to hit someone around a corner which is fun. Point the remote where you want to shoot.

Note: I have not played any game in multiplayer, so I don't know about that.

So, the conclusion is: buy this if you need a remote. Tanks!, Laser Hockey, Charge!, and Billiards are all pretty fun. And Shooting Range is OK too. The other games are not. But who cares. Now I can play two-player tennis on Wii Sports, which is why I went out and got this anyway.

Review Based on Value

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A lot of the reviews for Wii Play are pretty spot on when compared to a regular Wii game, but I don't think it's fair to compare it to a regular game. When you buy Wii Play, you basically get a remote (worth $40) along with the game, so the dispositive question is whether Wii Play is a worthy $10 game.

I would answer that with a resounding YES. It clearly looks and feels like a technical demo for the Nintendo Wii, but again, it's a $10 game. If you're into minigames of the type you'd play in Mario Party or Wario Ware, Wii Play is your cup of tea. You get 9 mini games:

Shooting Range - basically duck hunt. Everybody loves duck hunt, right? It works surprisingly well with the Wii remote. Both single-player and multi-player are pretty fun.
Find Mii - basically Where's Waldo. There's a clutter of Mii's (people) on screen and you have to find a pair that match, or a particular Mii, etc. 2-player mode basically awards points to the first person who finds the Mii. Also fun in single-player and multi-player modes.
Ping Pong - control the paddle with the on-screen wii-mote pointer. Not really that fun, you don't actually use any motions like in tennis, you just direct the paddle on-screen to where the ball is. It's actually quite similar to the pong/air hockey game.
Pong/Air hockey - similar to Ping Pong in concept, you control your paddle on screen with the wii-mote and try to score the puck into your opponent's goal. Not that great single player, but pretty fun multiplayer since it's a little more frantic than ping pong.
Bubbles - guide shapes into bubbles to pop them. IMO, the worst game of the bunch. It's basically a reflex game, where you take three shapes and try to fit them into slots by directing and rotating with the wii-mote.
Billiards - Pretty fun single player or multiplayer. A standard pool game.
Fishing - Similar to the mechanical board game where you try to stick you fishing pole magnet into the fish's mouth. Kinda fun for awhile.
Cow Racing - Pretty fun, shows off how the wii-mote can be used to drive and steer.
Tank - Steer a tank around and lay mines or shoot shells. It probably has the least amount of wii-mote interactivity (you point on screen to aim your shots, that's about it, everything else is standard console controls). Lots of people seem to like this one, I didn't so much.

Anyways, bottom line is that it's $10. And it's totally worth the $10.

Good Value, Good Fun, but it's still a demo.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: February 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wii Play Game Review

I think I've played enough of Wii Play to make a fair review (approx 1 hour). And yes, for a single person, this might not be the ideal game... this is definitely a "party demo" - the objective of the game is to show you how to use the Wiimote, and like Wii Sports, it shows a lot of promise of what full-fledged games will offer in the future. And behold, the mini games:

* Shooting Range: This is my favorite. Just shoot what's on the screen, bonuses for killing ducks and yellow targets. It is probably a lot of fun with 2 players. Recommended.
* Find Mii: This games is a lot as the exercise found on Brain Age. Find similar or dissimilar Miis on a crowd. I'm neutral, don't care much for it.
* Table Tennis: This game shows promise of what a Table Tennis game could be on the Wii. In it's form, there's no depth, it's just a table-tennis themed Pong game; every 10 hits more people are added to the crowd and the music keeps things tense. I'm neutral just because of the untapped potential.
* Pose Mii: In this game, bubbles are falling down with your Mii in a different pose, the objective is to change poses and rotate the Wiimote to match the position of the pose in the bubble before it drops down. It's a good time waster, and would have been better if it takes the pictures on your SD card to be used as the background. This one should also be a blast with two players, with good replay value. Recommended.
* Laser Hockey: This is an air hockey-themed version of Pong. Hmmmm.. don't care much for it. I see head-to-head competition as a plus (unable to test it).
* Billiards: This game is fun. I enjoy it more than the real deal (but then again, I could care less about real pool); the physics are extremely accurate for this being just a demo. Caveat... pool purists will criticize the game since you can reposition the ball every time there is a foul (U sink or hit the wrong ball). Fun and impressive physics.
* Fishing: It seems that they threw in this game in less than afternoon (probably borrowed the mechanics from Animal Crossing). Somewhat fun, don't care very much.
* Charge: Ok... here's the scoop, you're riding a cow and you need to knock down as many scarecrows as possible - now that you've gotten over the silliness, here's the truth.. this is a racing game, you hold the Wiimote as a steering wheel and rotate it forward to accelerate, (I haven't figured out how to make the cow jump yet), but overall it's average. Showcases promise for future games.
* Tanks!: This game is fun, it's a strategic battlefield game in 2D. Imagine Bomberman with tanks and without mazes. U need the Nunchaku, although you can play with the Wiimote and be frustrated.

You have to beat all games to get into medal mode, then you'll play each game for the medals (bronze, silver, gold).

The bottomline: With a Wii Remote retailing at $40ish, there's no reason why not go for Wii Play and get a free game along with a remote.

It's Basically Another Tech Demo

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: February 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wii Sports was a marvelous way to show people what the Wii could do. Wii Sports is also a fairly addictive game that just about anyone can pick up and play. Wii Play is somewhat like Wii Sports. It's basically another game to give you a preview of what the Wii can do. Unlike Wii Sports, however, the games aren't nearly as good and they aren't as memorable. Part of what made Wii Sports so great was its simplistic, yet involving, gameplay. Wii Play doesn't make you feel nearly as involved as Wii Sports does. To its credit, however, it does come with a Wii Remote packaged inside, but if you really really loved Wii Sports, you're definitely going to be let down Wii Play.

There are nine games in Wii Play. One is very similar to Duck Hunt in that you have to use the Wii Remote as a gun and shoot things. Fairly simple, but it leaves an empty feeling in you. Another game involves you having to find certain Mii's (imagine Where's Waldo). There's Table Tennis, a game where you pop bubbles, billiards, laser hockey, fishing, some game where you ride a cow and Tanks. With Nine games you're bound to find something good, but Laser Hockey may very well be the best of the lot.

None of the games are really that bad, they're just not as involving or as fun as Wii Sports, nor can they hit that level of addiction that Wii Sports gives you. Which is why I say that if you really do love Wii Sports, then Wii Play is a let down. You get a Wii Remote packed in with the game, though, so it's almost like buying the game itself for ten dollars. Sadly, the Wii Remote alone may be the reason to buy this seeing as how as this review is being written, Wii Remotes in your local retail store are still pretty hard to come by.

None of the games are horrible, but none of them have any lasting appeal. You'll grow bored with most of them after a couple of plays. It's not bad, but we've already been exposed to what the Wii can do, and I don't think most people need a second tutorial.

An Underrated Wii Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a must-buy if you answer yes to two of the following:

1. You don't have much free time.
2. Have someone to play with that isn't a typical gamer.
3. You enjoy playing with your Mii's.
4. You think Wii Sports is great.

Every game in Wii Play you can pick up and play with almost no learning curve. It's right up there with Wii sports - though it's a much different experience. You won't be moving around much, but you will have fun. However, if people come over, the first game I'd show them is still Wii Sports - it has much more of an instant appeal and seems more like revolutionary gameplay. But in terms of pure fun and laughs, Wii Play beats Wii Sports.

Great for 2 player gaming

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

To get the obvious out first, this is a good purchase if you want an additional wiimote. It is an even better purchase if you want a wiimote and plan to play games with someone else. Now that that is out of the way, on to my review.

I went through the games in single player mode fairly quickly. I have to say that I was pretty disappointed in pretty much all them, eventhough I wasn't expecting much. Not to say that I didn't enjoy some of the mini-games, but I didn't believe many of them would have a lot of re-play, meaning that in 2 weeks I'd never use the game again.

Then fast forward to multi-player mode...This is when I started enjoying the mini-games. It may just be that I'm a competitive person, as is the person I was playing with, I'm not sure.

The multi-player is set up so that only 2 people can play at a time. If the same 2 people are playing the entire time, it keeps track of the number of games each of the players win throughout the time they play during the session. So maybe, you're good at one thing while your friend is better at another, it ultimately can be about who is better overall.

The multi-player is particularly fun with: 1) Tanks - where each of you control a tank on a pseudo lincoln log'esque battlefield. Here you can take the tactic of working together to destroy the enemy tanks or you can do a total free for all. 2) ping pong - in single player mode this is a really lame game, but with multiplayer once you get comfortable with aiming your shots and you learn how to slam the ball when your opponent miss hits, it becomes pretty fun to see who reaches 11 points first. 3) Laser hockey - the equivalent of air hockey. on each individual point the more times you hit the puck back and forth, the faster the puck starts moving, so it can get fairly challenging.

In addition to those, we also enjoyed the shooting game and charge (cow racing) in multiplayer mode. Pool was ok fun as well, but can be a little annoying as the wiimote sometimes doesn't seem to be the most responsive when trying to hit the Qball.

Also, tho not having kids of my own, I would guess that kids would like the Find Mii and Pose Mii games.

So, to sum things up, if you want the extra wiimote, I'd say the purchase is almost a no-brainer. If you only plan to be playing these games by yourself; however, then I think I would just buy the wiimote and save the $10. While I imagine that in a month or two, this game wont be in heavy rotation on my Wii, I do have to think that it'll still get popped in when friends and I have 30 minutes to kill or just want to play a game that doesn't take much of a time commitment.

If you need an extra remote, this might be a good buy, otherwise ...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My opinion is influenced by the overall quality of Wii Sports (though I wish the baseball game would last longer than 3 innings and boxing would go longer than 3 rounds), but Wii Play was really a disappointment. The only games I found of personal interest was 9 Ball and the Tank game (to a lessor extent). Ping Pong can probably be a bit of a challenge, but it doesn't really operate in the manner that a real ping pong game would (as far as I can tell, you can never 'beat' the computer).
I'm sure some of the other games will have some appeal to other individuals (the target shooting game will probably be the next most appealing game), but overall I can't help but feel Wii Play is a waste of time.
It was worth the purchase to get the extra controller and have access to the 9-ball game, but JUST barely.
Seriously ... don't be skeptical of these reviews that are critical of this game. Unless you are buying the game for a very young child (who might enjoy the cow race or the bubble thing), then you're probably better off just skipping it (with the exception being if you desperately need an extra controller).

It's a Wii remote with a pack-in game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: February 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Think of it that way. For a $10 premium, you're getting a still-hard-to-find Wii remote, with a collection of games thrown in. Not too shabby. And if only two or three of the games are any good, I'd say it's worth the extra $10.

Atleast the Controller comes with the Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: February 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The controller is the only good part of it becuase I needed another one. The minigames are awfuland get very boring. FIrst of all, you have to go through all the stupid mini games just to unlock each. By finishing it all, you can then go back and play the 1 or 2 mini games that you actually liked but by then you are bored out of your mind and want to go to sleep. The only possibly good game is the tanks game. THe pool is awful and the rest of the games are long and boring. I was looking foward to ping pong and hockey only to find them both boring because the ping pong you just hit it back and forth but the hockey is boring. The fishing is awful. The cow charge was somewhat fun until you don't reach the end because you are supposed to knock down scare crows and reach the barn in the small amount of time. Overally, I would save my money and just buy the remote which you can get

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