Wii Play

Wii Play
Duck Hunt-styled shooting demo
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Wii
Release	December 2, 2006 December 8, 2006 December 7, 2006 TBA
Genre(s)	Minigames
Mode(s)	Unknown

Wii Play (はじめてのＷｉｉ Hajimete no Wii, or My First Wii in Japan [1]) is an upcoming video game for the Wii. It will feature many minigames that will use characters in the Mii Channel. Many of the games featured are from E3 2006 demos such as the Duck Hunt-styled shooting demo and Table Tennis, though many of them are brand new such as Pose Mii and Laser Hockey. It will also feature Wii Billiards, a billiards simulator designed for use with the Wii Remote. The game will be sold with a Wii remote (though no nunchuck attachment) in Japan, Australia and Europe. It is available for $79.95 AUD with a Wii controller from the 7th of December in Australia.

Wii-Play is also a popular Wii friend code site part of the Total-Play network.

Games

• Table Tennis - The game is two players and is basically a game of Pong, rallying back and forth by moving the Wii remote. The Mii characters are supported, and are represented by the audience. As the game progresses, the audience grows larger.

• Laser Hockey - Played like air hockey, this is a two player game where the players move the Wii remote up and down to deflect shots and try to score in the opponents goal. Twisting the paddle aims the ball. According to developers, the physics engine used to calculate the velocity and position of the shots is extremely advanced, albeit on a 2D scale.

• Fishing - Players use the Wii remote in a fishing fashion to hook specific paper fish and then yank upwards to grab them.

• Find Mii - Crowds of Mii characters will gather on the screen and the player is given certain details to look for among them. The player then must pick out the proper Mii that matches the objective.

• Pose Mii - Players move their Miis about with the Wii remote and place themselves in the exact location and position of floating transparent Mii's to score points.

• Shooting - Players go through various rounds of shooting with targets, ducks, etc. One to four players can participate in this game.

• Pool - Played like traditional pool games found online. Players line up their shot in both an overhead 2D and behind-the-ball style 3D viewpoints. They pull the cue stick (Wii remote) backwards, then hit it forward to launch the ball.

There are many other games found in Wii Play, although not all of them are revealed yet.

External links

• IGN page, featuring preview and videos
• Official european game page, shows game description and media