"We Play with Wii Play!"

"We play with Wii Play!"

Cheesy, I know. But serious. Wii Play is a fun, family game that all can enjoy. It is simple enough that a my four-year old sister and my seventy year-old grandpa can play and have fun. It's a fun game, with simple controls, but it can take months or years to master.

There are nine different games, all that are fun in their own ways. The menu isn't as nice looking or set-up as Wii Sports, but it is as fun. You start out simply with almost an identical menu, but with 1 or 2 players, select a Mii and so on. While the menu now looks like something from a 5-year old's game - a Mii with buttons with picture in them floating around the Mii - the gameplay's better.

The sounds and music is simple and repetitive, almost like a 5-year old is playing it. But the music is nice, and sounds use awsome use of the WiiMote AND the TV, so people watching can see how life-like it is.

The first game is Shooting Range. The controls are simple - you simply aim and press a button. While it seems a bit dark with shooting ducks and baloons, it's actually quite comical seing your Miis and the UFO Space Ships. The control is very nice, so it's easy.

The second game is Find Mii. There's not really any physical skill required, so it upsets some hard-core gamers or Wii Fanboys, but it requires a pretty big eye muscle. While it starts out simple, you have 4 Miis and must find two look-alikes. But then it gets complicated. More and more Mii's stack up, and time is against you. Mii's might start moving, you might use the Wiimote as a flash-light, etc.

The third game is challenging and fast-paced but easy controls - Table Tennis. You volley a ball back and forth, forth and back untill someone drops the ball. The game is open-ended, it can last for 10 minutes untill someone drops it, messes up, hits the net, etc. Not really any rules except hit the ball over the net.

The fourth is fun, and has nice graphics. Laser Hockey. You are given one puck (which looks like a staple) and try and it the ball into the other's neon goal. This requires skill and careful aim, where you twist turn and wave the Wiimote in order to keep the ball away from your goal. This game is filled with colorful, neon graphics, and it looks nice.

The fifth is Pose Mii. Another game that uses Miis well. You are given your Mii and expected to flip it to macth the bubble. You must fit into the falling bubbles without letting them drop. It gets more challenging with different poses, faster bubbles and so forth. It's challenging with 1 Player, chaos with 2.

The sixth is Billiards, and in my opinion the worst. It's hard to control to move the stick back and forth. The game is much different from real games, and easier too. The graphics are Ok, but not as good as the others.

The seventh (wow, alot of games!) is Fishing. The graphics are really bad, but the game play is fun. You throw a pole in the pond, and yank up when a fish catches. You have to carefully move your line so the right fish catches it.

The eighth is Charge! Charge! is a real fun game, and my family plays it. The graphics are nice and chunky, and you ride a bull quite commically as you try and knock over scarecrows. The controls are simply life-like, up to jump, lean forward to go, and nudge left and right to turn.

The ninth is Tanks!, the favorite of my games. You can play with the Nunchuk Attatchment and try and advance through levels. With 2 players it's even more fun, try and see how many levels you can get to.

Overall, it's not as good as Wii Sports. But it uses great Mii Usage, a fun feature. Most of the graphics are nice and Wiiish, and it's fun to play with everyone - your family, friends and even fun alone with the computer. Now you get the title!?

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 07/18/07