Jul 29 2008
Wii Play: Buy it Just for the Wii Remote?
I have noticed that Wii Play seems to stay on the list of top selling Wii games and I really wonder if it comes down to it just being a way to get a Wii Remote. A Wii remote costs $40 and the game retails at some places still for $50, but I have seen it end up on sale for $30 at least a few times including early on when it came out and I bought it because it was the only way to buy an extra Wii remote. That was most definitely the reason it sold so well at first, but I really wonder with Wii remotes now being not too hard to buy in stores if people actually ever think of the games when they buy it.
Wii Play has nine mini games for one or two players to play. To me it is a little disappointing that at least some of the games were not made into 4 player games because they easily work well for more than 2 players, such as Shooting and Find Mii. The mini games at least in my case entertained me for a few hours the first week or so I had the game, but since then (at least a year ago) I can only remember pulling it out once and even then we only played for less than an hour. Bottom line is I really would think of it as a dud purchase if it had not come with a Wii remote.
Note the nine games are Shooting, Find Mii, Table Tennis, Pose Mii, Laser Hockey (really hard and frustrating with crap graphics in my opinion), Fishing, Billiards, Charge!, and Tanks!
