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Several titles from
the Wii Play Mini-Game compilation were on display at the
event and for the most part there were fun and easy to play, exactly
what Nintendo deem is necessary to capture the hearts of the lapsed
gamer and the uninitiated.
Wii Billiards
Wii Billiards
is almost exactly what one would expect, a digital interpretation of
the classic game in which you use the Wii Remote as a virtual cue.
Each ball must be potted in a specific order and each is worth
slightly more points than the last. The Wii Remote is used to
line-up your shot and then the player must hold the A Button and
gesture as they would while playing billiards to decide the power of
the shot. Wii Billards is simplistic in terms of gameplay and
graphics, but probably the most faithful digital interpretation of
the sport imaginable.
Wii Shooting
Many gamers fondly
remember Duck Hunt for the NES and Wii Shooting is
a definite spiritual successor, even featuring cameos from the
birds of the original. Gameplay has been updated significantly,
clearly with inspiration form the Point Blank series, with
the player now asked to shoot various different objects such as cans
and targets, each worth a different amount of Points. The two-player
demonstration shown seemed very limited, with only a mere five
Levels available, but it’s clear that the rock solid gameplay of its
twenty years senior brother remains intact.
Wii Air Hockey
Wii Air Hockey was just as
simple as it’s Wii Play siblings and yet just as addictive.
Playing out as a Wii incarnation of the infamous Pong, each
player controlled their paddle with the Wii Remote, with the first
to eight considered the winner. Graphically similar to the great
XboxLIVE! Arcade title, Geometry Wars Evolved,
albeit much less complex, Wii Air Hockey looks determined to
be the party title for families around the tree this
Christmas.
Wii Fishing
The last Wii Play
title tried by the
Electronic
Articles team was Wii Fishing. Simplistic as ever in
design, Wii Fishing entailed dangling a virtual rod
controlled by the Wii Remote into a paddling pool filled with paper
fish. Each fish could be caught by dangling the hook in front their
mouths before holding the A Button and jerking the Wii Remote
upward. Whilst it was hoped that the best had been saved till last,
this was not so, as controls seemed unwieldy and overall, the title
was not particularly fun. Still, given the good standard of its
siblings and the low price of the pack, Wii Play still seems
an essential purchase for all Wii owners. |
