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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $40.80
You Save: $9.19 (18%)
New (61) Used (13) from $25.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  484 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: rvl r rhae
Model: RVLRRHAE
UPC: 045496900083
EAN: 0840356780634
ASIN: B000KRXAGE
Release Date: February 13, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: brand new in factory sealed package, I don't ship to APO/FPO.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Totally worth the price! February 16, 2007
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This game is really a handful of mini games that serve as a primer on the use of the wii remote. They lack the depth and replay factor of the sports title that comes with the wii. They are more involved, however, than the mini games of wario ware. They are right in the middle.
Many reviews seem to think this game is going to serve as a sequel to wii sports. It's nothing like that game, and I think people who are expecting that level of complexity and fun are in for a rude awakening. For example, don't think the table tenis game will be as good as the tenis sports title because it isn't and doesn't try to be. It's a mini game. The laser pong is fun, though, and the duck hunt game is a great blast from the past, as is combat.
Of course the big issue is the extra remote. You get the remote and game together for $50. Is the wiiplay game worth $10? Absolutely! (I mean, it has far more playability than the Xbox 360 burger king games for a similar price point, plus without all the corporate propaganda!)
For all the naysayers talking bad about this game, I think they miss the point of it. This is a great $10 title. If it were packaged at that price as a stand alone without the remote, I'd buy it (and any similar sequels they'd release). At my house, we play the sports title as a party game on the weekends, and this game will serve the same purpose. You and your friends will have fun with 2 person multi here (I know, no 4 player, but come on, ten bucks remember?), or even just passing the remote around and trying some more truly innovative wii gaming here--just wait until you play the cow race mini game with your friends gathere around!
Bottom line is, remotes are harder to come by than Wii's during this initial wii release. If you can get your hands on this, you're silly not to get your hands on the remote. This is a game you should get right now. Don't wait. First, for that remote, and second, in a few months, the novelty of the wii remote will be getting stale, and there will be better games that make use this awesome technology. If you get the game now, though, it'll be great fun while the system is still fresh.
Decent, but it could be more February 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've played this game now as a single player and as multiplayer. For some games multiplayer is more fun than single player, but I've got to admit that this was not at all what I was hoping for. It's a great deal, like everyone has said. If you need the extra remote it's worth it. I enjoy the fact that they're short games. If you don't have a whole lot of time, like you're heading off to class, then it's fun to play for a couple of minutes, but it certainly doesn't keep my attention as long as Wii Sports. Overall, great deal, decent play.
Wii Remote with Wii Play instead of vise versa... February 16, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Okay, I think every other review here has made it obvious by now that this game is only worth your money if you're looking to get another Wii Remote. A Wii Remote by itself (and they're still hard to find right now) is $40, so here, you're only paying $10 more for a very mediocre yet sometimes enjoyable game.
Why is it mediocre? Well, there isn't any depth to any of the nine minigames included here. In fact, you'll probably only play most of them only once (like the Find-the-Mii minigame, in which you have to click on the Mii you're using amidst a crowd of other Miis). However, chances are you'll find at least four minigames you really like here which will at least provide you with a few hours of fun. And for ten bucks, can we really ask for much more?
Some of the stronger minigames include: the laser hockey game, which is like a psychedellic update of Pong (it's surprisingly addictive); the billiards game, which features lifelike physics and probably the best controls of all the minigames included here; the table tennis game (ping pong), which is rather difficult, if shallow, and pretty fun once you get the hang of it; and the Tanks! game, in which you use your nunchuck to guide your little toy tank across a 2D board and use the Wii Remote to shoot enemies down before they shoot you.
The shooting target game feels way too short and unfulfilling to be much of any lasting fun; the Pose-Your-Mii game is pretty ridiculous and can go on forever without being amusing at all; and if you have The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, then the included fishing game here is laughable (Twilight Princess features an excellent fishing side-quest, as I'm sure most of you know).
So no, there isn't much to these short little minigames. Most of them are over in a mere few minutes. Yet some of them are decent fun, and you might return to them every now and then. On the same token, most of them aren't worth your time and you probably won't touch them much at all. However, like I mentioned before, this package is really about the included Wii Remote, and the game just serves as a little companion piece. Wii Sports is by far much more fun and has much more depth and replay value, so if you're expecting something along the par of that with this, you'll be sorely disappointed. But if you keep your expectations relatively low, you'll probably find this quick, modest set of nine minigames mildly enjoyable.
For a $10 game, you can't be too harsh. If this game was sold by itself, there's really no way I'd give it anything other than one star; but because it's only ten bucks once you deduct the price of the included, much-coveted Wii Remote, I feel very confident in giving it four stars. If you don't have four Wii Remotes yet, go ahead and pick this one up.
Great for 2 player gaming February 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
 GOOD DEAL, BUT THE GAME COULD BE BETTER February 15, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I Would advise only to get this game if you have waited to get an extra controller/s, most of the mini-games are too shallow and very forgetable. The only standouts are the pool and laser-hockey games, which are very fun and feature good controls and life-like physics. If you are looking for a good collection of mini-games then pick up RAYMAN, but if you need a extra wii-mote, then the few games that are fun do justify the extra $10.00
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