Wii Play

[billsjunkie]

Anyone grab it yet?
I have mine pre-ordered at Walmart.com but its still processing and its out of stock. I may have to wait another couple weeks before it comes in. I'm more excited about the wii-mote that comes with it more than anything. I only really want to play TANKS! and try out pool.

[aukevin]

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I'm supposed to pick it up this afternoon. I think a few of those games in it look like fun.

[fishepa]

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The IGN review is definitely swaying me towards not getting this game.

[aukevin]

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The IGN review is definitely swaying me towards not getting this game.

I've read a few reviews and there are really no high scores, but I also get the impression that this game is pretty much the same style as Wii Sports. Fun to play with a group every now and then, but nothing that makes you want to play every day. I still like to play Wii Sports from time to time, so I think I'd like playing these mini-games some too.

[billsjunkie]

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No review no matter how bad it is will stop me from going through with my pre-order. Its impossible to find a remote anywhere around my parts. So for 10 extra dollars I can get my remote and a couple games to play with my 8 year old son. I think its stupid not to take advantage of the offer. UNLESS, you already have enough remotes. But my family only has two (I overpayed big time for the second one). So a third one would be great for Wii sports so my son and I don't have to keep swapping remotes.

[plasticbeast]

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No review no matter how bad it is will stop me from going through with my pre-order. Its impossible to find a remote anywhere around my parts. So for 10 extra dollars I can get my remote and a couple games to play with my 8 year old son. I think its stupid not to take advantage of the offer. UNLESS, you already have enough remotes. But my family only has two (I overpayed big time for the second one). So a third one would be great for Wii sports so my son and I don't have to keep swapping remotes.

Thats what I'm doing too.... I need a 4th remote so for $10.00 extra you get a game with your remote. now I don't think I'd buy Wii play for 50 bones if it was just the game.

[aukevin]

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No review no matter how bad it is will stop me from going through with my pre-order. Its impossible to find a remote anywhere around my parts. So for 10 extra dollars I can get my remote and a couple games to play with my 8 year old son. I think its stupid not to take advantage of the offer. UNLESS, you already have enough remotes. But my family only has two (I overpayed big time for the second one). So a third one would be great for Wii sports so my son and I don't have to keep swapping remotes.

LOL, I've already picked up the game and sold just the remote for $40 since I already have 4 other remotes So that ended up being just $10 for the game. The gamestop I got mine from only had enough for preorders, so others might have to search for the game, I don't know.

[Heelfan71]

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when did it release ?? I thought it wasn't out till March??

[fishepa]

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It came out today AFAIK.

[Holic]

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I'll probably pick it up just for the Wiimote, only have 2. For $10 bucks, I'm sure we'll get enough play out of it to warrant the purchase.

[Skyboxer]

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Mine should be here tomorrow. Selling the remote on Ebay also.

[TimmeH]

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When I have extra money I plan on picking it up. We only have one Wii-mote and could use another, so might as well shell out the extra $10 and get some little games with it. I loved Tennis on Wii Sports, so if this has even one game as fun as that, I'll be satisfied

[Heelfan71]

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table tennis looks fun.

[billsjunkie]

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Just to let you guys know if you haven't pre-ordered your going to be screwed. Sold out everywhere online and in the stores. Walmart.com where I have my pre-orders is out of stock and my order is still processing. Think about it. A lot of people still can not get a wii-mote so this game bundle is going to be even harder to get a hold of seeing how you get a game with it. I put my pre-order in during the middle of January and I'm still waiting on Walmart.com

[aukevin]

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I played the game for about an hour so last night. Pretty fun, not very much longlasting single player fun, but when people are over I could see running through the games.

The gun game is fun but too short, it's just 5 levels long. I wish it just kept going while getting harder and harder, like Duck Hunt.

Tanks is fun and pretty challenging after a few levels I think. I could just suck though, LOL. It's fun to play in two player mode. You both are trying to kill the computer tanks first, but you gotta make sure that the other player doesn't blow you away so he can take the tanks himself.

There's a matching game that I thought was pretty fun too, it's fun matching up all the Mii's your system has collected.

Cow riding is cool, just too short of a course.

Pool is fun, but I had a hard time with how hard to hit the cue ball. Probably just takes a little more practice, I just played it twice.

Laser hockey is about what you'd expect, if you like pong, you'd probably like it.

Table tennis fun in two player mode. You play to 11, gotta win by two like it should be. Single player is just a rally mode to see how many times in a row you can hit the ball back to the computer.

The shape matching bubbles is annoying, I didn't like it that much.

The fishing game would be fun, but you have to stand too close to the TV or some stupid sensor bar warning bubble pops up right on top of the pond you are fishing in. My remote was tracking just fine, but this stupid warning kept showing up in the middle of the TV screen.

Overall, it's enjoyable game if you can sell the extra remote or need an extra remote. It's worth $10-15 IMO. It's pretty much like Wii Sports, getting you used to the remote. When you first play it, you have to play each game before you can choose which one to play. It takes about 30 minutes to play all the games, then you can choose which one to play and try to get medals in them. This game does take more advantage of your Mii's than Wii Sports does which I thought was cool, it really makes the matching game more fun.