Wii Review: Wii Play Motion

With Nintendo releasing multiple first party mini game adventures, including the very popular Wii Play, Wii Sports and Wii Sports: Resort.  The Wii is back and now packing some new games, with motion plus technology… but is it worth it?

Wii Play Motion is another disc full of mini games for family’s to sit down and play. Nintendo must have covered now everything possible to do with the world of motion plus/ mini games.  The game comes bundled with a beautiful Red MotionPlus controller, along with the disc it self. The minigames it packs are great, some very addictive but the others… should of been available WiiWare titles.

Looking at how the game looks, majority of people will notice that it looks no different from previous Wii Play/Sports titles, well that’s because it isn’t. The game follows the same art style, which isn’t bad but has been used a lot before. The soundtrack however makes up for the lack of new design features.

 

The game’s themselves are also not that impressive, strangely the one game we found the most entertaining was Skip Skimmer, which is a game based on the “beach” activity of skimming stones across water. It is a very addictive game and personally I never would of thought I would be playing Skipping Stones on the Wii, but it works well and is impressive.  Spooky Search was very good as well and shows how much precision the Motion Plus controller has. It works well and is different compared to  some of the games that have been seen before.  If you ever wanted to be a Ghost Buster or experience Luigi’s Mansion with Wii controlls, this is the closest experience you can get at the moment.  Cone Zone also pack’s in a nice adaptation on the classic Tower Bloxx, just expect Ice Cream and cones.

 

Overall

The MotionPlus device has been around for a while, and now the sequel to Wii Play this time brings MotionPlus functions. The bundle is worth it just for the controller alone, the 12 games are just like a bonus. Many of the games however fall short and lack any opportunity to keep you playing longer than 10-15 minuets. Other games like Skip Skimmer pack in the fun value to the disc.  If you need another remote or have kids pick this up.

 

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