Wii Play (series)
The Wii Play series is a video game series set in the Wii franchise and is currently only made of two games, the same number of games as the Wii Party series, the two series being the smallest series in the Wii franchise. The series started in 2006 with the release of Wii Play on the Wii, a game bundled with a Wii Remote that also served as a tech-demo of the Controller, mostly focusing on the built in pointer of the controller. A sequel to Wii Play released on the same console, being Wii Play Motion in 2011, still getting bundled with a Wii Remote but having a new model with a Wii Motion Plus built into the controller, without any accesories that needed to be connected to it, and just like Wii Play, the game could serve as a tech-demo of the Controller, now mostly focusing on the enhanced motion control of the controller.
The Wii Sports series is a subset of the greater Wii franchise and differentiate itself from the rest of the franchise by not having its mini-games connected to one another, rather vocusing on having a lot of varieties, with one mini-games being a simple billiard table simulator and another being the player's Mii having to dive into the ocean in order to find treasures.
The Wii Play series of games (Wii Play in particular) as well as the Wii franchise as a whole, are often considered to be some of the most famous Mii-related games, having most of their mini-games starring the player's Mii in it doing various activities changing from one mini-game to another. While the player's main avatar is often push forward, some NPCs that the player can see during mini-games can be Miis choosen randomly from the Miis saved on the Wii of the palyer
Basic gameplay
The Wii Play series is made of two mini-games compilation, with both having mini-games completely separated from one another. While the first game mostly consisted on mini-games focusing on the pointer, with the player having to point at the screen in order to do actions, the second game focuses on more twisting the Wii Remote in various direction due to the controller coming with the game now being enhanced with more precise motion control.
List of Games
Wii Play
Main article : Wii Play
The Wii Play series started with the released of the second game in the Wii franchise, being Wii Play on the Wii in 2006, the same year as the release of Wii Sports. Nintendo when develloping the Wii made a lot of Tech-demos in order to present the Wii to the public, and with the release of the Wii, the tech-demos based on sports were compiled as one game coming with the Wii itself, being Wii Sports, and most of the other tech-demos getting bundled as a veriety pack with the game Wii Play. This game came bundled with a Wii Remote that grandly helped to sell the game, who at the time of its release in North American, costed 49.99 dollars, with a Wii Remote sold separatly costing 39.99 dollar at the time, most of the people looking to buy a Wii Remote decided to buy this bundle that only costed 10 dollars more and came with a brand new Wii Remote.
Wii Play Motion
Main article : Wii Play Motion
A bit more than 4 years after the release of Wii Play, a sequel named Wii Play Motion was released. Just like its predecessor, Wii Play Motion served as a demonstration for a Wii Remote bundled with the game, now being enhanced with a built in Wii Motion Plus, adding a gyroscope at the bottom of the remote. Being a sequel to Wii Play, Wii Play Motion is a collection 12 mini-games that do not have a lot of similarities between them.
Unlike its predecessor who came out as the launch of the Wii, Wii Play Motion came out a little less than a year before the Wii U's release, which impacted the sale of the game, only selling 1.26 millions copies, more than 22 times less than Wii Play's 28.02 copies.
List of Mini-games
Mini-games in Wii Play
| No. | Name | Icon | Image |
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| 1 | Shooting Range |  |
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| 2 | Find Mii |  |
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| 3 | Table Tennis |  |
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| 4 | Pose Mii |  |
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| 5 | Laser Hockey |  |
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| 6 | Billiards |  |
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| 7 | Fishing |  |
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| 8 | Charge! |  |
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| 9 | Tanks! |  |
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Mini-games in Wii Play Motion
| No. | Name | Modes | Icon |
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| 1 | Cone Zone | Scoop Mode Swirl Mode |
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| 2 | Veggie Guardin' | Guard Mode Versus Mode Recall Mode |
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| 3 | Skip Skimmer | Skip Mode Score Mode |
File:WPlM Skip Skimmer icon.jpg |
| 4 | Pose Mii Plus | N/A | File:WPlM Pose Mii Plus icon.jpg |
| 5 | Trigger Twist | UFO Stage Ninja Stage Dinosaur Stage All Stages |
File:WPlM Trigger Twist icon.jpg |
| 6 | Jump Park | Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 |
File:WPlM Jump Park icon.jpg |
| 7 | Teeter Targets | Challenge Mode Versus Mode Endless Mode |
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| 8 | Spooky Search | Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 |
File:WPlM Spooky Search icon.jpg |
| 9 | Wind Runner | Solo Mode Versus Mode Long Jump Time Attack |
File:WPlM Wind Runners icon.jpg |
| 10 | Treasure Twirl | Solo Mode Partner Mode |
File:WPlM Treasure Twirl icon.jpg |
| 11 | Flutter Fly | Solo Mode Versus Mode |
File:WPlM Flutter Fly icon.jpg |
| 12 | Star Shuttle | Solo Mode Versus Mode |
File:WPlM Star Shuttle icon.jpg |
