12-03-2006, 09:46 PM
Patrick Kolan Wrote:
Closing Comments
It's hard to be critical of a game that is effectively being sold at AU$10 on top of the cost of a wiimote. It is definitely more of a training disc for first-time Wii gamers; the fact that Nintendo have gone to this length is heartening to see. Clearly, the company understands that the Wii's controller is a unique interface and releasing Wii Play, a training disc under the guise of a fully-fledged game, is a slick move. There definitely isn't enough gameplay here to threaten the multiplayer goodness of a game like Rayman Raving Rabbids, for instance, but for an extra tenner, you really can't go wrong. It's not a full-release game but then, it doesn't try to be. As a training game, it succeeds completely.
It's hard to be critical of a game that is effectively being sold at AU$10 on top of the cost of a wiimote. It is definitely more of a training disc for first-time Wii gamers; the fact that Nintendo have gone to this length is heartening to see. Clearly, the company understands that the Wii's controller is a unique interface and releasing Wii Play, a training disc under the guise of a fully-fledged game, is a slick move. There definitely isn't enough gameplay here to threaten the multiplayer goodness of a game like Rayman Raving Rabbids, for instance, but for an extra tenner, you really can't go wrong. It's not a full-release game but then, it doesn't try to be. As a training game, it succeeds completely.
IGN Australia's review of Wii Play
So there you have it, it scores an 8.3 (ie. Impressive) with the Australian IGN crew.
Sounding like a worthwhile pick up.