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Review: Wii Play

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

Wii Play artwork
Hours Played: ~4.5
Progress: 1 platinum metal, 3 gold metals, 4 silver metals, and 1 bronze metal

Wii Play is a continuation of the Nintendo series of “Wii” games (Wii Sports being the first, and Wii Music soon to be). It encompasses 9 different mini-games that are designed to improve the gamers abilities with the Wii remote. Each of the mini-games needs to be unlocked progressively, but it is not too difficult as it is simply a matter of completing at least one level. Once all the games have been played, you can go back and earn metals in each one just like in Wii Sports Training.

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Coming (Very) Soon: Mario Party 8 (Wii)

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Mario Party 8 Cover

A Mario game made for the Wii is finally coming out soon (besides Super Paper Mario). Mario Party 8 is set to be released on May 29, and features an assortment of mini-games that take advantage of the Wii’s remote capabilities.

Game features (from Futureshop website):

  • Play With Motion Control: Row your way through a river race, punch a statue to pieces, steer race cars, mopeds, and go-karts, and handle a balancing pole while walking a tightrope.
  • Play Using The Pointer: Shoot at Boos in a haunted house, drag and drop toppings in a cake-decorating competition, select the correct answers in game-show challenges.
  • Play Using The Wii Remote’s Buttons: Jump and pummel your way through a football brawl, hop and run across a field of spinning platforms.
  • Mario Party for Wii also includes dozens of mini-games, six party boards, and many game modes.
    In a series first, players can transform their characters into many forms, such as player-smashing boulders and coin-sucking vampires.
  • Mario Party 8 also includes “extra-large” mini-games like Star Carnival Bowling and Table Menace.
    One to four players can play Mario Party for Wii, each with a Wii Remote.

Needless to say – I’m excited for this game. I haven’t played Mario Party since the 3rd one, and I definitely have been waiting for a mario-based game for the Wii. Besides that, YouTube has provided me with some videos to enhance my excitement. Also, it happens to be my birthday that day… so I may need to pre-order this one and have a Mario Party birthday.

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