Wii Play Motion Screens Show Spooks, Stones and Lots of Smiles
Posted by James Newton
Just a touch whimsical
The MotionPlus-enhanced Wii Remote Plus has plenty of potential uses: as a sword in Red Steel 2 or Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, or any number of sporting implements in Wii Sports Resort, but it's about to get a real workout in Wii Play Motion.
Nintendo has published the first screenshots, available below, that reveal a little more about how the controller will be used: stacking a giant ice cream cone, whacking Miis with hammers, reeling in treasure, fanning balloons and more, but potentially one of the more addictive games sees the controller become a stone to skim across a calm lake. If the control scheme works, this could be the next Frisbee Golf.
Check out the Wii Play Motion screenshots and in preparation for the game's release next month.
#1
Splat said:
Any word on what it will cost?
#2
bboy2970 said:
If this is a 50 dollar pack-in with a Wii Remote I will certainly track it down somewhere for 10-20 dollars. The screenshots for the most part actually look very good. If however it is a 50 dollar stand-alone game, it will simply have to wait.
#3
ArmoredGoomba said:
@bboy2970 It's a pack-in.
#4
Wildvine53 said:
Some of the games look fun, I need a new remote anyway.
#5
jayjay99 said:
ooooo!! pretty lights!!!
#6
bboy2970 said:
@ArmoredGoomba: Oh! Thanks for letting me know
I guess its settled that I will be scouring Amazon and Ebay after launch for a cheap copy by itself 
#7
SuperSpank said:
Most people will buy it for the wii remote, i think.
#8
LEGEND_MARIOID said:
I'm getting it for the game and the remote.
I loved the original and I can see a lot of major fun potential when I took a closer look at the screenshots. Looks like the shooting game from the original is back
#9
PunnyGuy said:
Certainly sounds more fun than the first Wii Play! I hope that's the case! Then again, I'll probably end up buying 3DS games instead (in two months...).
#10
Dev said:
Hmmm, I'll have to consider this.
#11
Sneaker13 said:
If it's sold seperately for 10 Euro or something. I will buy it.
#12
Sean_Aaron said:
I really need to see a full game line-up for this. What I've seen so far isn't enticing; an updated billiards game would seal the deal for me. At present I actually don't have any Wii Motion Plus games so I don't have much need for the new remote otherwise...
#13
Burning_Spear said:
Would be interested if it were sold separately or if I knew someone who needed the remote.
#14
DrCruse said:
There was a mini game in Mario Party 5 named Coney Island in which the player stacked ice cream
#15
cyrus_zuo said:
Please have depth...
I'm cautiously excited for this
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#16
Skotski said:
Did someone say ice cream?
#17
Despair1087 said:
they should make a new mario party game for wii motion plus. i think the only reason they dont is because not everyone has the attachment or controller+.
#18
MarioPartyFan999 said:
@15
I was just thinking the same thing as soon as I read Coney Island on the picture tag. I just got Mario Party 5 and that's one of the first minigames I unlocked.
Anyway I'm getting it for, you guessed it, the remote. The game is just a bonus. Especially since it's a red remote over here!
#19
SilverBaretta said:
"The MotionPlus-enhanced Wii Remote Plus has plenty of potential uses: as a sword in Red Steel 2 or Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, or any number of sporting events in Wii Sports Resort...."
.....like, you know, swordplay.
#20
beatalLiToaD said:
bboy2970 wrote:
€ for me though.
#21
JimLad said:
I mainly want it for the Red Remote plus, but it's surprising how much fun you can get out of these little pack-ins.
#22
JustanotherGamer said:
This game I'll buy for the included wiimotionplus wiimote controller. The included mini games could be worthwhile.
#23
rjejr said:
Wii Play did not cut it as a game. Even with my 2 boys who play alot of Wii games they just never went back to this. This looks a bit more like the minigames in WiiFit Plus, which while mainly single player, were still way better than Wii Play.
I can't imagine this will sell anywhere near as well as Wii Play though, a lot of people needed the extra remote back then, how many people need 1 now? May pick this up used at GS for next to nothing (got Link's Crossbow Training game for $2.50 soon after it's release, money very well spent).