Friday, November 14, 2008

Wii Play

If you were asked what the best selling game on Wii is, you might think of Mario Galaxy, Wii Fit or Super Smash Bros. Brawl. You may be surprised to learn that it's actually a collection of 9 mediocre mini-games. The game is Wii Play. If you don't already know, the reason for Wii Play's success is its value for money. It is such good value for money because the game come bundled with a Wii Remote. Of course the Wii comes with one controller but most owners will at some stage want to play multiplayer games. The multiplayer aspect of the Wii is one of the main ways the system is promoted. Just look at any of the adverts for Wii games. They always show a family or group of friends having a fun time together on the Wii. They never depict the man playing Zelda until the early hours who looks drained as he's been playing the game for 8 hours straight, yet feels determined to finish "just one more dungeon" before bed. That is another side of the Wii, but Nintendo focus their marketing on having fun together.

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