10 Facts About Wii Play

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Wii Play is a party video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii console.

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Wii Play is a party game consisting of nine minigames that make use of the Wii Remote's several unique features.

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3.

Wii Play was one of several games that were developed as a part of Shigeru Miyamoto's "Wii Project", along with Wii Sports, Wii Fit, and Wii Music.

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Wii Play officially began development when Miyamoto decided that the demonstrational games would be fleshed out and released together for the console.

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5.

Wii Play was first publicly announced at a press conference held by Nintendo in Japan under the name Hajimete no Wii, where it was shown to be a compilation of the demo games shown off at E3.

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6.

Wii Play received mixed reviews from critics, holding an aggregate score of 61.

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7.

In January 2007, Nintendo reported that Wii Play was one of 19 Wii titles that had surpassed sales of one million units.

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8.

Sequel to Wii Play was first announced in a press conference held by Nintendo on April 12,2011.

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9.

Wii Play: Motion was later shown off at the 2011 E3 convention and was released for the Wii in June of the same year.

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10.

Similarly to its predecessor, Wii Play: Motion was bundled with a black Wii MotionPlus Wii Remote in North America and a red Wii Remote in Europe.

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