Wii Play is a developed and published by for the console. It was released as a for the console in Japan, Europe, and Australia, and was released in North America in February 2007. The game features nine , including a -esque shooting range, a game, and a game, each of which are designed to showcase the features of the controller.
Developed as a compilation of prototype games originally shown off at the in 2006, Wii Play was developed by simultaneously with , which also contained tech demos from E3. The featured games make use of several aspects of the Wii Remote, such as its detection of rotation and depth movement through and its .
Despite mixed reception from critics who criticized the game for its repetitiveness, Wii Play was a commercial success, with strong sales being largely connected to the game's inclusion of an additional Wii Remote at the time of its release. The game is the fifth and the twenty-sixth , having sold 28.02 million copies worldwide. A sequel to the game titled was released in 2011.Wii Play is a consisting of nine that make use of the 's several unique features. These games can either be played in or in a two-player versus mode in which each player's number of wins are recorded. Upon starting the game, only one of the featured minigames is accessible, but the other eight are systematically unlocked as the player tries each one. The player is able to use their own custom created through the , who appear in several of the included minigames. are saved when playing in single-player mode, and achieving certain high scores awards the player with bronze, silver, gold and platinum medals for the respective game, along with a message sent to the Wii Message Board containing a short tip for that respective game
