Unfortunately though, your gestures aren't consistently recognized as they should be and so you'll sometimes have to retake your shot until your off-screen gestures trigger your on-screen action.ДЄs you play through some of these games, a common inadequacy becomes evident. Oftentimes, this method is both accurate and responsive, which gives us hope for a deeper pool game down the road. Then, you hold the B trigger, pull back and then push forward the Wii remote to make your shot. It's a seemingly perfect fit for the peripheral because you can merely point to any spot on the cue ball that you want to hit, easily adding forward, backward or side-directional spin. In Billiards, you play a classic game of pool using the Wii remote. It's incredibly basic and yet it is also fun, mostly because the controls do what you want them to and you feel as though you're fully in charge of your paddle. The speed of each match increases as you return more balls, so when you're 70 returns in, you'll be moving at a really quick pace. The AI doesn't lose and so the real goal is to see how many times you can return its shot. You simply volley the ball back and forth in Table Tennis. Meanwhile, the computer AI is ridiculously forgiving we averaged scores of 10-0 against the opponent before the brief matches came to an abrupt end. However, the control is not consistent and if you try for grand movements - adding extra power to a return, for instance - you may completely miss the ball or accidentally send it ricocheting backward into your goal. You can move your paddle around on your side of the screen and even tilt the remote to add angle to your shots. Meanwhile, it's got very catchy music that changes dynamically as you score points against the CPU-controlled opponent. The presentation is simple, but it looks very clean and polished. In Laser Hockey, one of the more stylized games in Wii Play, you take part in a colorful, psychedelic version of the classic Pong, the difference being that you use the Wii remote to control your on-screen paddle. And with only five targeting levels to mention, all of them over in less than a minute, the mode is kaput well before you've become a true gunslinger. On top of that, the target controls, while accurate, are less responsive and intuitive than those in similar shooting-style modes in Wario Ware. It really looks and plays much more like a Duck Hunt tease. If you therefore played Duck Hunt so many years ago and are hoping that the experience is duplicated in Wii Play, you will very likely be disappointed because the nostalgia element is only vaguely tethered to the mini-game. In Shooting Range, which is a poor man's Duck Hunt, you use the pointer to shoot down targets, cans, and even flying saucers, but rarely do you actually get to pick off ducks. The title is comprised of nine mini-games, each of which can be blown through in a matter of minutes. It feels much more like a technical demo, albeit a robust one. Wii Play, on the other hand, possesses neither the depth nor the inspired gameplay mechanics to stand as a true videogame or, for that matter, on its own merit. In hindsight, if Nintendo had released Wii Sports for a moderate price, we would have certainly recommended it as a standalone affair. It was also a fun game in its own right and, indeed, continues to be one of the most-played and most-loved offerings on the Wii console. But its existence was not restricted to these purposes. For those very reasons, yes, it was a technical demo of sorts. The title definitely debuted the fundamental mechanics of the Wii remote and simultaneously showcased its potential.

Naysayers said Wii Sports was nothing but a 'technical demo,' an argument that we defended again and again because it was only half true.

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