Topic: Wii Play: Motion and Mystery Case Files Hitting Wii in June

[BlackNMild2k1]

You got 4 Wiimotes with 4 Wiimote plus accessories. Now the plan is to sell you 4 Wiimote+ that don't need accessories.

[UncleBob]

Well this is a surprise. After both the Motion Plus accessory and Wii Remote Plus launched, I didn't think there would ever be a sequel to Wii Play. My sister likes Wii Play, but I don't need another Wii Remote, so I'm disappointed there will be no stand-alone version. There are now tens of millions of Wii Motion Plus accessories and Wiimotes out there now so I highly doubt I'm the only one like this, so it doesn't make much sense to not have a game-only version, especially since there has already been a game to include a Wiimote Plus.

As for Wii Party, as far as I can gather it had a Wiimote bundle in every territory except North America.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/996170-wii-party/images

I just linked to the North American bundle for sale at Walmart.com... ?

Anywhoo, has it been confirmed for sure that there will be no stand-alone version?  I only have six Wii Remotes (two Plus' and two Motion Plus attachments) for my three Wiis, so I *could* use it... but considering how few 4-Player games that don't use GameCube controllers anyway, I'm not in any hurry to pick up more Wii Remotes.  It's a shame it's black, I already have a black Wii Remote Plus...

[Mop it up]

I didn't see your post because it appeared when I was making mine. For some reason I've stopped getting the message that pops up when someone posts when I'm writing mine, and I haven't figured out why that is. I searched for the option in my profile settings, but couldn't find it. Am I missing it, or is something else going on here?

Anyways, is that a Wal*Mart-exclusive bundle? I don't recall seeing it anywhere and it's strange there wasn't a picture and release date on GameFAQs. It has a regular Wiimote which seems odd to me.

As for selling more Wiimotes, I don't think FlingSmash sold very well and I have my doubts that Wii Play Motion will either, though it does have the luxury of being a part of the Wii Series.

[UncleBob]

Weird... I just checked your profile - you should get the warning, based on your current settings...

Anywhoo, I believe the Wii Party bundle may have been a Walmart exclusive.  Not sure.  As for it coming with a regular Wii Remote - it launched on Oct 3rd and the Wii Remote Plus didn't launch until November 7th... and since Wii Party didn't use Wii Motion Plus... it was a great way to get rid of some old inventory, eh?

[Mop it up]

You can see my profile settings? That's a little weird... SimpleMachines gives its mods/admins a bit too much user information. I guess it must have something to do with my browser settings. I do have FireFox's pop-up blocker on, though it displays a message when it activates... and I think I have NWR as an exception or something because I still get the New PM pop-ups. Oh well, I guess I'll have to check elsewhere.

For some reason I thought the Wiimote Plus was released in September. They must have a lot of stock of regular Wiimotes left over if they are still selling some, unless they still produce regular ones which seems a little odd if true.

[UncleBob]

Not only can I see them, but I can edit them too... >insert evil laughter here<
Though I'm sure you would have noticed, but remember, it's not a pop-up when there's a new message posted while you're replying - so the pop-up blocker wouldn't be effecting it.  Not sure what is though... Very odd.  Might post on the Site forum to get some input from MegaByte.

As for the Wii Party bundle, I figure they just threw a bunch together and shipped them out and that's that.  The game didn't exactly burn up the charts in NA and most people, by this time, already had all the Wii Remotes they needed - and the Wii Remote Plus had been announced at this point... There are so many reasons why the bundle is still around.

[NWR_insanolord]

Dammit, people keep stealing my posts. I was all set to point out that we're all-knowing and all-powerful and then I see UncleBob beat me to it. I wish I were an admin so I could change the time of posts to make it look like I said it first.

[UncleBob]

insanolord - you just have to figure out how to work the system.  First, you delete my post.  Then reply, saying all the stuff I said.  Then, you take a more recent post of mine from a completely different thread, move it into here, then reply to me yelling at me for being completely off topic.

[Jonnyboy117]

I might consider Wii Party Motion if it was made available as a $10 WiiWare download for people who don't want another controller. However, that's not going to happen.

[NWR_insanolord]

insanolord - you just have to figure out how to work the system.  First, you delete my post.  Then reply, saying all the stuff I said.  Then, you take a more recent post of mine from a completely different thread, move it into here, then reply to me yelling at me for being completely off topic.

When you're a real staff member and not just playing pretend like you, you don't have the time to go through that kind of involved process for that little payoff.

[Chocobo_Rider]

Wait a second, there's no game-only version!?!? Arrrrgh!!

.... maybe I could get the stand-alone game used since gamers seem to buy games on day one and then return them later that day.  As long as one of those fellows keeps the WM+ it should work out, right?

[UncleBob]

insanolord - you just have to figure out how to work the system.  First, you delete my post.  Then reply, saying all the stuff I said.  Then, you take a more recent post of mine from a completely different thread, move it into here, then reply to me yelling at me for being completely off topic.

When you're a real staff member and not just playing pretend like you, you don't have the time to go through that kind of involved process for that little payoff.

All the power and none of the work. =D

[Enner]

I might consider Wii Party Motion if it was made available as a $10 WiiWare download for people who don't want another controller. However, that's not going to happen.

Maybe it will be worth $50.

I mean you never know.

Okay, perhaps I have too much misplaced optimism at the moment.