Play this with with fun in mind and with casual and non gamers, and it is quite an amusing game.
Now what do you do in wii play? You DO NOT chainsaw aliens, dismember your enemies, manipulate falling blocks, swing swords, shoot machine guns or learn 12 hit combos, instead you play 9 minigames which are pretty good. As in wii sports each game has medals for you to unlock, bronze, silver, gold and platnum, these are obtained by getting high scores and/or doing well.
Next up is a 2-4 line explaination of each game. BTW I am not talking about single or multi player specifically, I just describe it generally.
Shooting (you dont use a machine gun, so hah! no contradiction)
You use the remote (duh) as a gun, multiple kinds of targets pop up in 5 levels. This is all about hand eye coordination and knowing the types of targets does help a bit. Rating (out of 5) 4.5.
Find Mii
This is really fun. Basically a fast-paced, hands on, where is waldo? game. (where is waldo? is this look and search book) This plays out in rounds with a certain task, find 3 same mii's, find 2 sleeping ones, etc. This is challenging on later levels and is really fun w/ 2 ppl. Rating 5.
Ping-Pong
Neat and unique; this is one of those in-the-corner games. The paddle responds decently but different types of shots are more area sensitive then motion sensitive, slams activate when the ball is slow and close to the net and clear shots when its in a corner. Rating 3.5.
Pose Mii
UGHHHH... this one just sucks.
Rating 1 (lowest is 0)
Hockey
Similar to ping-pong, interesting and cool. You most likely know how hockey works so i wont explain. You can change your paddle to a circle during the countdown with A+B. The trick in this one is to use short, strong and clear movements, dont spaz out and use little movement. Rating 3.5.
Billiards
This will take a while to get the hang of. I am assuming again you know how billiards/pool works. As long as you hit the next ball first, no matter what you sink will count. Fouls are minus 3 and breaking is random-nized. No chalk included. Rating 4.
Fishing
You hunt for paper cut out aquatic vertebrea in a small pond. Pretty fun with for the first time then... however multiplayer is a blast. Also there is always a certain fish that is a bonus and the value will double if you catch it, the bonus fish changes randomly, small fry's lose you points so be careful. Rating 3.
Cow racing
My favorite for some reason, this allows you to hop on a cow and race through a farm knocking down scarecrows. Hold the remote on the side and tilt forward and backward for speed, side to turn and flick up to jump. This controls beautifully and is just hilarious. Rating gazillion, 5.
Tanks
Steer your hunk of metal with the D-pad or nunchuk analog, aim whit remote, shoot with B and lay mines with A. This is challenging and is the lengthiest of all. I dont know how many levels there are but i only got up to 20 something. Your shots ricochet 1X off walls too, good for sniping. Rating 4.5.
Well there you have it a quick run through of the games on wii play. I highly recommenr getting this as it is worth the laughs and the remote. Plus your relatives are probably getting bored of wii sports by now right? why not get another casual easy game for the wii for them? So in the end wii play is a blast with others, the single player is okay but woth others it is a lot of fun.
The winner of multiplayer matches gets a bigger mii at the menu, so if the score is like 8 to 1 the person with 8 will be much bigger, also you can press A while on the mii in different areas (torso area is 1 big unit) and get reactions, faces scruch if you poke their face and arms wave, etc. Finally I will go through a traditional review style with gameplay, graphics etc. jk, i appluad you if your actually reading and lived through my cr4pt4stic writing skills and horrible literary logic.