All nine minigames
A quick reference to every game in Wii Play.
Original Wii Play for Wii. Wii Play: Motion is a separate game.
Shooting Range
Point at targets and fire before they disappear.
Find Mii
Search the crowd for the Miis matching each instruction.
Table Tennis
Move your paddle to keep the ball in play.
Pose Mii
Rotate your Mii to match the approaching silhouettes.
Laser Hockey
Angle your paddle and send the puck into the opposite goal.
Billiards
Line up a nine-ball shot, then push forward to strike.
Fishing
Lower the hook, wait for a bite, then lift.
Charge!
Hold the remote sideways, steer the cow and knock down scarecrows.
Tanks!
Aim your cannon and use walls to bounce shots toward enemy tanks.
Group the games by what your hands do
Shooting Range and Find Mii begin with selecting the right target. Table Tennis and Laser Hockey add timing to an object in motion. Pose Mii, Billiards and Fishing ask for more controlled placement or orientation, while Charge! and Tanks! emphasize movement. This grouping is a useful way to choose practice: improve the underlying action, then compare how a second game asks you to apply it.
Accuracy and speed are separate goals
Begin a difficult activity by making fewer wrong inputs, even if the attempt is slower. Once the motion is dependable, reduce hesitation. In Billiards, for example, deciding the line is a different task from making the stroke; in a target game, recognizing the valid object is different from reaching it quickly. Watching which part fails gives you a better next attempt than simply trying to move faster.
Choose a minigame from the menu to practise its controls.