Japan Game Awards 2008

Games of the Year Division

Japan Game Awards 2008 ::: AWARDED GAMES - Games of the Year Division ::: Details

Global Award Japanese Product

General Description

Title Wii Play
Release Dec 2, 2006
Price 4,800 yen (tax included)
Platform Wii
Distributor Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Publisher Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Developer Nintendo Co., Ltd.
URL http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rhaj/index.html
Copyright (C)2006 Nintendo

A Reason to be selected

From this work, it's been suggested the play style of the new hardware called "Wii".
In international market, this is the prize received by evaluated highly from a lot of users.

 

Work Introduction

[Wii Play] is Wii guide software which anybody from beginners to experts can enjoy and experience of the intuitive movements such as to aim, tip, turn and twist by the operation using [Wii remote controller].

Contents are shooting, fishing, billiards, a tank game etc, 9 kinds of compact games are included, we prepared a lineup that even anybody can enjoy regardless of age and sex. In addition, not only to make the frontage of the game contents wide, we want a lot of people to enjoy it the most, so we made all 9 kinds of game to be able to play with 2 persons.

Other than that, it copes with oneself and family character Mii (me) looking just like it that make it with "the portrait channel" of the main body of Wii, and make oneself exciting feeling participating in a game very much.

The variety software that you can experience while enjoying a style and the fascination of a new game called Wii. That is "My First Wii".

Comment of the game producer

[Wii Play] is a software that is produced from thought to tell its' charm and the potential towards a lot of people when Nintendo suggests the style of a new game called Wii.

We are really glad of having had this "Global Prize" as the proof that Wii was accepted all over the world, and the effort of the production team was rewarded that we passed through about 2 years from the release.

The "game" used to be seen as a scene that anyone handled the controller alternately, and enjoyed it together by wide generation. With the appearance of a new platform called Wii, the communication of a family and the friend through the game is revived by introducing [Wii Play] to users, and we are very satisfied with the fact that many people enjoy it today.

As encouragement to receive this prize, we promise to make an effort to make the software to have users satisfy. Thank you very much.

List of Awarded Games

Organizer:Computer Entertainment supplier's Association(CESA) / Supporting body:Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry

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