Wii Play billiards gets first perfect game after 17 years

In an impressive gaming milestone, a player known as ElectrifiedStrawberry has achieved the first-ever perfect game in the billiards minigame of the classic Nintendo Wii Play. This incredible feat involved potting nine balls with a single break shot, a goal that took months of meticulous effort, including decompiling the game and developing a brute-forcing program to find the optimal shot. Due to the game's code randomizing the ball positions for each break, achieving this perfect game required both technical prowess and an intimate understanding of the game dynamics.

ElectrifiedStrawberry achieved this by decompiling the game and creating a brute-forcing program that could simulate millions of breaking shots. This allowed them to identify the perfect seed that enabled potting all nine balls in one break, overcoming the challenge posed by the game’s randomized ball spawn positions.

Released in 2006/2007, Wii Play is a popular minigame collection for the Nintendo Wii. The billiards minigame, which mimics the classic pool game, is known for its casual appeal and the novelty of using Miis—personalized avatars created by the players. Despite its simple mechanics, the game’s code design adds a deep layer of unpredictability, making this achievement all the more remarkable.