WiiLikeToPlay

WiiLikeToPlay (WLTP for short; formerly known as WiiRikeToPray or WRTP for short) is an American gaming channel on YouTube that centres around playing many different multiplayer video games, primarily Nintendo. The most popular quartet that the channel was known for was Chris, Tyler, Tyson and Spencer. Chris and Tyler left the channel in 2017 and Tyson and Spencer stopped uploading to the channel in 2021. In 2022, Chris and Tyler were given control of the channel and the channel began uploading again.
==History==
The original group of WiiRikeToPray consisted of Chris, Tyler, Tyson and Jansen, playing many different multiplayer games while having many rage moments included.
Eventually, Jansen had to leave the group due to him going to college and Spencer joined the group, becoming Jansen's replacement. The videos with Chris, Tyler, Tyson and Spencer became the "golden" age of the channel, containing many lets-plays and rage moments within. Their most famous series are the New Super Mario Bros. series of games, where they played both actual games as well as hacks/mods such as Another Super Mario Bros. Wii, Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii and Newer Summer Sun. On December 4, 2011, a new series, Smashin' Sundays would begin, in which every Sunday, WRTP would play a game in the Super Smash Bros. series. It was the channel's longest-running series, ending on June 4, 2017 with Week 440. They also played a bunch of Mii-based games where they played using specific Miis from Chris' Wii (Chris was Mr. Rogers, Tyler was Jerems, Tyson was Sampson and Spencer was Merin), with these Miis first appearing in their Wii Party lets-play. These Miis were considered their "mascots", though later Wii lets-plays introduced a new set of Miis that they used instead, which were introduced in the Family Feud: 2012 Edition lets-play (Chris was Walter, Tyler was Shomorgan, Tyson was Prammin and Spencer was Slagathor, with Walter being the father of the other Miis).
In 2013, the group bought their own house that would be for them just making videos. However, Chris had to move out after getting married.
In 2015, the name of the channel was changed from "WiiRikeToPray" to "WiiLikeToPlay". In a video, Chris explained that the channel was originally called "WiiRikeToPray" based on a Japanese commercial for the Wii, where a Japanese salesman was saying "We would like to play", but due to his accent, it sounded like he was saying "We would rike to pray." They decided to change the name due to their growing popularity and how the name sounded bad on paper and wanted to look in a more professional standpoint.
In 2017, Tyler started becoming noticeably missing in a lot of videos. In April 2017, he made a faceless video where he explained that he was getting unhappy with the channel and wanted to move on in life, stating that he was resigning from the channel as did Chris two months later when he came forward with a video stating that he was also going to resign from WLTP due to the same reasons. He noted how painful it was with driving a far distance away, playing games for hours and having a miniscule sleep schedule and also pointed out YouTube's new guidelines and how it could affect their income, so he did not want to affiliate himself with the channel anymore. For over 4 years after Chris and Tyler left the channel, Tyson and Spencer remained active on the channel and continued to make videos, some of which featured their wives.
WLTP's last gaming video was posted on June 26, 2021, the last episode of their Minecraft Dungeons lets-play. In May of 2022, Chris announced on his Discord server that Tyson and Spencer were done uploading to the WLTP channel and they had given the channel back to him. Chris finally returned to WLTP again on November 8, 2022, with a video titled What Really Happened to our Channel?. The plan was to upload daily shorts of memorable/funny WLTP moments as well as breaking down videogames rather than lets-plays (due to Chris calling it a "thing of the past" with content similar to YouTubers like Poofesure). The first short to be uploaded was This Mario level almost ruined our friendship (originating from the final episode of the Super Mario 3D World lets-play) on November 11, 2022. The channel continues to upload shorts daily. The first full-length video premiered on April 3, 2023 and was titled Cuphead: The 2 Player Experience (later renamed to This is the best way to play Cuphead and now When 2 Idiots Beat Cuphead For The First Time), a video of them playing Cuphead. 
On July 15, 2023, Two new members joined with a video on Manic Mechanics, being Siri and Jeremy. Jansen would return to the channel on August 5, 2023 alongside new member Joe in a video on Mario Party Superstars. On August 20, 2023, Smashin' Sundays returned after a six-year hiatus for Week 441, the first episode of the series to have the group play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which was released a year after Smashin' Sundays initially went on hiatus. 
==Current Members==
*Chris: One of the original members of WRTP. He is the main runner of the channel and was considered the "leader". In the New Super Mario Bros. games, he played as Mario. His Mii characters were Mr. Rogers (based off the TV host Fred Rogers, who was known as Mr. Rogers) and Walter. He left after stating he was unhappy with his situation and YouTube's new guidelines. In 2022, he became the co-owner of the channel alongside Tyler.
WLTPChris.PNG|Chris in 2022
WLTPMrRogers.PNG|Mr. Rogers, Chris' 1st Mii
WLTPWalter.PNG|Walter, Chris' 2nd Mii
*Tyler: One of the original members of WRTP. He was considered the most energetic of the group. In the New Super Mario Bros. games, he played as Luigi. His Mii characters were Jerems and Shomorgan. He left the group because he was unhappy. After he announced his departure, a YouTuber by the name of Mawx made a tribute video for Tyler showing his best moments in the lets-plays. He edits for Twitch streamer iateyourpie and returned to the channel in 2022, co-owning the channel with Chris.
WLTPTyler.PNG|Tyler in 2012
WLTPJerems.PNG|Jerems, Tyler's 1st Mii
WLTPShomorgan.PNG|Shomorgan, Tyler's 2nd Mii
*Jansen: One of the original four members of WRTP. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Another Super Mario Bros. Wii, he played as Blue Toad. He was the first of the original group to leave the channel due to him going to college, where he eventually got replaced by Spencer. Jansen made a return in the Mario Party 10 lets-play where he played against Chris, Tyler, Tyson, and Spencer as Bowser in the Bowser Party mode. He also appeared in the "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 8-player Smash" video. On August 5, 2023, Jansen would make his return to the channel in a Mario Party Superstars video.
WLTPJansen.PNG|Jansen in 2010
*Siri: Siri first appeared in the Manic Mechanics video.
*Jeremy: Jeremy first appeared in the Manic Mechanics video.
*Joe: Joe first appeared in the Mario Party Superstars video.
==Former Members== 
*Tyson: One of the original members of WRTP and also known as Sibes. In the New Super Mario Bros. games, he played as Yellow Toad and was noticeably the most skilled player. His Mii characters were Sampson and Prammin. He has a wife named Cassie, who he runs a now-inactive YouTube channel with. Tyson, along with Spencer, left the channel in 2021, stating that he was moving on with his life.
WLTPTyson.PNG|Tyson in 2017
WLTPSampson.PNG|Sampson, Tyson's 1st Mii
WLTPPrammin.PNG|Prammin, Tyson's 2nd Mii
*Spencer: Joined WRTP after Jansen had to leave for college. In the New Super Mario Bros. games, he played as Blue Toad, and was noticeably the least skilled player, often getting killed more than his friends. His Mii characters were Merin and Slagathor. Spencer, along with Tyson, left the channel in 2021, stating that he was moving on with his life.
WLTPSpencer.PNG|Spencer in 2017
WLTPMerin.PNG|Merin, Spencer's 1st Mii
WLTPSlagathor.PNG|Slagathor, Spencer's 2nd Mii
==Former Part-time Members==
*Cassie: Cassie is Tyson's wife. She was first shown during the "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 8-player Smash" video and was also featured in the New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe playthrough as Toadette. Her Mii character in the Family Feud: 2012 Edition lets-play was DeeDee.
*Breanna: Breanna is Spencer's wife. Like Cassie, her first video was in the "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 8-player Smash" video. She played as Toad in the New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe playthrough.
*Evan: In the older days of the channel, Evan occasionally appeared in some videos. After a long absence, he briefly returned in the "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 8-player Smash" video.
==Other channels==
WiiLikeToPlay is considered the main channel in the WRTP network shared by all four members. However, each member also had their own individual channel as well as a two-player channel. All of these channels have not been active for a long time.
===Solo channels=== 
*Chris' channels:
**ChrisRikesToPray: Chris' first solo channel. He mainly played Nintendo games on it. It eventually got deleted.
**Chresendo: Following the deletion of ChrisRikesToPray, Chris made a follow-up solo channel called Chresendo, where he followed the same format as the last one. However, the channel is inactive and all of the videos on it have been deleted.
*Tyler Finx (formerly TylerDelynn): Tyler's solo channel. He primarily focused on a bunch of old school games. The channel has not had a video uploaded on it since 2013.
*Siber170: Tyson's solo channel. He mainly played Xbox and PlayStation games such as Jak and Daxter, Spyro the Dragon, and Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse. The channel has been inactive since 2014, with Tyson choosing to upload on the Koopa Couple channel instead.
*MrSuhSpence: Spencer's solo channel. He mainly plays shooter games like Borderlands, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and Tomb Raider. The channel has been inactive since 2017.
===Two-player channels===
*2Bros1Up: Chris and Tyler's Co-op channel. They mainly played Nintendo games together. The first channel eventually got deleted but the two reinstated a new channel with the same name and continued playing two-player games together. However, following the resignation of both Chris and Tyler from WRTP, the channel has been inactive since 2017.
*TSInCoOperated: This channel was Tyson and Spencer's old Co-Op channel, where they mainly played shooter games. The channel was deleted a long time ago. Due to Chris and Tyler resigning from WLTP, the main channel essentially became their new two-player channel.
*Koopa Couple: The two-player channel of Tyson and his wife Cassie. It essentially was the successor channel to Siber170 and TSInCoOperated, as Tyson and Cassie played two player games on the channel together. The channel has been inactive since 2017.
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