I used to love pinball "back in the day", and I've tried a lot of virtual pinball games, but never really found one I've thought was "great".  A few have been pretty good, but overall there hasn't been a standout. Pinball in VG's has been mostly disposable in the VG market to me at best.

I saw this realeased for the Wii (and PS2/P) and started looking for it upon release. I finally picked this up a few weeks back (couldn't find it anywhere) and had to post something about it.  

The Good :
 
$29.99
Best virtual pinball game I've ever played period. If you like Pinball, this is a must own (Wii version only)
The Wii controls "feel" like pinball. The B Button on the Wiimote and Z button on the nunchuck are the flippers.
You can shake the machine a bit, tilt is very close to the actually amount of shake it would take to tilt a real machine.
Visually looks exactly like all the original machines.
Way beyond the first entry in the series, the Gottlieb collection (looked good but was really boring).
Actually has a game mode where you go through all the machines and get certain scores or achievements to get points and unlockables. 
One of the Top 15 rated games for the Wii on Metacritic.
Has 5 out of 5 stars on Amazon's customer reviews.
 
The Bad :
 
Made by Crave, master of Shovelware. But this is far from shovelware.
Hard to find, I found from a GameStop employee that it might be exclusive to Best Buy & Amazon.
They COULD have used the Wiimote as the ball plunger, but used the stick on the nunchuck instead.
No other con's I can think of.

Pick this up if you like pinball, you won't regret it. (If you don't like pinball get Okami!) 

 From Metacritic:

Wii : Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (2008) 81
PSP : Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (2008) 76
PS2 : Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (2008) 72

Pinball games don't usually get 81's. Here's why this title did.....

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91

Gaming Age

Not only does it play a fantastic game of pinball, but has the best collection to date.

85

ZTGameDomain

Overall, this is a must have for those of you who would like to take the journey to gaming past. It?s like a trip to a time before fanboyism, blogging, global warming, and reality Television (cringe).

85

NintendoWorldReport

Pinball Hall of Fame is unapologetically faithful to its source material, and doesn't offer any olive branches to those who have never found pinball compelling. Nevertheless, FarSight Studios has crafted a wonderfully authentic pinball experience.

84

GameZone

Whether you own the first game or not, if you love pinball, this is a can?t-miss release.

80

GameDaily

More tables would've been ideal, but this Pinball Hall of Fame is still worth multiple visits.

80

G4 TV

The Williams Collection is a top-tier set of pinball tables that fans should not pass up.

80

IGN

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection was made for pinball wizards: it's a fantastic fan service of the game's recent past that puts excellent attention to the detail of the genre.

80

GameSpot

This collection of 10 pinball tables offers more than enough variety to justify the price that you pay for infinite credits.

80

Console Gameworld

An excellent pinball title and a perfect dose of retro action that won't get old fast.

70

Games Radar

But let everyone, regardless of skill level, have the tables you?ve written on the back of the box with no strings attached. They paid for them.

The average user rating for this game is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

is this shovelware game... @ a shovelware price.... say... umm.. $15?

$29.99

 Thats the price of RE4, Z&W, RE:UC, plus many other great Wii games... think i'll pass

I have it for free on my computer.

The problem with pinball is that it gets boring after 5 minutes. I guess you had to grow up with it.

Maybe pinball isn't your thing (not really mine either), but.... RE: UC is $49 and ranked number 30 on metacritic.

This is $29 and ranked number 16 on metacritic. So, it appears this is a better game then RE: UC at a better price.

Your welcome to pass, but you should give better examples if you are going to try to hide behind something other than the fact that you just are not interested in pinball... espcially if you already have RE4 and Z&W and are looking for another game....

Wonder how this compares to Dream Pinball 3D which is $19 for the wii.... (and has no reviews...)

I have RE4, Z&W, RE:UC, No More Heroes, Okami, etc. This is not that. This is pick up and play, it's pinball for God's sake! But in addition to longer games, I also like puzzle games(I guess Z&W is included in that), Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Wii sports, arcade games, etc. This is an excellent title for anyone who appreciates those type of games, and if you like Pinball, this is the best simulator I've ever played.

I'm not going to try Dream Pinball for a while, if at all. I didn't expect a Pinball game to be this good, I'm not going to ruin the experience.

Amazon user reviews (about the only place I trust user reviews) has it at 5/5 stars based on 23 reviews.

Dream pinball has 1 star (lowest rating) based on 1 review so far.

Definitely sounds like this is worth the $10 more...

I'm still trying to locate a copy. T_T

A lot of people who know their pinball call it the best pinball sim ever on a console. I'm pretty seriously into pinball, so I really want this.

I wish they'd make the motion responsive enough to let you do a bang back. They never let you pull that off in the simulators.

yer pinball is somehting you have to grow up with to appreciate.

Also games like Mini Desktop Racing. I remember a cool game like that on the PC years ago that had other cars you raced around desks and room floors etc..