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Wii Sports Wii
TheDeadMetalhead - contributor
  578 days 2 hours ago | View Game Profile
A good game that's free?
As a matter of fact, yes! Wii Sports is a game that comes with any new Wii that you buy, and it does a great job of introducing, and getting you hooked, on the many new innovations that Wii has to offer.

Gameplay
When I first bought my Wii, I must've spent 30 hours straight playing Wii Sports non-stop (not joking here), and it's not hard to see why. Wii Sports is possibly the newest and most original game since when Mario Bros. saved the game industry 23 years ago. Let me break down the game modes, first.

Tennis
Tennis is a 2-on-2 match on a tennis court. It's 1-4 player, and it turns your Wii Remote into a Tennis Racket by having you swing the Wii remote to swing the Tennis Racket on screen. I never did like tennis, so I don't play this one much. It's still good fun, though.

Golf
Golf is one of the harder games to learn and master. It works just like real Golf: you try to get the ball in the hole in less than the amount of strokes allowed. The fewer strokes you use, the lower your score (low scores are good in Golf). Timing your swing is completely different in Wii Sports than in most golf games. In Wii Sports, you just have to swing for power without going over the power meter. While I do enjoy swinging the Remote like a Golf Club, it is far too oversensitive, and will most likely lead you to overpowered and inaccurate shots until you get the hang of it. But once you figure it out, Golf is pretty fun.

Bowling
My second favorite sport on this game is Bowling. To play, you just swing the Remote like you would with a Bowling Ball (Do NOT let go). The rules are just like regular Bowling, so no suprises. My throws always curve right for some reason. It's 1-4 Players.

Baseball
The Baseball on here is kind of lame, to be honest. All you do is swing the bat or pitch the ball (Outfielders move on their own). To swing, just swing the Remote like a Baseball bat and to Throw, do a throwing motion with the Wii Remote (again, do NOT let go!). The rules are the same as normal Baseball except that there's only 3 innings instead of 9. It's 1-2 players.

Boxing
The only game on here that uses the Nunchuk, Boxing has you doing punching motions with the Wii Remote to knockout your opponent. The game lasts for 3 2minute matchs or until someone's knocked out.

Cool game, huh? There's also Training modes (which are like minigames) and the Wii Fitness Test (Similar to Brain Age's Brain test). I also should mention that you use Miis to play the sports and in order to record your progress you must make your own Mii from the Wii menu.

Graphics
The graphics have their moments. The Golf courses and Bowling Alleys look great. But most of the time it's just average (the audience for Baseball is just a bunch of circles. lol). It won't blow you away, but it doesn't hurt to look at, either.

Sound
The sound is too basic. The music is on the weak side, and when your playing the sports there's no music at all (except for Bowling).

Controls
The controls are simple and responsive. The motion controls are a great addition and really help bring the sports to life.

Overall
Wii Sports probably won't win any awards, but for $0, it's the best freebie you'll ever get :)
Ups
Amazing and Responsive controls
Nice Variety of game modes
Uses all of the Wii's new functions
Downs
Weak Graphics
Weak Sound
Rating Comments
6.5 Graphics
The graphics aren't good, but not bad. They're just okay.
5.0 Sound
There's barely music, and the sounds coming out of the speaker sound bad, too.
9.5 Gameplay
It's new and very imaginitave.
9.2 Fun Factor
Great fun alone or with friends.
- Online
No online (Big suprise, right?)
8.0
Overall
(out of 10 / not an average)
 


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ry-guy - 578 days 2 hours ago
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Man!

My throws in bowling hook to the right too. No matter how straight I think I'm swinging my arm it still hooks right.

I wonder if it is because I set my throw as left handed and that is a natural hook to it for the game mechanics?
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TheDeadMetalhead - 577 days 18 hours ago
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...because I'm left-handed too! It's okay, though, because I've learned to use it to my advantage. Heh heh heh.
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