Wii Sports is the game that Nintendo are pushing over all others as the title for the Wii. At every press conference, in every media pack, in every press release Wii Sports is being heralded as the game of all games for the innovative new system. It is an interesting move to make your key title one that graphically looks like a load of deformed LEGO characters running around, but Nintendo seem pretty adamant that it is what they want to do. Having played it extensively at the recent London event, we only have good things to report.
Well, almost only good things. The sheer simplicity of Wii Sports will undoubtedly make it an instant hit, but there are subtle depths to this title that will make it the sort of game you come back to time and time again. The five sports included in the package are: Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Boxing and Bowling; the sort of mix that will appeal to people of all ages, all cultures and all tastes. What we love about each of the games is the simplicity in which they can be played.
In Wii Tennis for example, all you have to do to hit the ball is physically swing your arm (holding the main Wii controller like a tennis racket) and off flies the ball.
You can add top spin by hitting over the ball, backspin by hitting under the ball and slice and sidespin by hitting the ball at different angles. You can hit lob shots, drop shots, passing shots, power shots, smash shots, volleys...whatever you like. And nothing feels awkward or difficult to do. If you want to hit a power shot you simply swing your arm faster, if you want to hit a lob you simply swing your arm up a bit. It is just like playing tennis, only here you dont have to run, which will be good news for the obese amongst the gaming populous.
And all the games follow a similar premise. In baseball, the faster you swing your arm the harder you will hit the ball. You also have to get the direction and the timing right, so there is also a lot of skill involved and the same can be said for all the Wii Sports titles. In golf you have to get the power just right or the ball will travel too far or not far enough. This is a lot more difficult than it sounds as you literally do have to get the power exactly right or the ball will go way off target. This can cause some rather considerable problems when trying to putt or attempting an approach shot onto the green. However, with a certain amount of practice we did start to get the hang of things and the game was a lot more enjoyable as a result.
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) noch niemand. bisher wurden die spiele ausschließlich auf 16:9 hdtv displays präsentiert. denke aber nicht das es auf einem guten röhren-tv schei*e aussehen wird, ist ja nicht so das die spiele auf 720p optimiert sind. da alles von anfang an für pal optimiert ist wirds da wohl keine probleme geben....
Wird das geil.
