Golf is quite fun, and has the basic principles of the game. It has different clubs, different grass types, wind, and a power meter for your swing. The play must stand in a golf swing stance and hit the ball in the direction of the hole. Its fun and challenging, however moving your wrist for a swing is sufficient and that is the only player interaction. Up to four people can play using 1 remote.
Tennis is more interactive, swinging your wii remote is the same as your racket. Over hand and under hand matters on how you hit the tennis ball. The user plays both the forward and rear positions unless more people play (up to four) and they can play all the positions. While this game is my personal favorite it is limited to only 2 courts. While golf has several courses.
Bowling is a great game, its fun, easy to play for anyone, and mostly realistic. The down side to this game is the spin on the ball. Its almost impossible to make the ball spin, and the user has exaggerate twisting your arm to put spin on the ball. Up to 4 people can play on one remote.
Boxing is extremely fun and by far the most interactive. The user must connect the nun-chuck and the wii remote together and punch just like a real boxer would. This includes blocking, and leaning with the controllers to dodge punches. The rules are the same for real boxing but each player has a health pie chart. This game can be played by up to 2 people, but 2 wii remotes are needed and nun-chucks.
Baseball is very limited. 4 players can play, but it is limited to a hitter and the pitcher. The hitter swings the wii remote as a batter, and the pitcher acts like they are throwing the ball but hold down one of the buttons on the remote. This changes the thrown ball type; fastball, curve ball, and splitter. Its fun but so limited as a game its not very entertaining, this game only requires the wii remote.
Overall the games are fun, and best played with someone else. In each game the more its played, you can unlock extra games in that category. I think Wii Sports is a good foundation as to what to expect in games, although I am hopeful that it improves. I feel like although this game is good for kids, it is overall too limited for adults to continuously play over and over again.
Next week I am going to play a Wii game other than the game that came and I will report back on the controls and interactivity of it. I would like to see if Nintendo has made better games than Wii Sports and increased interactivity.
I used to have a wii, but had to sell it this semester to get a math book. I hope that move pays off someday, it just sucks for now. Here is a suggestion, if you are into this type of game: Resident Evil 4, wii edition, not gamecube edition. My all time favorite game on any console, but the best game I ever played on the wii. Great control scheme once you get used to it. Scary game, paced out well, good story, and high replayability. Give it a shot sometime, let me know what you think.
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