At the risk of sounding like a Nintendo fan-girl; Wii Sports is amazing!
The graphics are bright and cheery, but nothing the Gamecube couldn’t do.
The sports are basic, and would only be considered bonus games on another platform.
Fine control is fiddly and can sometimes appear arbitrary.
BUT IT’S SO MUCH FUN!
There were five of us last night crowded in a friend’s tiny bedroom, golfing, bowling and boxing. And we spent over five hours just playing Wii Sports (with a half hour break for Monkeyball and food).
You know you are on to a winner when a spectacular putt or a brutal low blow makes the whole room erupt with victorious or sympathetic noises.
Making the Mii (a virtual you) part of the console operation, and therefore transferable between games, is a great way to build in association with your character. OK so it’s not up to Second Life standards, but you can create very recognisable personas. And it’s that bond that makes us all wince as a below the belt uppercut swept Rick off his feet in Wii Boxing.
I’m not sure where they are going to end up, but Nintendo are back on the ascent.
Existing
5 days ago
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I think they've found their niche: solid machines that innovate in ways that are fun rather than just chucking more power at the graphics engine. The Gameboy DS was a good example of that and the Wii is doing it also.
It's amazing that before E3 Nintendo were being written off as a loser in the console race, but they're now touted as a success, simply by playing to their own rules.
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