Not a Man's Game
For example, every time you score in this game (and randomly on big plays) the game switches to this animation that calls for you to wave your Wiimote in order to celebrate and receive a player boost depending on how hard you celebrate. What the heck? To make it worse, the animation has these players repeating the celbration over and over. For example, say I have a LB make a sack. This animation will show a red light in the background that grows brighter and larger as I wave my Wiimote. It will then show him getting up off of the ground and celebrating. Before that celebration is over he is shown getting up from the ground again and starting from square one.
The upside to the childish play is evident in the ability to create your own routes. At the line of scrimmage you have the option to choose a receiver (or multiple receivers) and completely change his route. I'm not talking about playmaker or smart route either. I mean you can draw plays in the dirt like you would in a game with your friends in the back yard. It only gets annoying in online mode when a guy can run a receiver from side to side with triple and quadruple moves on a route. It is almost a given that the WR is eventually going to break free.
Another downfall to this title is the rosters are way off. I usually play with the Redskins and their roster is jacked. I have noticed a few other teams who have also been shorted a few players. At first I thought there were just a few select rookies from the draft who weren't put into the game because they weren't sure if these guys would make the cut. Quickly I realized that the Skins starting strong safety, Chris Horton was not even on the game. Not even as a backup. They did TE Fred Davis on the game and WR Devin Thomas but it is missing players such as former University of Hawaii standout, Colt Brennan. How can a game miss a player of that magnitude? To make things worse I got all of my QBs hurt one game and the game didn't even acknowledge that WR Antwaan Randle El was the team's emergency QB. Instead I was stuck using a punter as the QB. I would say the roster definitely needs to improve next year.
Overall, this game is just another Madden title but the "grown man factor is taken away by a bunch of useless attmpts to entertain the younger generation. I'm sure Xbox 360 appreciates the free sales Nintendo is sending their way by forcing people to play this childish game.