Fun and friendly

User Rating: 7.3 | Wii Sports WII
Well, if this isn't the polar opposite of another game on the Wii I will fail to mention right now. This game is fun in short bursts, a blast in multiplayer, and features some of the worst looking graphics this side of the 3D accelerator. And you know what? Its more fun that most of the launch titles.

GAMEPLAY

Five sports torn down to their very basics, let me review them individually, in order of my favorites. The Wiimote is pretty good in every sport, if there was problem with it, I noted it in the individual reviews.

Bowling: This is the most fun of the bunch with no competition. Its very basic, but thats the best part. You bowl, get your score, try to beat it. Thats it. With a friend, you fight for every last pin, until its over. Its too much fun with an entire family too. You'll enjoy this no matter what.

Baseball: Its a bit boring, Pitching is crappy, but I do love hitting the ball with the Wiimote. Its just that alone which makes this worth while. Homerun derby mode also has a bit of fun to it, so try that out too.

Tennis: Not really fun, but with two or four people can be worth a play or two.

Boxing and Golf: Golf can be fun, but both are too buggy and sensitive for their own good.

GRAPHICS

The game looks like crap. The Mii are so annoying that it detracts from the overall game. I mean, this is the next generation, and we are seeing SNES quality 3D that probably could have been seen in Star Fox. There are some nice environments, but not enough to save the score.

SOUND

The game sounds pretty poorly too. But, its family friendly and stuff, compliments going all around whenever you do good. Its mediocre with the music not being intrusive on the "action".

VALUE

Multiplayer can be fun for a while, but in the end its just not going to last more than a week or two of limited use.

TILT

Well, this game just has a strange grab to it that kept me interested while it was fun. I can't feel that it deserves a bad tilt, so I'll give it a good tilt.

OVERALL

Just a family friendly fun game.