Wii Sports- Why so popular?
Wii Sports has become such a successful game for the Wii that it is now a mainstay for the console, owned by almost everyone who owns a Wii! Highly addictive gameplay and content have led to Wii Sports becoming one of the most successful games in years and includes many breakout and innovative features.
For example, to hit the ball in the tennis game, one merely swings the controller to the left or right. One does not have to fiddle with a small controller pad to play the game. To hit a baseball, one holds the controller similar to how one would hold a baseball bat. This is the most realistic game play we have ever seen for sports video games.
The games included are tennis, baseball, boxing, bowling, and golf. The boxing game requires a separate "nunchuck" which plugs into the controller.
All games include training, standard play, several multiplayer choices, and the ability to create your own characters.
Simular to real life, practice is what makes perfect in Wii Sports. In tennis, one can focus on returning the ball or placing the ball within a specific area. In baseball, one can practice pitching or batting. Boxing can be used to hone your stamina, accuracy and ability to dodge, duck and weave.
Single player mode involves competing against the computer in order to gain experience points, which are in turn utilized to raise your level.
The multiplayer option allows two, three, or four players to compete against one another. This is Wii Sports at its most immersive and rewarding. Its one thing to pit your skill against a challenging computer player, another to play with living, breathing people whose real-life movements (as well as yours) directly correspond with onscreen gameplay. Of course, each player must have his or her own controller.
With Wii Sports, you can create your own characters and save them for later use. To create your own character, one simply starts with a character from the "Mii channel". The character can then be customized to one's own liking. Some of these characters can be used in games other than Wii Sports.
Many gamers enjoy saving their Wii Sports characters to the Wii remote controller, and will take them to a friend's house, and insert the character into the game at the friend's house. This adds greater personality to the gaming experience.
Wii Sports has been the darling of many games reviewers, and despite a few quibbles here and there, remains a hugely distinctive and popular game.