Wii Sports

When Wii Sports first came out as a pack-in game with the original Wii console during the launch in 2006, it became a game changer during its generation where it competed with the ps3 , which was released around the same time and became the best selling blu ray player of all time until the ps4 came out, and the xbox 360, the second video game console to use an online premium network used by its previous generation (ps3 was second along with psp/vita and ps4), which at the time was the hottest console a year after it came out. Over the years, Wii Sports became one of the top selling video games of all time and its appeal to all ages shows. In terms of challenging games, I say golf, tennis, boxing, and baseball are tough, while bowling is easy to beat since you don't compete against the CPU but yourself in single player. Graphics are cartoony but simple, and the game never crashes!!!

When I think of the Wii, I instantly think of playing this specific game back when I was a kid and still lived at an apartment complex. The complex we lived at was mostly for older folks, so in the lobby, they had a Wii attached to the tv as a way for the older folks to get some exercise. Now, I'm gonna be real here, but none of the older residents I watched play didn't actually stand up, or really do much exercise at all. They mostly just played bowling by swinging the controller beside their wheelchair or chair. I guess you could consider it exercise in the shoulder region, but that was about it that it was used for.... Except it wasn't. Me and my brother hogged the hell outta this console, playing a mixture of all the game modes on Wii Sports. Baseball I remember was so damn fun, I would get home runs nonstop. Boxing was another mode me and my brother played a lot of. I would always try and find a new technique to knock him out, truly pissing my brother off on multiple occasions. Volleyball and Table tennis were also really fun modes, but to be honest, the mode we played the most of was, in fact, bowling. It was a very fun game mode, but I think the reason we played it so often is because if there were older folks out in the lobby, they would A) want to play bowling too or b) not want to watch us play anything else except bowling. This was our dilemma, but it wasn't bad. The oldies would be asleep past 8pm so we could basically do whatever we wanted past then. Wii Sports was abused to the point where to this day, I wouldn't be surprised they still play it. It was a really enjoyable game that was a huge part of my childhood. Probably wouldn't play again, but damn was it fun while it lasted.

To this day Wii sports is still fun to play. I remember playing it back in like 2007 and to this day it is still fun. Hate how it became a meme never understood that.

Wii Sports is one of the launch titles for the Nintendo Wii.

It doesn't try to be a masterpiece and a brilliant experience like Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, or Super Mario Galaxy.

It's just a game for everyone and THAT is what makes this game fun. Some people like to call this game a MASTERPIECE, I think it's too simple and basic to call a masterpiece, but I get why they say it is. I like the motion controls. My favorite sports are boxing and tennis in this game. I sometimes have problems playing baseball and tennis with the motion controls being sometimes somewhat clunky. But all and all Wii sports is a classic and a fun game. I wouldn't say that if you buy a Wii you should get it if it isn't included with the wii that you bought just because it's too expensive now for what it is. I think games like Super Mario Galaxy, Goldeneye 007, Twilight Princess, Disney's Epic Mickey, and Wii Play are better value with the 10-20 dollars range of Wii games rather than paying 35 dollars for Wii Sports. If it comes with the console, that's GREAT but if it doesn't, buy it after. I recommend this game to anyone. A 9.5/10 in it's genre and a 9/10 overall.

I still remember the first time I got myself a Nintendo Wii in the Christmas of 2007. Every Wii owner has this game bundled with the console with 5 simple yet very fun and well designed games showcasing the Wii's motion controls. Golf is my favourite game of them all since it has the most depth and freedom of control, with 12 well designed courses. The music is memorable too with the introduction of the input of Mii character that you make on the Mii channel. Overall a very inventive game to introduce you to the magic that is the Nintendo Wii