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102. Wii Sports (handsomeboy2012)


Wii Sports is basically a glorified tech demo, but it was actually pretty fun to pick up and play from time to time. Now I'm not a huge fan of motion controls, but I also never took Ulti's heavy-handed stance that they were the impending death of gaming either. However, the one place they felt like a natural fit was with sports games, especially since they largely mimic the motions you would do if you were playing that sport in real life, as opposed to waggling to blast off into space or swing a sword, which isn't how you would do either of those things in real life, in case you were unaware. The motion controls actually added a layer of immersion for something like Wii Sports.

Now as far as the individual games are concerned, I don't think I ever played boxing for whatever the reason. Golf was all right, but three holes always felt like too small of a number. There was no real diversity in the gameplay since it was always the same three holes and you weren't facing off against the other person directly. Bowling had some of the same issues, but it let you play more frames and it had multiple modes. Plus, a game of bowling has a wider range of possible outcomes. Baseball was fun, albeit a little hampered by the fact that there was no fielding. Still, there's inherent satisfaction in blasting a home run off of your friend or striking him out. Tennis was where it was at though. Playing that was a blast. You had direct competition against the other person, you could stage crazy rallies, and the games went on long enough that it didn't really feel like you were missing any of the experience. They got that one right.

Bonus Question: What was your favorite game in Wii Sports?

That's it for tonight. We should complete the second tier tomorrow!
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