Aug 2, 2009 0
A quick review of…Wii Sports Resorts
When I reserved the upcoming Wii Sports Resorts game a few weeks ago I was drawn in by the advertising and presentation of the new Wii MotionPlus attachment. I decided to go out and buy another Motion Plus attachment for the second Wii controller. I was hoping for a revival of my Wii console, like I was back to the days when I first bought a Wii.
First thoughts
If like me your a casual game player, perhaps bought the Wii console because of the original Wii Sports Games pack was all the rage. Spending the occasional evening playing different games by yourself or with family or friends.
Launching the game is a quick mini demo of Mii parachuting out of the plane. You control the Mii orientation by rotating your controller and you can immediately see the accuracy of the Wii MotionPlus brings to the controller. You can see what the motion plus does with close to 1:1 response precision. It matches the slightest of wrist rotations and movements.
The Wii sports resorts has 12 games, two of which you will already be familiar, golf and bowling games came with the original Wii sports games, except they are refined to work with the MotionPlus. The other games are Archery, Basketball, Canoeing, Cycling, Frisbee, Sword play, Table Tennis, wake boarding, power cruising, and air sports. There are options for single and multilayer modes except dogfight game which is 2 player only.
Conclusion
I was hoping the new Wii sports Resorts would resurrect those fun times but the whole experience left me a bit flat. Out of all the games there are to choose you’ll find a few games you will like. I enjoy table tennis, golf, and archery games the most. The added accuracy of the MotionPLus attachment does make the experience muvh more enjoyable particularly table tennis. But some of the games, such as Basketball, Cycling, Wakeboarding are a little boring which left me a bit disappointed.
2 weeks on..
I find that Wii Sports Resort has grown on me and I return to table tennis, archery, and Frisbee games more often. It’s worth a buy because I feel games like these should of course be played in company with others to really enjoy.
I rate this 7.5 / 10.
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