Nintendo Wii - Wii Sports Review

Wii Sports is a great game! It came with the Nintendo Wii, so it is the first game I ever played on it.

There are five "sports" you can play with this game: tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, and boxing.

In tennis, you simply swing the WiiMote to hit the ball.  In baseball, you can swing the bat or throw the ball.  In bowling, you bowl the ball.  In golf, you swing the club, and in boxing, you use the WiiMote and Nunchuk to hit your opponent.

Every time you play one of the sports, you acquire points towards that sport.  Once you get 1000 or more points, you become "Pro." In some games, something special happenes when you are Pro, such as in bowling, where you get a special ball with stars all over it.

For each sport, there is also three training games.  For example, in golf, you have to try to land the ball on a target, trying to get the highest points possible.

There is also the "Wii Fitness Age," which is a very, verydumbed down version of Wii Fit.  What you do is play a series of three games from the training portion of Wii Sports.  These games represent balance, speed, and stamina.  You can be anywhere from 20-80 years old. You can only take the test once a day, and it you can see it on a graph which represents a period of three months.

Personally, having played Wii Fit, this does not even compare.  But, Wii Sports is less expensive (since it's pretty much free and comes with the Wii Console), it's very casual, and it's very fun playing with friends. But, it does get very boring after a while. If you are contemplating whether to get Wii Sports or Wii Fit, I would go with the latter. It does depend on your circumstance, though.  If you are looking for a short, yet fun, casual game, I would go with Wii Sports.