POLL: Favorite "Wii Sports" Game

[Texasmame]

I put them in the order of preference for me.  I'm the tennis master in my house and I hate real tennis!  I like the golf a great deal also and also have never played a round of real golf due to a horrid dislike for it. 

What a great little system this is!  

[Zero_Hour]

If I'm just playing alone, then it's Bowling (usually the training rounds - big time fun) with Golf second.

If my wife is joining me, then it's Tennis for sure. The computer opponents on Tennis peaked out too soon, and playing them has become a little too stale.

Even though I don't much care for the Baseball or Boxing games proper, the Training games for both of them are still a ton of fun for me. Really, just about all of the training rounds are a blast.

[abrannan]

It's Boxing for me, though I'm at the point where my victories aren't convincing enough to get me more than 7 skill points, so I keep facing the same opponent over and over again. 

Tennis and Bowling are the next two for me.  I don't care much for Baseball and Golf (probably because I'm lousy at them).

[CCM]

My friend has a Wii and I could only stomach playing it for about an hour.  I just didn't like it at all, got completely bored with it very quickly... 

[Jouster]

I have yet to partake...I did try the bowling game at a local mall during the Xmas rush last year.  I can't find a local store that can keep them in stock long enough for me to get there and buy one.

Jouster

[tommy]

The tennis does not seem to very accurate and there does not seem to be much you can do to make the ball go where you would like it to go, so while it is a good idea i do not think it was made very well next to the rest of the sports games. 

Boxing is just horrible and I'm sure we will see a much better boxing game in the future.

The bowling is best for me.

[Zero_Hour]

The trick to Tennis is the timing of your shot, as far as controlling where you want to hit it. Once you get the hang of that, the computer opponents fall like dominoes.

There's probably a trick to Boxing, but I haven't figured it out. I just plain stink at it.

[tommy]

Yeah i know you have to swing late to get it to go to the opposite side and early to pull it but it still does not seem very accurate. 

[abrannan]

The tennis does not seem to very accurate and there does not seem to be much you can do to make the ball go where you would like it to go, so while it is a good idea i do not think it was made very well next to the rest of the sports games. 

Boxing is just horrible and I'm sure we will see a much better boxing game in the future.

The bowling is best for me.

The games were made for accessibility, not realism, so we'll definitely see more accurate sports games in the future.  That's why you don't have to control where your Mii runs in Tennis, or where the throw the ball in Baseball, or club facing in Golf, etc.  


I'm curious what you find so "horrible" in the boxing.  Granted, it's not Fight Night, but's it's a lot better than Mo-Cap Boxing, or 90% of the boxing games I've played.  Unlike Punch-Out, it actually allows you to play offensively if you so wish.  

[tommy]

I just did not find he punches to go where i wanted them in the boxing. I think you meant defensively in your punchout statement and you can guard and move from side to side in punchout also.

[Samstag]

Yeah i know you have to swing late to get it to go to the opposite side and early to pull it but it still does not seem very accurate. 

Alternate explanation:  you just suck at it.

When you get the hang of it, it's pretty simple to put the ball wherever you like.

[tommy]

Oh no, not being good at it not the explanation, i have the highest score you can get and cannot go any higher.

Can't people just think it's not very good without something else being the case?

[koolmoecraig]

Tennis and bowling.

[tommy]

Tennis and bowling.

 

Cheats.  Nah, i was one strike away myself a few times. 

[AtomSmasher]

Can't people just think it's not very good without something else being the case?

Of course they can, but your complaint was with inaccurate controls, and it seems most people here find the controls to be fairly accurate once you get good at the game, so the logical assumption is that you are not very good at the game.

[patrickl]

I think the better you get the more hindered you are by the controls

[ChadTower]

Don't underestimate tommy's ability to manipulate an undersized, offshape white cylinder in the palm of his hand.

[tommy]

Don't underestimate tommy's ability to manipulate an undersized, offshape white cylinder in the palm of his hand.

You know it baby. 

[ChadTower]

That was unexpected.

[tommy]

I think the better you get the more hindered you are by the controls

Hey somebody gets it.

 It's just too repetitive, i know that's how the game is meant to be, just hit the ball back and fourth but it could be more responsive than it is.

[RayB]

The games are great little "introductions" to the Wii, but I immediately felt the need to go out and rent some other variety of games.

Wii is great though. The interface, and input with tactile feedback is just brilliant. It definitely is much more than "just a light gun". It's amazing how well and quick I can browse around with that pointer.

Wario Ware Smooth Moves is a fun and funny game which really shows the versatility of what can be done with the controller.

[tommy]

The Wii is also going to get some people healthier than they might not have been with all the moving around it makes you do. Hell, i even wanted to go play some baseball after playing that game but all i ended up doing was going bowling with a buddy.

[Texasmame]

The tennis does not seem to very accurate and there does not seem to be much you can do to make the ball go where you would like it to go, so while it is a good idea i do not think it was made very well next to the rest of the sports games. 

Boxing is just horrible and I'm sure we will see a much better boxing game in the future.

The bowling is best for me.

With the exception of boxing, I find all the actions interfaced via the Wiimote to be much more accurate than I expected upon first hearing of the Wii.  No complaints here!

[Apollo]

I've never used it but I voted for golf.

[Texasmame]

I've never used it but I voted for golf.

 

[jbox]

The games are great little "introductions" to the Wii, but I immediately felt the need to go out and rent some other variety of games.

Hmmm.....

[RTSDaddy2]

I voted golf, but I'm actually pretty fond of all 5....it's just that the golf has been the most fun - and challenging - for me so far.

Allow me to explain both points: 1) fun - my 4 year old daughter loves to play golf with Daddy.  Now it's funny enough imagining a very excited 4 year old with a Wiimote, but add to it that the little hacker (she swings like Bonds aiming for the fences) can often hit the ball straighter and farther than I can, and you've got the makings of a true laugh fest around our house!

2) challenging - have you played Tiger Woods golf for the Wii and then immediately gone back to Wii golf?  It's just about near impossible for me to do - I can't find my rhythm with my Mii's stroke after a game of Woods golf.

(I do believe there's probably a line in #2, but I'll leave it for someone else).

[patrickl]

I love the tennis game, but I still feel that it could (or should) have been a lot better. They claim it's just like playing real tennis for real, but it simply is not. Not even close.

The boxing I really don't get (didn't play it much though, I usually just play Tennis and Bowling). Wish there was some explanation on how to use it. Sometimes it throws some insane punches and other times (when I think I do the exact same move) it just does nothing or it lands some lame "tap".

[ChadTower]

It's nothing like real tennis.  I was trying to play it like real tennis and kept getting destroyed by a bunch of guys that had never played tennis and were just flicking their wrists to control the ball.

[RayB]

Compared to moving a THUMBSTICK around and pressing BUTTONS, it's got "realistic" controls.

[ChadTower]

You're still moving a thumbstick around.  The player doesn't move itself around the court.

[patrickl]

Compared to moving a THUMBSTICK around and pressing BUTTONS, it's got "realistic" controls.

Well true, but I'd rather see it changed that the direction of the ball would not be only timing related and that it would really detect a top spin stroke (now it turns into a lobbed ball).

[Samstag]

You're still moving a thumbstick around.  The player doesn't move itself around the court.

Which game are you playing?  Wiisports tennis uses only the wiimote.  The players move on their own.

[ChadTower]

I thought I remembered using the thumbstick to move the player around... maybe that was one of the other Wii sports games.  Bowling maybe?

[Samstag]

None of the Wiisports games use the thumbstick.  One of the Wiiplay games (tanks) allowed use of it but it was optional.

Here's some video of a 22-month-old kid showing Chad and Tommy how to play: 

[hypernova]

Bowling and Golf. 

Tennis ticks me off many times.  At seemingly random points, and well-timed stroke ends up somehow being a complete whiff.  And watching the replay of it just solidifies my belief of "WTF???"  And I absolutely hate the ball control on it.  I don't play tennis, but I play table tennis, and the backwards ball control drives me insane.  I undercut to make the ball go faster?  How?  Why?  That makes absolutely no sense at all!

Boxing is just random.  About the only thing that ever works correctly is the fact that the correct arm comes out.  Landing a punch in the right spot (or many times even in the general spot) can be frustrating.  Hooks are difficult to trigger, and uppercuts...just forget about it.  Unless someone has some pointers on what they do to get hooks and ucuts consistently...I'd love to hear 'em.

Baseball's just kinda cheesy.  It's a little TOO simplified.

It's a decent game, and a great pack-in, but it's got some serious faults in my book.

[SparXalt]

Gotta be Bowling, I totally suck at the rest and watching that two year old play just make it worse. 

[Texasmame]

are difficult to trigger, and uppercuts...just forget about it.  Unless someone has some pointers on what they do to get hooks and ucuts consistently...I'd love to hear 'em.

Same here.  Damn uppercuts are near impossible and once every 3 or so tries, I get in a nice hook bodyblow.