Overall 8.1 Graphics 6.3 Sound 8 Addictive 7.8 Story 10 Depth 6 Difficulty 4
6.5
The Outset of an Unique Console EideticMemory
The Outset of an Unique Console
Released in 2006, Wii Sports immerses new players into various sports, including bowling, tennis, golf, boxing, and baseball. While the games are merely shells of the sports, they provide an effective introduction to the console and a great first impression.
For those in US and Europe, the game comes free with the console. Elsewhere, you must pay expensive prices to buy it new or slightly used.
Since you may not have free access to the game, it’s necessary for me to provide critical analysis to help you decide whether to spend that extra cash.
So without further ado, let’s jump in!
Graphics: 3 / 10While the graphics are simple and unobtrusive, I’m disappointed with their lack of quality. In the golf courses and the tennis court, the graphics look similar to what could be played on consoles Nintendo released years ago.
However, the simple graphics may have been a smart move on the part of Nintendo; they make the game look less daunting and entice friends and family of all ages to try it out. In that respect, Nintendo uses Wii Sports to distinguish the Wii from other consoles.
SInce the characters are “Mii”s created from the console startup, their unrealistic design is intentional.
While the graphics may have been a ploy to enjoy wider success, their poor detail still means a low score for this category.
3 / 10.
Sound / Music: 10 / 10A strength, the music brings an exciting and carefree atmosphere to the game. The songs are distinct and easily recognizable; They’re meant to be remembered and they do bring back pleasant memories of playing.
The quality of the songs are noteworthy. They appear carefully crafted and the distinct instruments play in harmony. Without a doubt, the impeccable music demonstrates Nintendo’s successful attempt to make a perfect first impression.
Apparent with every move the Mii makes, the sound effects are timed precisely and accurate in their representation of actions. Moreover, they are not excessive and play softly.
Needless to say, I was incredibly impressed. 10 / 10.
Addictiveness: 8 / 10Without technicality in the sports, the game preys on simplicity to make it addictive. The variety of games allows for one to play it for hours without boredom. Sport matches rarely last more than a few minutes, allowing one to play without tiring after a few rounds.
As a social game, the multiplayer feature in sports calls for unprecedented competitiveness between all who play. Shorter games help with switching out and encourages multiple players to stay engaged while others are playing. Multiplayer matches and re-matches can last for several hours until all members of the group are beyond tired.
There is no doubt that playing multiplayer makes the game more addicting than single player. While single player aims for a high score, multiplayer makes playing a matter of pride and competition. Nintendo’s game design encourages players to seek friends and increases Nintendo’s own sales of the Wii after friends find themselves addicted.
After a few weeks of playing, single player matches are almost non-existent and you are likely to stop playing the game unless with friends.
The decline of addiction to single-player over time decreases the score to a still-impressive 8 / 10.
Story: N / AWhile there is no story, the game needs none. Wii Sports is meant for anyone to quickly learn and play with friends who already own the game. Story-based games require new players to start from the beginning to know all details. By avoiding this pitfall,
WS only requires a short period of learning and new players can learn how to play and join in within a matter of minutes.
Depth: 3 / 10With its superficial coverage of individual sports, this game does not rely on depth but breadth.
With only limited depth to the games, technical details can be omitted. However, this does hurt game-play with the most obvious example being Baseball. Without control of outfielders, the game devolves to a match between the pitcher and the hitter. Luck plays an important factor, which decreases enjoyment of the game.
Within games there are three main objectives: to win, to gain enough points to become pro, and to get a highscore (through practice mode).
Other than these three, the game offers virtually no other objectives.
Nintendo combines numerous sport mini-games that would have no chance of selling on their own. As a group, these do comprise an enjoyable game.
While it’s clear that there is basically no depth to
WS, the positive aspects from avoiding technically are undermined by a loss of player control during games.
3 / 10.
Difficulty: 2 / 10The underwhelming difficulty of AI characters coupled with automatic helpful movements from Miis make difficulty non-existent.
Difficulty does increase in Tennis and Boxing as your points rise, but harder AIs still don’t pose much difficulty and are programmed to make mistakes once in a while. Some AIs clearly have exploitable weaknesses based on the pattern of their movements (tennis).
The lack of difficulty makes evident that the game can be played by young kids and the elderly alike. In two out of the five games, you only face yourself, letting anyone aim to beat their own highscore and feel like a winner.
Since the difficulty only arises from hard AIs at really advanced stages of single-player, the difficulty deserves a rating of 2 / 10.
Overall: 6.5 / 10My holistic comparison of important categories leads to a respectable overall score of 6.5 / 10.
Both the weaknesses and strengths of the game were pronounced. The game achieved the goals of Nintendo but may not fulfill your needs as a player. Having received the game for free, I am satisfied. However, I would not recommend paying the steep prices often asked for the game.
These are the essential qualities of the game that you may decide to buy it for:
1. great addition to social parties, especially where there is a diversity of age
2. family-friendly game for kids to play and adults to later join in
3. quick fun and addictive nature to suit current needs, even with the knowledge that your interest will be temporary.
For those three cases specifically, the game is an excellent choice.
I had much fun playing and re-examining
WS. I’m interested to see what you think.
Thank you for reading!
Graphics 3 Sound 10 Addictive 8 Depth 3 Difficulty 2
Review Rating: 5/5
Submitted: 02-05-14
Updated: 02-06-14
Review Replies: 3
7.5
Wii Sports Barathemos
Well this game basically is just an easy game to play if you are very bored. Wii sports is only a compilation of simple, Wii-playable sports games. The included sports are Tennis, Golf, Baseball, Boxing and Bowling. You can also use all of your mi's for the games. Only 5 games doesn't give to much to do. I will give this game a 7.5 overall.Graphics: 8 The graphics are what I call OK. Looking at the screen you are just like "I do not get what is so special about this?" You will really get that feeling! Compared to some other games such as Skylanders, this is not too good graphics wise. The reason I do not give it a very bad score is because the game is that I have seen worse on the Wii, and it is just not that bad. It would just be unfair to give it anything lower. Not the best not the worst, time to move on. Sound: 7 Well the sound is not great but not very bad. You can listen to the sound for a while and have no care in the world, but if you listen to it for too long. The music is in a simple loop that if fair, nothing special. Personally I like the music but I do not just love it, sort of in between. Sound is not very big of a deciding factor in this but it does have a small effect that pulled it down just a small amount. Time to move on. Addictiveness:6This is not what I was looking for but it is fine. This is a game that you can play for an hour than you are like "This is starting to get boring, how about I play Call of Duty!" ( I think this is what Nintendo does not want!) With only 5 games that get boring after a while, and I do not recommend the training either. Not to say that this game is not fun but it does get boring after you play it for a while, good thing it is cheep to buy! Time to move on before I get mad just typing!Story: ?Well this is one spot that I can not give a rating. ( Hint: THERE IS NOT A STORY) JDepth:1Well, this game is TINY! As I have said this game only has 5 modes! (Tennis, Golf, Baseball, Boxing and Bowling) This game has almost nothing to offer to the players. I would rather spend some what 10 extra dollars to buy Wii sports resort, which has around double games. ( 12 to be exact) I have completed all of the sports absolutely flawlessly in like 2 hours! The training is just WAY to easy. As I have said I do not recommend this game. Time to move on.Difficulty: 1Just in case you are just skimming this and missed what I said, I have completed this game in around 2 hours, NOT MUCH TO OFFER AND NOT MUCH TO SPEND YOUR TIME ( or money) ON!!! This game is just a snooze fest after you have played each of the 5 games 5-10 time, not much there! As I have said the games are short and easy. Why did they make it so easy, it is so easy a monkey could probably complete it. Just sayin'. Overall not a bad game not the best but I can not hate on it that much, if you are a bad gamer than this is for you, I would tell you to save your money for Wii Sports Resort, unless this game came with your Wii, if so HAVE FUN!! J
Graphics 8 Sound 7 Addictive 6 Depth 1 Difficulty 1
Review Rating: 4.8/5
Submitted: 03-22-13
Review Replies: 0
7.5
How could I forget this Game? DragonSlayer22
After I reviewed Wii Sports Resort, how could I forget to review this game? This game came on pretty much all Wii's that came out and is one of the most sold games in the world because of it.
Graphics: 5 There are simple graphics for the game. The new system of Mii's at the time were very simple (and still are today) of representing a player as an avatar in the game. The stages that the players go into are nicely detailed (although boxing looks like it's just too dark and the audience is a bunch of 2D textures. Baseball isn't much better, with the audience just being a whole textured panel, no joke). The graphics are not too bright and cartoony, but not too dark and depressing either, like it's just in the middle while feeling realistic at the same time. The rating should be a 5.5~ish but Vizzed won't let me do that.
Sound: 7 The music is nice and relaxing when in the menus, and the sound effects (crowd cheering, etc.) makes you hyped and determined to beat your friend in the game. It also is the first game to show how the sound effects can come out of the Wii remote when needed. Not much else to say here other than you can hear no compression in the audio (which is good because the disk has so much space because the game is so small compared to other games on the market/Wii Shop Channel.
Addictiveness: 7 This game is fun for a while, but then gets kind of boring once you see that there's
Wii Sports Resort sitting right next to the game cover on your shelf. Don't get me wrong, for the time that it came out it was revolutionary, but I mean, Resort though... It is almost better in every way... Doesn't matter though, it's still fun to play games like boxing and golf with your friends and get a nice exercize while doing it.
Story: N/A I have no idea what the story is. You're some guy doing sports? On some contract around the world? You make it up I don't know, there's no story given to you ever in the game besides doing sports.
Depth: 7 There's plenty of things to do in this game, like the main game modes I mentioned and also the minigames and even daily challenges that you can do that keeps you fit in real life. I don't think I have ever seen more of a clever excuse to see more people exercise while playing video games than this game.
Difficulty: 5 Some of the computer opponents are hard when you get to them at a higher rank when winning the games, but the real challenge comes when you have to fight your school friend in boxing and if you lose you have to pay him $10 or he'll tell the whole class about the time you invited him over and forced him/her to do something bad. (this never happened to me of course this is just an example of how extreme the difficulty can be at times).
OVERALL: 7.5 If you had a Wii, you owned this game. if you didn't and just got a used one for $5, then you can get the game for around the same price. The game is not rare and you can find it anywhere. It's a fun game but almost incomparable to Wii Sports Resort, which, for a couple more dollars, comes with more content than this game. I would still give this game a shot nevertheless.
Graphics 5 Sound 7 Addictive 7 Depth 7 Difficulty 5
Review Rating: 4.5/5
Submitted: 07-29-17
Updated: 07-29-17
Review Replies: 0
7.4
Wii Sports mlb789
Wii Sports was the first game to come out along with the Wii system. The game offers five different sports that you can play. They are Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Bowling, and Boxing. Also included in this game are mini games relating to the five different sports. In this game, you get to play as Mii, which is a character you create from the Wii menu. You start off with zero skill points in each game, but you increase the points by competing in the events. This game is able to support four players playing at once, but only in certain game modes can you have all four playing at the same time. For Bowling, you have the ability to play with four players, but you can only play with two players in Baseball.
Graphics 8: The graphics in this game are very good. They don't have that grainy texture that games will sometimes have, which helps them receive this rather high score.
Sound 6: The sounds in this game are average. I would like to have seen a little variation in the game modes, such as full commentary in the baseball mode, but you can only do so much in the first game of the system.
Addictiveness 10: The game is very fun to play. I would always play games such as Mario Kart, then take a break and go back to Wii Sports. The game offers the best sports you could play using the motion sensor, making it more addictive than say, if you had hockey and lacrosse on Wii sports other than baseball and tennis. This game consumed much of my time whenever I would play the Wii.
Story : There is no story in this game, as with most games where sports are involved. Unless you make up your own story about your own Mii in the game, which would be always varying from player to player.
Depth 8: The game has a lot to offer, despite there being only five game modes that you can play. The skill point levels always encourage you to raise up to the expert score of 2,000, which occupies your time as you play. The game also offers the mini games, which are not as fun, but should challenge you to beat them one at a time.
Difficulty 5: This game is not very difficult until you get to the later skill levels. Until you get up to that point though, you should have no problem having fun with the game.
Overall 7.4: While I had fun with this game, I did have a couple problems with it. I would have liked to see a storyline incorporated into the game, just to make the game a little more interesting. Overall though, this game was up to par with most other games in most categories, while exceeded in the others. This game was very fun to play and I will continue to play the game until the new systems obsolete the Wii.
Graphics 8 Sound 6 Addictive 10 Depth 8 Difficulty 5
Review Rating: 4.4/5
Submitted: 05-26-12
Review Replies: 4
9.5
I thought Mii's always had arms and legs?? Pacman+Mariofan
Introduction
Sliding into this game review like WIIIIIIIIII!!! Alright Wii need to move on from these overused puns. Welcome to my review of one of the video games I have the most memories of! Wii Sports is a simple game with 5 sports to play by yourself or with friends. Most of my memorable moments playing Wii Sports were with a friend or a few friends.
I have had this game for 10 years and have accomplished almost too much, but it’s still fun. What have I accomplished? Well, a couple platinum medals, 2000 skill points in tennis, and I’m at pro status in all sports… which doesn’t mean anything to me except for bowling but that’s alright.
The best thing about this game’s impact on my life is that it’s the subject of many jokes in my conversations with friends. So why’s this game so great? I thought you’d never ask…
Graphics
7/10
Wii Sports is for the Wii, so I’d say the graphics are good and not too basic… for the most part. I love how bright this game is! It makes me feel like I can still have a great day playing sports even when it’s raining or snowing outside. Baseball especially is such a summer vibe. I love seeing that digital sunlight especially when the ball is flying high in baseball!
The atmosphere of each sport is so fun. I love seeing the audience members (when they’re visible) and seeing the landscaping! These are the cleanest stadiums/arenas/alleys/whatever else I’ve ever seen. And they magically stay clean even when people are running around and whacking things and throwing things. Whichever Miis are mowing the grass for these places almost deserve a raise, but they also almost deserve to get fired because they keep mowing some grass and neglecting the rest. *stares at the golf hills in disappointment*
Now for what I really wanted to talk about… the weirdness of a lot of this game’s graphics. First of all, the Miis don’t have legs in most sports. But they SOMETIMES do in baseball. In boxing, they float and punch each other. These Miis either got hologram legs or legs that go invisible sometimes. It’s the funniest in baseball because they have legs when they are at bat, but they don’t have legs when they’re running to first base! They don’t have legs when they’re pitching! They don’t have legs when they’re in the outfield!! And before I stop talking about this… the catcher doesn’t have legs!! All this weirdness is why I feel the graphics deserve a 7.
Finally moving on to another subject.
Animations
8/10
One thing that makes this game feel like a good sports game is that the animations are smooth. I appreciate the way the tennis ball moves especially when I smack it really hard. With plenty of practice, it’s pretty easy for me to keep up with what’s going on in each sport because I can see it pretty clearly. And I really appreciate that when I have an extremely good moment in a game, I can sometimes see a replay that shows it from a different angle. Really makes bragging to my friends that much better.
I like that the animations in this game are usually nothing special. It would drive me nuts if there were too many special effects everywhere, but it’s a good balance with those in my opinion.
One issue I have with this game’s animation is most things having to do with the Miis. I am very pleased with how the Miis move in tennis, including the audience bouncing up and down. That makes me smile and laugh. I also like how the Miis move in boxing. Unfortunately, those are the only two sports where the Miis don’t bother me at all. Their movement is golf is pretty “meh”. In bowling, the Miis have phantom hands. Their shirt sleeves shouldn’t count as arms when they’re rolling the ball. If I was writing this at night, I might have weird dreams about those Miis. At least in bowling, when you roll the ball backwards, the Miis spin. That’s my favorite animation in the game by far!
Excuse me while I rant about the Miis’ animation in baseball. So… these people have legs when they’re not moving much. But they never run in the game. They bounce their way to victory everywhere. I’ve played Wii Sports for 10 years, and I still can’t get over the fact that the Miis bounce their way to the bases, bounce their way to the ball (sometimes unbelievably slowly) in the outfield, they bounce into home plate for pete’s sake… very disappointing. The inconsistency with the Miis’ legs in these sports drives me crazy. It isn’t a big problem I guess, and the rest of the animation in the game makes up for it so I won’t dock too many points for that.
The Miis are difficult to look at sometimes, but the game itself isn’t too difficult.
Difficulty
4/10
Once I got used to the controls in this game, it wasn’t that hard to make my way up the ranks in most sports. And I got this game when I was 10. I didn’t think the CPUs in tennis and boxing were overpowered, so I advanced in those sports quite quickly. In fact, I got to 2,000 skill points in tennis :P However, the baseball CPUs gave me a good challenge. It took me a long time to beat Sakura. Same with my friend who basically shares this game with me.
The training modes are usually not a giant pain in the butt, and I find them to be nice for when I want to play and relax more. Swing Control is the hardest thing in the entire Wii Sports game for me. But I was able to grind enough to get the gold medal in most other modes.
Speaking of grinding enough, that’s what these Miis are doing day in and day out from what I can tell.
Story
“Is this even worth rating?”/10
This game has no intro or anything like what Wii Sports Resort has, so there isn’t much to say. I rated it a 10 in the actual score section because it shouldn’t affect the rest of the game’s overall score.
If this game had a story, maybe it’d be something like this: Some buddies got together and decided they wanna grind all year to be the best at every sport. They committed to daily training, fitness tests, and plenty of sports action so they could then face each other and see who was REALLY the best.
In the words of Forrest Gump, “That’s all I gotta say about that.”
Depth
10/10
This game has kept me entertained for 10 years. Even though my skill levels in these sports/training modes are sometimes literally off the charts (not bragging though), I still can find more things to enjoy and improve on. This game has 5 sports, 15 training modes, and the fitness test that you can take once a day. To recap, the 5 sports are tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, and boxing. In each sport, you can “level up” by playing them a bunch of times.
You can get more skill points by either getting a really good score or winning against CPU characters. Once you get 1,000 skill points in a sport, you become a “Pro” in that sport. What does that mean? You can now join the NBA AND MLB… just kidding. It means something for bowling only. In bowling, it means that you get a special design on your ball. (It’s not really that special, but I think it’s special because I EARNED IT.) In every other sport, being a pro is just a status. That’s disappointing, but there’s still plenty to do in this game, so it’s alright.
There are 15 training modes; 3 for each sport. These are really neat because they have a medal system based on the amount of points or whatever you end up scoring. You move from bronze to silver to gold to platinum. After 10 years, I only have one platinum medal, and it’s for the Hitting Home Runs mode. That was insanely hard to get because I had to hit 10 out of 10 pitches hard and “outta here”. Despite racking up plenty of gold medals, the training modes are nice to come back to because there are so many strategies to try, and they’re cool to compete with friends in too. Even cooler than the regular sports are to play with friends, in my opinion.
Lastly, there’s the fitness test mode. You can take this test once a day. The game randomly chooses 3 training events for you to play and see how well you can do on the first try. The game gives you an age for your results afterwards. The younger you are, the better. I’ve gotten the best score of 20 many times over the years. It’s still not that easy for me.
With all that there is to do in this game, it’s no wonder it’s so addicting!
Addictiveness
8/10
This is the first video game I have ever owned. When I first played it, I played it a lot. Then one of my friends started getting obsessed with it. So we both played it a ton. Now, whenever he and I hang out, we still play this game a lot. The challenge, the variety of games, and the bonding we do keeps us coming back to this game. My friend and I don’t hang out much anymore since I am in college and he lives 2 hours away from me. However, this game has allowed for years of amazing memories. That’s one thing that keeps me coming back to this game when I play it by myself.
Another reason I come back to this game so much is that my skills have developed over the years, and I find so many things in this game very satisfying to accomplish. I still occasionally go for a higher score in one of the training modes, I still occasionally try to get a better golf score, and there are several other things in this game I like to take on again and again. Sometimes, I just enjoy playing it casually though. This game has hardly ever gotten old for me. The only reason I rated this an 8 is because I don't play this as much now.
One thing about this game that never gets old for me is the sound.
Sound Effects
10/10
One thing that amazes me about this game is the sound effects. My friend and I agree that it can feel like we’re really playing these sports. I love the crack of the baseball bat, the smack of the tennis racket, the knocking of the pins, and more. The sound effects make me feel like I can almost get a real sports experience even if I am at home a lot. Especially since some of those sound effects come in through my Wii Remote! That is unbelievable and amazing!!
This game is exciting enough with the sound effects, but it wouldn’t be complete without the music.
Music
10/10
What a vibe. Any day is perfect for Wii Sports because the music puts me in a good mood. The opening song is super upbeat and it gets me ready to exercise my arm (or more than that if I’m not playing golf). The menu music is relaxing, and I could just sit on that menu screen and fall a
sleep if I am tired enough. The golf game
selection screen is so chill, and I love it. And I feel a rush of excitement when I hear that “you got a medal” celebration song in training mode.
Speaking of rush of excitement, I got one right now because this is the last section of the review.
Overall Rating
67/80 OR 83% -- a B
My rating system is a little more elaborate than vizzed’s, so I decided to add up the points that way. But yeah, this game is such a fun game that brings back good memories for me, so it was a joy to write a review about it. Thank you so much for reading this behemoth of a review! Enjoy the rest of your day/night!
Graphics 7 Sound 10 Addictive 8 Story 10 Depth 10 Difficulty 4
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 07-26-20
Review Replies: 0
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