A game better shared with friends
Like many other un-energetic gamers the thought of playing a console that involves actually having to move from the sofa fills me with dread. When Wii Sports was announced I felt it would be a game that I’d toss aside in favour of the games that I could play whilst sitting down comfortably.
After playing Wii Sports, at the house of Wii in London, I realised just how unfit I’d become; I was sweating like a pig, panting like a dog and my body was aching from head to toe, but you know what? I’m looking forward to doing it all over again when Wii arrives in the UK on December 8th. If Wii Sports is an indication of other sports’ games that are coming to Wii then I’ll be ready to run the marathon next year.Wii Sports can still be played sitting down, but standing up and replicating the high-powered moves of a tennis player or boxer is more fun than I expected.
Wii Sports consists of 5 action titles, Tennis, Baseball, Bowling, Golf, and Boxing. These games are simple to play and have basic graphics, but I feel that Wii Sports could quite possibly change the way we entertain ourselves on a Saturday night; if you have friends that are also into gaming that is. As a solo experience I’m not certain whether Wii Sports will have the same effect (unless you’re looking at an alternate way to get fit), but as a multiplayer game it’s an exiting and competitive set of games that had us using all sorts of ungentlemanly techniques in order to break each others concentration. In ‘Boxing’ we were boisterously nudging each other, in ‘Tennis’ we were screaming abuse when the other made a poor shot, and in ‘Bowling’ Nick was even bragging about how “It’s not about power it’s about technique”.It's these off-putting comments, taunts and the male bonding session that made my Wii Sports experience a pleasurable one.
Wii Sports is going to make for some great Saturday night entertainment; returning back from the pub with friends and competing on all 5 of these games is going to make for some memorable nights. Wii Sports is more about the social interaction and the competition of playing with another person than the actual game itself, and although the games aren’t true representations of the sport they mimic, they are a great deal of fun to play.
Let’s have a look at the individual titles and our own HEXUS.gaming tournament between myself and the gaming editor, Nick.
