Wii Sports Resort offers players a new level of accuracy and enjoyment with innovative technology and 10 new sports. This game is essentially 12 sports located on one huge resort island, with bowling and golf the only two repeats from the original Wii Sports. In total, this game features swordplay, wakeboarding, archery, frisbee, basketball, power cruising, cycling, golf, table tennis, bowling, canoeing, and air sports.
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Wii Sports Resort offers players a new level of accuracy and enjoyment with innovative technology and 10 new sports. This game is essentially 12 sports located on one huge resort island, with bowling and golf the only two repeats from the original Wii Sports. In total, this game features swordplay, wakeboarding, archery, frisbee, basketball, power cruising, cycling, golf, table tennis, bowling, canoeing, and air sports.
One of Wii Sports most hailed advances is the attachment that you can buy with the game, the Wii Motion Plus. This device is a small addition that enables a more precise tracking of the Wii remote while playing. I can attest to the accuracy of this add on. The main drawback of this gadget is that you often have to pause your game and re-calibrate the Wii Motion Plus. After a few rounds of archery and pulling the “bow string” back with the nunchuck attachment, you will undoubtedly need to stop and set your Wii remote on a flat surface for several seconds to let it reorient itself.
You can create a new Mii (playable character), use a favorite from before, or even play as a downloaded Mii from Nintendo’s “Check Mii Out Channel” as you play through each sport in an effort to gain “stamps.” These marks are earned whenever you fulfill a certain characteristic that might be as simple as playing through a sport’s beginner level or as hidden as following a sight-seeing airplane for three minutes or more around the resort while flying your own small airplane in “Island Flyover.”
Despite the fact that bowling and golf return from the original game, bowling has been given a unique makeover and golf is much more accurate than before. In this new form of bowling you can play a “Standard Game,” attempt to knock over 100 bowling pins in “100-Pin Game,” or try your hardest to avoid barriers in you lane in “Spin Control.” With the Wii Motion Plus’ advantage it takes more skill and thought to sink a hole in one than before in addition to offering a surprising challenge: Frisbee Golf. This game is located under the “Frisbee” headline, but takes all of the properties of golf and adheres them to your Mii throwing a frisbee across the green.
While some of the sports may be a bit challenging at first and require concentration when trying to measure the exact strength needed to throw a basketball in the “3-Point Contest” or the perfect angle to zip a ping pong ball back towards your opponent in table tennis, Wii Sports offers something for everyone. Even if all you want to do is swing a fake sword while samurai-themed music plays in the background and your lone Mii stands facing a horde of enemies hurtling towards you, this game will put a smile on your face.
