Wii Resort For Island Sports

Advantages: Some great mini-games that really show off the MotionPlus accessory
Disadvantages: Expensive to fully kit out two remotes. One or two less compelling mini-games

...INTRODUCTION Our Nintendo Wii has been hibernating under our TV, gathering dust since shortly after Christmas. The Wii party games made a brief appearance for the holidays and the shine of Wii Fit wore off after our New Year?s resolutions met with their usual success and longevity (i.e. none). It?s a fab console, but it?s very ease of ?pick up and play? makes it just as easy to ignore in favour of other pursuits. However, we were intrigued by the promise and novelty of the new Wii MotionPlus gadget, and when Wii Sports Resort (WSR) ? essentially Wii Sports 2 ? was announced, it was immediately added to our Wish List. As such, I was delighted when I received it for my birthday last week, and It has played a part in our nightly entertainment since. WHAT?S IN THE BOX WSR comes packaged with the game (in its own DVD...

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Review of Wii Sports Resort (Wii)

Who knew playing sports could be so much fun!

Advantages: Endless entertainment, multi-player funcitonality
Disadvantages: The player can become too tired to play!

...After purchasing a PS2 a few years ago I was keen to buy a variety of games and enjoy playing them. It wasn?t until the beginning of this year 07 that one of my friends told me about PS2?s eye toy device which got me instantly intrigued. I went to Game and bought an eye toy that came with the game Eye Toy Play Sports for around £34.99. This game can now be bought cheaper either new or previously owned on eBay ranging from £4.99 upwards. So I opened the package, very easily connected the Eye Toy device to my PS2 via a usb connection lead and inserted the games disk. I can honestly say that I was still playing this fun and entertaining game two hours later. The best aspect of this product is that it has a massive 101 different mini games and challenges within it therefore giving a wider range of options and enhancing its game...

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Island of Sporting Desire

Advantages: Three or four really great sporting games
Disadvantages: The need to 'calibrate' Wii Remote

.... Tennis on the table I'll start things off with a few words about 'Table Tennis' as it happens to be my favourite of the sports in the new game - it's also the one that really makes the most of the MotionPlus technology. You can add all sorts of spin to the shots you play, and although simplistic, the graphics are colourful and do the job nicely. Unfortunately, there's no option to play with more than two people, and you can only undertake a maximum six-point game - these issues aside, it's brilliant fun, and I would go as far as saying that Table Tennis in Sports Resort is the most realistic representation of the sport in videogame form to date. Robin Hood Simulator My second favourite of the new sports is 'Archery' - another of the titles that makes brilliant use of the controls. Feeling quite authentic to the real thing, all you...

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  Wii should go to the Sports Resort!...

Advantages: Good for all the family, Great fun, Entertaining, Something to do on a rainy day
Disadvantages: Expensive

..., and what a fantastic gift to give to us as well!! We soon realised that to get the maximum amount of fun out of our Wii, we were going to need to get some games to play on it!! We?ve got quite a lot of games for it now, such as ?Wii Play? and ?Wii Sports? but none are as good as our most recently bought ???Wii Sports Resort???, which is also known as Wii Sports 2. There are a few reasons for why we purchased Wii Sports Resort. I will list them below: * We had some Argos vouchers we needed to spend! * The game looked really good and we wanted to try it out for ourselves to see how good it really was * We hadn?t been on the Wii for a while so we thought getting a new game would be a good idea to get us back on the Wii * The fact that it is called ?Wii Sports made us think it would be a good way of exercising and keeping fit Now...

Ruby.xo 04.08.2009 (07.08.2009) · Read review
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Get active at Wii Sports Resort.......for a price!

Advantages: fun to play with family and friends, lots of game choices, some really fun games, multiplayer
Disadvantages: very expensive, some potentially boring games, not as well designed as it could be.

...Wii Sports Resort was my youngest brothers birthday present but for the purpose of research I decided to try it out myself. The game is for the Nintendo Wii and has a whopping recommended retail price of £49.99 although it is currently selling on Amazon for £39.99. This price includes the game and a ?Wii Motion Plus?. The Wii MotionPlus This is an accessory which attaches to your Wii Remote to enhance its motion sensing capabilities. It detects and reproduces your movements in the game, so whether you are playing basketball or doing some archery, every little movement you make is accurately portrayed in the game. The Wii MotionPlus is essential for game which is why it is included but its inclusion automatically makes the game a pricey one which is a bit of a shame. Whilst you only need one Wii Motion Plus for single...

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sports resort got me active!!!!

Advantages: great fun, great multiplayer capabilities
Disadvantages: possibly the price but other than that nothing!!!!

...Wii sports resort is the next step up from the original wii sports game, only not only is it a step up its a leap forward in the fun factor. With even more sports available its difficult to get bored of this game, and very easy to get addicted to it!!!! There are 12 sports available on the game:- swordplay Wakeboarding Frisbee Archery basketball table tennis golf bowling power cruising canoeing cycling airsports. So far my favourite sports have been the wakeboarding, the frisbee and the table tennis, although i have tried all of the sports on the game and i liked everyone of them. Most of the sports on the game can be played with up to four players and there are options for matches, tournaments and vs games on each of the sports. Wii sports resort has one other major difference to the original wii sports game. As well as having...

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Enjoy 12 different sports on a tropical island!

Advantages: Great array of games, multi players, long playability
Disadvantages: None

...Enjoy 12 different sports on a tropical island. If Wii Sports is your kind of game then you will love the playability of Wii Sports Resort. THis game is one of the games that can be used with Wii Motion Plus which in my opinion enhances the game, makes your movements more realistic and ensures hours of fun for the whole family. This game is a for 7 years plus and I do find it very easy to navigate, set up and to play. Like I've said above it does remind me of the regular Wii Sports in that it includes golf and bowling and games similar to that which can be played by a number of players but in this game they have taken those platforms a step further and updated them as well as adding new fun games to play. In total their are 12 different games you can play. These are Swordplay, Wakeboarding, Frisbee, Archery, Basketball, Table Tennis...

Spottydog11 07.12.2009 · Read review
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Wii Sports Resort- Fun for the whole family

Advantages: fun forf whole family, lots of games, sensitive controls
Disadvantages: expensive extra devices needed for multi-player

...Since its release for retail purchase in 2006 the Nintendo Wii has enjoyed immense success. One of the key reasons for this is probably that it reaches a wider demographic than the majority of games consoles and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Wii sports resort, released as a kind of improvement on wii sports was released in july of this year, and is no exception, providing entertainment for people of all ages, and has the potential of being enjoyed by the whole family. Wii sports is set on a island beach resort, and allows the playing of a number of different games, either as a single player or for up to four players. The game requires an additional device in the form of wii motion plus, which is a more sophisticated sensing device than the regular wii remote, and is able to pick up more complicated and sensitive movements when...

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Wii Play

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: See Review

...Wii Play: I recently hired Wii play from Tesco DVD Rentals to see if I liked it before buying it and I enjoyed it a lot so I thought I would review it for all of you. Wii Play is the kind of game that is great for when you have a group of friends around with several different mini-games to play. There is a multi-player function allowing for two people to play at once. Because the games are short, (a minute or so max), you can all take it turns to play without anyone getting bored whilst still allowing enough time for toilet/cuppa breaks. There are seven different mini-games on Wii Play and these are: Shooting Range: This is my favourite game and it involves shooting at various moving targets. There are five levels each with a different type of target each getting steadily more difficult. There are balloons, cans, targets, clay...

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Wii Sports - A New Way to Play

Advantages: A brilliant sports game
Disadvantages: Addictive - you will be late for all your appointments!

...Wii Sports?as seen on TV! Firstly, Wii Sports allows you to use Mii's to represent you on the screen. Mii's are a type of digital avatar that you create. Your Mii's will appear in the game when you play sports and can be seen in the background as spectators during the sports games. Wii Sports is an interactive game using the wiimote and for boxing the addition of the nunchuk controller. The game can be a lot of fun and is relatively easy to play. There are 5 main sports modes in the package Tennis, Baseball, Bowling, Golf and Boxing. There is also a training mode and fitness mode. Training mode provides 3 mini-games for each sport with the intention of improving your skills in each discipline. Fitness mode can be played once per day (for each Mii). Fitness is calculated by how well you do on three mini...

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