Wii Sports isn't the type of game that is going to blow you away immediately, the primitive looks of the game take a quick backstep to the gameplay. The first game in the compilation is Wii Golf. Wii Golf lets you appease the Tiger Woods in you (if the EA titles didn't). In the E3 demo you started off on a course originally trying to sink a hole in one. First off you'll need to hold the Wii-mote in a neutral hold to calibrate the sensors. After this small pause you hold the Wii-mote like a golf club whilst the power of the swing is represented by a bar at the bottom of the screen. There are a series of dots in the powerbar and they represent the distance along the course, for example the first dot is about twenty metres from the tee, the second is another 20 etc.. The hole rests squarely between the last dot and the end of the bar. This means you're not having to take a gamble when taking a shot because you're able to visually see where your golf ball will go.
Bowling, one of the newly announced games.
Putting basically follows the same procedure, instead of the motion of a full swing for the hole you only need a small backwards and forwards movement, which mirrors that of an actual putting motion. Later holes in the game will be a bit more challenging. For example, one of the holes features pretty hilly terrain. When you've got a more complicated hole to aim at you can use the directional pad to adjust the direction of your swing.
The second game in the compilation is Wii baseball. While it probably won't be a mini-game that many Europeans or Australians are going to fully appreciate, Wii Baseball does however, maintain the vision of trying to bring the experience of interactive sports to the small screen. In the demo the Wii-mote doubles as a baseball bat. All that is required of the player is to ready yourself by holding the Wii-mote in a batter-up pose and then swing away as the balls are served up. The speed of the deliveries is varied and if you time your swing well enough then you'll be rewarded with an "out of the park" rating. If you miss the ball completely due to a sneaky slow ball, the game will tell you what you've done wrong.
Tiger Wood's cartoon version?
Other games to feature on the compilation will include the recently revealed Wii Bowling, Wii Tennis and Wii Boxing. The Mii's that you create on the Wii will be able to be imported into the game, which should make for some entertaining designs. Anyone purchasing a Wii on day one has no choice but to get Wii Sports, the good news is that the seems like it's going to be a lot of fun in short bursts.
We all know how much you adore your mario/sport tie-ins.
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