Wii Sports by Nintendo Wii

Wii Sports by Nintendo Wii, 2006
Rated for everyone

Readers Annotation: This game comes included with the Wii console and consists of many different sports games.

Summary: This games comes included with your Wii console. It has a variety of sports games to choose from: tennis, bowling, gold, baseball, and boxing. All games follow standard regulation rules. Players can create their own characters and up to four players can play at a time. As players improve, their skill levels will increase, so that they can see exactly how much better they've become. Any skill level can play and there are different skill levels present. This uses the Wii controller where instead of pressing buttons like on most video game consoles, you hold the controller in your hand and is motion censored. That means that every swing, jab, or pitch translates to the game for a realistic feel.

Critical Evaluation: The Wii controller makes these regular sports games so much different and ultimately better than the rest. It's really fun to be active and entertained at the same time; a two birds with one stone concept that this console provides. It has a realistic enough feel that you can control to an extent where you want to hit or throw the ball. You can also miss the ball if your not coordinated enough. Its even better when your facing another person, not the computer. It doesn't take much practice to master a sport but there are five sports to choose from, which helps prevent the user from burnout. This is a perfect game for teens, any age group for that matter, which brings everyone together for an entertaining, and I want to emphasize active game. I keep hoping that other game consoles hop on the Wii bandwagon because these are video games that are productive and healthy.

Booktalking Ideas:
1) Sports games
2) Video games
3) Active games
4) Competition

Challenge Issues: There are no issues present.

Why Included: This is also another game I played with my cousin that reminded me of this blog project.