Friday, 25 April 2008

Wii sports level playing field

Nintendo says it wants to revolutionise gaming with its Wii console. Gamers can now control the action with a motion sensitive remote control, called the Wiimote - but does the novelty wear off quickly?

Wii sport is included with every Wii console and contains 5 basic sporting activities - tennis, baseball, bowling, boxing and golf.In an age of high-definition gaming with photo-realistic character models and intricately-realised buildings and models, it is a real throwback to put a Wii disk into the machine and see the cute, colourful graphics with crudely drawn figures and a somewhat retro look to the interface.

The Wii's graphical capabilities are nothing like that of its rivals, the Xbox 360 and PS3. palying on an HD TV really shows this up. The different sports are a mixed bag of entertainment - all are fun in their own way but some are clearly more involving than others.

Customers are all-round very plaesed with the Wii's performance. It is worth making sure you have plenty of room in which to play: my wife and I literally came to blows when boxing and I managed to swipe a lamp shade during one frenetic tennis match.
  • Format: Nintendo Wii
  • Graphics: 6
  • Sound: 7
  • Gameplay: 8
  • Enduring appeal: 6
  • Overall: 7

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