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Not that it’s any surprise to me, but Wii Sports has been named game of the year by Time Magazine. Not necessarily the most prestigious of awards within the games industry, but indicative of how well Nintendo’s new direction is going. Gears of War coming second is also good signs for one of the most hyped 360 games this side of Halo 3. More and more, it’s becoming obvious that the Wii60 is the perfect combination for this next generation, even though Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3) falls within Time’s top 5.
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2:39 pm CET on January 2nd, 2007
I have to say that I don´t entirely agree with Time.
I tried out the Wii for the first time yesterday. And yes, I really like it - it feels closer to being involved in the games - at least a bit. I tried out Wii Sports and Zelda and both seemed ok fine and fun.
But not neccessarily a Revolution (maybe they were right about namin´it “Wii” instead, haha).
The controls are kinda/very jiggy. Playing Wii Golf was pretty damn annoying because the game requires you to be precise and that´s one of the things that the Wiimote is not. You constantly either jab too hard or too soft, and the mote just doesn´t obey the way it should. The boxing is even worse. Also generally the pointer often disappears on the screen and you wave around the room to retrack it - which can be a bit tiring when doing it for the 5th time in 5 minutes…
But the tennis is pretty fun though - just don´t expect to win even though you´re good. The Wiimote is not doing what it should.
Oh well, maybe I was just too excited beforehand about the whole thing and therefore kinda disappointed when finally trynig out the thing.
Just like the Pet Shop Boys I feel like singing: “Is that what is was?”…
10:57 pm CET on January 5th, 2007
i have to admit, after a few hours playing wii sports i think it’s a quite amazing concept. i mean, usually my family aren’t interested in games *at all*, but walking by and seeing it, they all jumped in and had a blast. i see great things for nintendo if they can keep titles like this coming and raise up some 3rd party support. maybe not the #1, but definitely deserves a spot in the top ten.