Wii Sports has control issues

**gotmilk0112** · November 1st, 2006, 12:18

lol. its not gonna be the best friggin game ever! i mean cmon it was the 1st Wii game! they are jsut showing how to use the wii controller. and yes as time goes by, developers will learn to do new things with the Wiimote.

i wonder if in "Avatar the last airbender" they will use the wiimote and nunchuck to bend like they do in the tv show. that would be cool!

**magical** · November 1st, 2006, 12:37

I think that most people seem to be missing the point with Wii Sports. Nintendo have never implied that the game was supposed to be a sports sim or aimed at HC gamers. It was designed as a way to demonstrate the potential of the Wii, in a quick, simple and effective manner.

Time and time again Nintendo have stated that in order for Wii to become popular people must see it, wonder about it and then try it for them selves, and what better way than a simple basic game that any one can pick up and have a crack at.

Although it has very basic grafix and basic gameplay this is all part of its appeal, its cute characters and quirky game play will entice people from all walks of life to look at it, query it and most inportantly try it.

And that is all it is designed to do, offer short bursts of quality fun in a whole new way, that any one can take part in within a few mins of picking up a Wiimote. This is why nintendo have bundled the game for free in europe and america as they want people to have it and try it, they want gamers to show their parents and families but they know that most gamers would not want to pay for it when they could be spending the same money on the likes of Zelda or Red Steel.

We should be embracing nintendo's boldness to create such a game in a world where this type of game would normally be shunned and laughed at because without attempts like this to broaden the gaming market then even the likes of Sony would surly see their proffits begin to dry up.

**compoman386** · November 1st, 2006, 13:02

Oh, wow, like what a huge surprise, IGN don't like something new and interesting that everyone else is exited about. Seems like if its not a pc game with hi res graphics they don't want to know

**alienanthropologist** · November 1st, 2006, 14:08

Couldn't possibly care less what that guy says. I don't even know who he is. I think it's been known from the start that on Wii tennis you don't control movement across the court.

By what I've read from the interviews with the Nintendo Wii progammers, they spent a long time working on subtleties of the different effects that you can give the ball as you hit it in different ways. One of them said that you could hit the ball 100 times consecutively and each hit will be different.

Anyway, I don't care what reviewers say anymore, I'M just DYING to get my hands on a Wii. December the 8 is too long to wait!!

**Cap'n 1time** · November 1st, 2006, 15:54

Keep in mind this is an IGN report... Also saying that the wii mot dosnt live up to the hype just because some IGN guy cant live his dreams of pushing a D pad down to move his tennis player is more than a little bit lame. As for the zelda comment, I honestly would rather play zelda with a controller.