Dusting off the Wii for Wii Sports Resort

by Dean Evans at Thursday 30th July, 2009 at 8:16 am [0 comments]

I don’t know about you, but I haven’t switched my Nintendo Wii on in ages. It sits next to the TV in the corner of the room and there’s now a thin layer of dust on it.

My Wii Fit Balance Board is boxed up in the cupboard under the stairs like some sort of unwanted foot spa. And I don’t even know where the Wii remotes are…

Nintendo might have revolutionised the so-called ‘casual gaming’ market with the endlessly playable Wii Sports. But it’s not exactly been quick to capitalise on the wide appeal and easy playability of Wii Bowling and Wii Tennis.

For me, the Nintendo Wii is the 21st Century equivalent of Monopoly or Cluedo. It offers a great experience for a group of  friends (in the same room) to play games against and with each other.

Wii Sports Resort

But the arrival of Wii Sports Resort should make me dust off the Wii and get back into active gaming. And just as Wii Sports was given away free with every Nintendo Wii sold, Wii Sports Resort comes with a hardware upgrade – MotionPlus.

The MotionPlus device (which plugs into the bottom of your Wii remote) essentially adds rotational sensing to the Wii’s next-gen cleverness, fine-tuning the existing control system and making it more accurate.

Wii Sports Resort simply builds on the minigame formula that defined Wii Sports. This time around there are 12 games, including jet-skiing,  canoeing, archery and table tennis.

Of course, the new gyroscopic control adds an ability to twist onscreen objects, not just enabling you to play new games like Wakeboarding but adding extra finesse (i.e. the ability to spin a ball) to old favourites like bowling and golf.

Nintendo is the master of the minigame and Wii Sports Resort looks as irresistible as its predecessor. It reminds me why I bought a Wii in the first place.

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