Wii Sports

When I think of the Wii, I instantly think of playing this specific game back when I was a kid and still lived at an apartment complex. The complex we lived at was mostly for older folks, so in the lobby, they had a Wii attached to the tv as a way for the older folks to get some exercise. Now, I'm gonna be real here, but none of the older residents I watched play didn't actually stand up, or really do much exercise at all. They mostly just played bowling by swinging the controller beside their wheelchair or chair. I guess you could consider it exercise in the shoulder region, but that was about it that it was used for.... Except it wasn't. Me and my brother hogged the hell outta this console, playing a mixture of all the game modes on Wii Sports. Baseball I remember was so damn fun, I would get home runs nonstop. Boxing was another mode me and my brother played a lot of. I would always try and find a new technique to knock him out, truly pissing my brother off on multiple occasions. Volleyball and Table tennis were also really fun modes, but to be honest, the mode we played the most of was, in fact, bowling. It was a very fun game mode, but I think the reason we played it so often is because if there were older folks out in the lobby, they would A) want to play bowling too or b) not want to watch us play anything else except bowling. This was our dilemma, but it wasn't bad. The oldies would be asleep past 8pm so we could basically do whatever we wanted past then. Wii Sports was abused to the point where to this day, I wouldn't be surprised they still play it. It was a really enjoyable game that was a huge part of my childhood. Probably wouldn't play again, but damn was it fun while it lasted.

When Wii Sports first came out as a pack-in game with the original Wii console during the launch in 2006, it became a game changer during its generation where it competed with the ps3 , which was released around the same time and became the best selling blu ray player of all time until the ps4 came out, and the xbox 360, the second video game console to use an online premium network used by its previous generation (ps3 was second along with psp/vita and ps4), which at the time was the hottest console a year after it came out. Over the years, Wii Sports became one of the top selling video games of all time and its appeal to all ages shows. In terms of challenging games, I say golf, tennis, boxing, and baseball are tough, while bowling is easy to beat since you don't compete against the CPU but yourself in single player. Graphics are cartoony but simple, and the game never crashes!!!

Traditionally, Nintendo has launched its new video game consoles with software titles revolving around Mario, Luigi, Zelda, Donkey Kong, or other big-name company characters. With the revolutionary Wii console, however, Nintendo instead chose to showcase the movement-based action of the system by packaging the console with Wii Sports. The game consists of five sports that players can try out:

Baseball: Quite fun, and the difficulty level goes up as you improve, making for engaging hours of gameplay.

Bowling: Much like the real sport, Wii bowling can be parts incredibly fulfilling and incredibly maddening, as one millimeter of wrist turn will register with the system and change your roll.

Tennis: Not being a big tennis fan, I play this game the least, but my brother has had hours of fun with it.

Golf: Once you learn the mechanics of the swing mechanism, this could become the most addictive part of the game for you, as (like real golf) it looks so simple until you try it!

Boxing: This one really gets you moving, as you duck, dodge, jab, and strike at your virtual opponent with the Wii controller and Wii nunchuck.

There is also a Wii Fitness Test mode that, while not at all indicative of your physical fitness level as it claims to be, does give you a good indication of how you stack up to your friends.

Overall, Wii Sports is a fun, engaging little game that will bring out the competitive juices in all gamers, whether you are a young child or senior citizen.

I still remember the first time I got myself a Nintendo Wii in the Christmas of 2007. Every Wii owner has this game bundled with the console with 5 simple yet very fun and well designed games showcasing the Wii's motion controls. Golf is my favourite game of them all since it has the most depth and freedom of control, with 12 well designed courses. The music is memorable too with the introduction of the input of Mii character that you make on the Mii channel. Overall a very inventive game to introduce you to the magic that is the Nintendo Wii

To this day Wii sports is still fun to play. I remember playing it back in like 2007 and to this day it is still fun. Hate how it became a meme never understood that.