Tennis, Baseball, Golf, Bowling and Boxing

Wii Sports is a great collection of five sports, designed to demonstrate the motion-sensing capabilities of the Wii Remote to new players. Players use the Wii Remote to mimic actions performed in real life sports, such as swinging a baseball bat or a tennis racket. The rules for each game are simplified in order to make them more accessible to new players.

because it is often sold as a package with the console itself, Wii Sports is probably the first game that most people will own. While the games themselves are quite simple, they are surprisingly effective, and people find themselves returning to it. One of the attractions of Wii Sports is that it encourages players to get up and move.

Bowling and Golf are nice relaxing games that work well with lots of players. You can even share Wiimotes amongst players if you don’t have enough to go around. Tennis and Baseball take the pace up a notch, and can be played with up to two players. Most energetic of all is Boxing, which requires use of the ‘Nunchuck’ as well as the Wiimote to simulate punching and blocking. This can also be played in two-player mode, provided you have two Nunchucks.

All of the games have a multiplayer mode, which promotes a healthy competition amongst the family or friends. Plus, you are able to use the avatars (known as Miis) that you can create, allowing all the players to bring their own personalities into the games.

While this is a very basic set of games, it is probably the most played game in many families, with Bowling and Tennis the favorites. The Bowling provides the constant challenge to beat your personal best, and also your partner; while Tennis gives you increasingly more challenging opponents as you improve your game.