Brittany Strachan
September 08, 2009
CCSC 295
SUMMARY
In Wii Sports, players have to opportunity to play a variety of sports such as boxing, bowling, tennis, baseball, and golf. Players also have the option of creating characters called Miis that they can use to keep track of their game play. Players can either play single player challenges to increase their status (beginner, pro, expert, etc) or players can enjoy great multiplayer competition. The objective of game play is to basic win challenges and competition so that you can increase your rank.
GAMEPLAY1
While playing the Wii Sports, I am usually playing with a group of friends. When we are all bored, the Wii easily becomes the source of entertainment. It’s funny because we are always taunting one another. The boring night usually becomes quite the social gathering once we start playing Wii. I personally like to play bowling and tennis the most. I find myself using techniques I learned in my bowling class to get the best score I can possibly get on the video game. I’m usually the point of jokes by my friends because I really get involved mentally when I’m playing Wii. For example, when I’m playing tennis, I usually move side-to-side like the character on the screen to hit the ball.
I don’t usual play boxing, but when I do, I find boxing to be the most tiring game. I played with a friend of mine and easily broke a sweat. Its fun to play boxing because, just as in tennis, I find myself intensely involved in my game play. It’s not uncommon to see me ducking punches from my opponent as if I were in a real boxing match.
GAMEPLAY2
For the second session of game play, I played golf and easily became frustrated. The game is a good simulator of how you have to have skill when swinging at the golf ball. I found myself hitting plenty of balls into bodies of water on the simulated golf course. If I had to take a vote, golf would be my least favorite Wii Sport, but the game grows on me the more I play it. When my friends and I play, we are usually laughing at how it takes us more hits than we expected to get the ball in the hole.
Baseball is not top on my list of Wii Sports to play, but it can be entertaining at times. I’m usually on the losing end of a baseball match with my friends, so I try to avoid playing baseball as much as possible. On the other hand, I find that a lot of people that play Wii love the baseball Wii Sport. I wish players had more control of the characters in the baseball game. I would find the baseball game more intriguing if we could field the ball and play a complete baseball game. Since the game is concentrated solely on pitching and hitting, I quickly tend to lose interest after a short amount of game play.
DESIGN
Wii Sports is a great way to amuse yourself or a group of people. The fact that the game requires the player to be more involved physically makes Wii Sports different from playing just any other sports game. Players have five sports that provide competitive fun. Players also have the option of creating their own character to compete with. These characters, which are referred to as Miis, also provide entertainment in that you can make them look like whoever you please. Associated with each Wii Sport are individual challenges that can be used to improve skills and rank as a player. As a player increases his/her rank, the player can obtain some exciting rewards. For example, in the bowling Wii Sport, pro bowlers get to bowl with a shiner bowling ball. Therefore, you don’t always have to play with a crowd to have fun. I am a competitor by nature, so I also love the competitive atmosphere playing Wii Sports creates around me.
Although I find Wii Sports pleasurable, I wish there were more sports you could play. More games would create more options for fun. I love, however, how Wii Sports promotes interactions between friends. Whether you are encouraging each other or competing against each other, Wii Sports fosters a strong social setting between you and other users. Overall, Wii Sports is for people of all ages to enjoy and I would recommend everybody to play it.
This entry has been edited 2 times. It was last edited on Sep 8th, 2009 at 22:57:50.
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