Wii Sports Resort
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Wii Sports Resort
Wii Sports Resort is a collection of twelve sports. The game makes full usage of the Wii MotionPlus accessory, an add-on to the original Wii Remote controller which gives it full omnidirectional detection. This is an improvement over the original controller which only repeated straight-arm movement.[8]
Wii Sports Resort received positive reviews from critics for the improved controls, gameplay, and graphics. As of March 31, 2021, the game is the third
A sequel called Nintendo Switch Sports was released on April 29, 2022.
Gameplay
Wii Sports Resort is a sports video game set in a tropical
Most notably, in
List of sports
- Wakeboarding[11][c]
- Frisbee[11][c]
- Disc golf (as "Frisbee golf")
- Archery[11][c]
- Basketball (as "3 Point Contest" and "Pickup Game")[11][d]
- Table tennis (including "Return Challenge")[e][12][11][d]
- Golf [f][11][c]
- Bowling (including "100 Pin" and "Spin Control")[f][11][c]
- (including a V.S. mode)
- Canoeing (including a V.S. mode)[11]
- Cycling (including a V.S. mode)[11]
- piloting (referred to as "Island Flyover"))[11]
Some of these sports are one-player, and some have a different version of the sport that is two-player. Most sports support multiplayer; in those sports, the maximum number of players is two or four, depending on the game. Three of the previously available sports, Tennis, Baseball and Boxing, are unavailable.
Setting
Wuhu Island is a fictional tropical island that is the largest of an archipelago of various islands and rock formations.[13] "Wedge Island" is the second largest island of the archipelago, where the golf minigame takes place in Wii Sports Resort.[14] At the center-right of the island, a large volcano is prominent, called "Maka Wuhu" ("Mt. Tenganamanga" in the European version of the game). To the south, a town and beach can be seen, called "Wuhu Town" and "Sugarsand Beach", respectively.[13][15] To the west, a group of wind turbines and a lighthouse can be observed. At the center of the island, there is a large lake, called "Duckling Lake", which contains a waterfall.[13]
History
Wii Sports demo and Wii Fit
Before being given a name, a similar but less detailed version of the island was featured in a playable demo at
Wii Sports Resort
To celebrate the release of Wii Sports Resort, on 23 July 2009, Nintendo transformed a part of Times Square in New York City to a beach-style vacation area based on Wuhu Island, containing a beach, pool, lounge, and bar. Additionally, people who visited were allowed to play the full game before its intended release on 26 July 2009.[24] In the Air Sports minigame, players can fly around the island freely, seeing more details than in other minigames.
In an interview with
Later appearances
A few months after the release of Wii Sports Resort,
Wuhu Island is the named location of the third installment of the
Wuhu island acts as a selectable stage in Nintendo's
Development
The idea for a sequel to Wii Sports was considered well before the advent of the Wii MotionPlus peripheral. Development only moved forward when the new possibilities in control were realized.
While wishing to avoid sports that already were present in Wii Sports. Bowling and Golf made their return in Wii Sports Resort with changes. Bowling was added with the inclusion of a 100-pin mode and the addition of Golf (with additionnal courses) was imposed by Miyamoto after he talked in an interview about the influence of the player's backswing in Golf.[35]
The principal setting of Wii Sports Resort, Wuhu Island, originally appeared at
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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X-Play | 5/5[65] |
Wii Sports Resort has received generally “favorable reviews”, with an average score on
In May 2010, the
Alex Spencer at
During the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Wii Sports Resort for "Family Game of the Year".[77] Additionally, the game received two nomination from the British Academy Games Awards for "Best Family and Social Game" and "Best Sports Game" winning the former.[78]
Sales
In Japan, Wii Sports Resort sold 152,000 copies within its first day of release[79] and over 514,000 copies in two weeks.[80] In North America, it sold over 500,000 copies in its first week.[81] By mid-July 2009, the game had sold over 2 million copies worldwide, with 600,000 copies sold in Europe and 828,000 sold in Japan.[82] Nintendo announced that it had sold over one million units individually in the United States, Japan, and Europe, accounting for over 3 million copies sold by August 2009.[83]
In 2009, Wii Sports Resort sold 7.57 million copies, making it the second-biggest-selling game worldwide of that year.[84] As of March 31, 2021, Wii Sports Resort has sold 33.14 million copies worldwide.[9]
See also
Notes
- ^ Wii スポーツ リゾート (Wī Supōtsu Rizōto) in Japanese
- .
- ^ a b c d e This sport fully supports hot seat multiplayer.
- ^ a b c This sport features at least one mode that supports hot seat multiplayer.
- ^ This sport was also featured in Wii Play; however, unlike the sports returning from Wii Sports, the gameplay and appearance of the sport were considerably revamped.
- ^ a b Sports that have returned from Wii Sports
- ^ Also called "Wiifity Island"[21]
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