Topic: WiiSports Resort - Welcome to Wuhu Island *July 09*

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I just acquired an extra Mutton Plucks so my administration will be ready for multiplayer on DAY ONE

SAME HERE.

I just obtained Lotion Puss, with no games to apply it to, yet.

[King of Twitch]

Wii, DS, and **** you don't need--the new three pillars of gaming.

[BeautifulShy]

http://www.vooks.net/story-18238-Aussie-Wii-Sports-Resort-Midnight-Launch-Report.html

So the game was launched yesterday in Australia.I wonder if any Aussies here picked it up.

[Tanookisuit]

They're playing "Wii Resort" (as they called it) on Good Morning America this morning.

[EasyCure]

They're playing "Wii Resort" (as they called it) on Good Morning America this morning.

And whoever was demonstrating it (the "proffesional") also used the term "staycation" which i know someone else mentioned the same thing in this very thread..

[BlackNMild2k1]

anyone got a link to watch it?

[Dasmos]

First impressions: Wii Sports is better.

[BwrJim!]

 Me believes staycation was coined during economic down times, which is a vacation that the ones stay at home.

[EasyCure]

Me believes staycation was coined during economic down times, which is a vacation that the ones stay at home.

If this was referring to my previous post, i didn't mean to say one of our forum members coined the term "staycation," I've actually heard it long before it was uttered here. The reason i brought it its relevance up, was that seeing it advertised as such is a good way to sell this game to soccer-mom types who, in this economic climate, would feel the safer purchase is a $50 game the whole family can enjoy at home over a trip to an actual resort getaway where they may or may not do all the activities included within the game.

Now I'm not sure if the person demonstrating the game to the GMA cast was a Nintendo rep or not, but either way.. throwing that word in there is good advertising. Whoever used the term in this thread was exactly right when they said it.

[King of Twitch]

A full casino is a must. You've got to get soccer moms on staycation hooked on Wii somehow

Dasmos' post makes me sad. Any further impressions for us?

[Tanookisuit]

Wait, when does this thing come out?  Sunday?

[BeautifulShy]

The 26th Tanookisuit.

[Tanookisuit]

Thanks!

[Shorty McNostril]

Aussie sports resort owner here.  I picked it up on 2 days ago.  It is pretty awesome.  Having a ball with it.  Controls are very nice. I was pleasantly surprised with the swordplay.  All the games work quite well.  Ping Pong is quite appealing too.  Time is short so I can't go into detail.  All in all you will enjoy it.  I haven't played multi player yet. 

[Dasmos]

A full casino is a must. You've got to get soccer moms on staycation hooked on Wii somehow

Dasmos' post makes me sad. Any further impressions for us?

Not get me wrong it's not a bad game, it's just the original is leagues ahead. The controls work well and most of the games are fun (canoeing is ****), but the "multiplayer" isn't as god as Wii Sports. It's more of a take-in-turn type of multiplayer than a real 4-in-1 experience (e.g. there's absolutely nothing that comes close to being as good as Wii Tennis.)

It's fun and I'll definitely bust it out when friends come over, it's just not as good as it could have been and it's not as impressive as Wii Sports.

[King of Twitch]

Ok I guess I can see them not being quite as engaging as tennis but what about the side games?

Quoting this in preparation for tomorrow:

I'll summarize:

Dohta:I remember you asking us at the time: “Look, are you really sure you can make it?" (laughs)

Iwata:And you said: “We’ll pull out all the stops!” (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Shimamura:You could say that! (laughs)

Sato:Yes, well… I felt that my expectations may have been a little bit excessive… (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Shimamura:And that’s when we all found ourselves saying: "You can make it stop! You can make it stop!" (laughs)

Yama****a:We were saying: "Look, you can make it stop at the last second!” (laughs)

Shimamura:That’s exactly what we thought: “What are we going to do with this?” (laughs)

Iwata:Licensing an island! (laughs)

Shimamura:Well, I was really taken aback. In fact, I was at a loss for words! (laughs)

Iwata:Well, that's not surprising considering you’d just heard someone suggest turning an island into a character and then licensing it out! (laughs)

Shimamura:Absolutely! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

All:(laughter)

All:(laughter)

Yama****a:You could of course also stop the sword just before making the strike! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:They made each of the mini-games end within five seconds! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Yama****a:At first, I really thought it would be impossible, but I knew that if anyone could do something about it, it would be Ota-san. And indeed it turned out that he managed to do something! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Miyamoto:I’m afraid we can’t reveal just how the magic works! (laughs)

Iwata:So without knowing how you'd actually go about it, you just went ahead and said "Let’s have 1000 opponents!" (laughs)

Yama****a:Right. We thought that the more opponents we had, the better! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Yama****a:Yes, that’s true. (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:You had already used them all! (laughs)

Yama****a:Right, we had used them all! (laughs)

Sato:We would say things like: “This really has that ‘resort feel’!” (laughs)

Iwata:That phrase “resort feel” really reminds me of the way the team who developed Zelda referred to that “Zelda-esque” quality. (laughs)

All:(laughter)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:I’m not sure it’s such a good idea to confuse onsen and tropical resorts! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:The fact that the developer of the game is able to describe the rallies using terms like that certainly convinces me that you’ve nailed it! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:Yes, I did it! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Miyamoto:Have I really? (laughs)

Shimamura:(laughs) I can remember that wakeboarding has been a goal of yours for the last ten years and doing an aerial flyover has been a goal for twenty years.

Yama****a:It’s 3000 points! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Shimamura:Right after getting back to Japan, he suddenly said: “You know we’re including golf now.” Apparently he’d stated in an interview that this time round golf shots would be determined by the backswing, even though at that time a golf game didn't exist in any shape or form! (laughs)

Iwata:It’s a trick he often uses! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Shimamura:That’s because of the “18 Hole Incident”. (laughs)

Iwata:“The 18 Hole Incident”? Tell us about that! (laughs)

Iwata:That’s another well-worn technique! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Miyamoto:We won ourselves some extra time while things were left to stew in the pressure cooker! (laughs)

Iwata:Read the previous Iwata Asks interview and all will become clear! (laughs)

Iwata:Fortunately? It certainly wasn’t a fortunate development from a business perspective! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:I bet you sounded really happy when you shouted it! (laughs)

Miyamoto:I really did shout! (laughs)

Iwata:You think you’re approaching the finish line when someone shouts "You guys got a lucky break!" (laughs)

Iwata:Taking the feelings of the team working on the game who believe that the finish line is just up ahead into consideration, I don’t know if that can be perceived as being entirely a positive thing! (laughs)

Yama****a:Well, it’s not something that a member of the team would have said. Of course it was... (laughs)

All:(laughs)

Iwata:Now I get it… (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:(laughs)

Iwata:That’s one way of saving time! (laughs)

Yama****a:That’s good to hear! (laughs)

Iwata:Really? There was more? (laughs)

Iwata:And that someone was Miyamoto-san once again! (laughs)

Miyamoto:If you use this chance to get familiar with the island in advance, you’ll enjoy the next game even more! (laughs)

Iwata:(laughs)

All:(laughter)

Shimamura:He'll read it and we'll be found out! (laughs)

All:(laughter)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:I see – “advice”. (laughs)

Iwata:He doesn’t pull any punches, does he? (laughs)

Iwata:(laughs)

Iwata:The dreaded progress report! (laughs)

Shimamura:“Dreaded” is exactly the right word! (laughs)

Iwata:He makes you stand? (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Yama****a:Yes, he certainly does. (laughs)

Iwata:After you “were put through this”… (laughs)

Shimamura:If you looked at the screen, you could see that he wasn’t able to hold it steady at all. I’d never seen anyone shaking so bad before when playing the game so I said: “You’re shaking!” He replied: ”It’s nerves!” (laughs)

All:(laughter)

Iwata:(laughs) So did he get through that nerve-wracking presentation without Miyamoto-san giving him the thumbs down?

All:(laughter)

[BeautifulShy]

Review Post.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/100/1004395p1.html
They gave it a 7.7

7.0    Presentation
Good enough doesn't feel good enough in this sequel. You've got a nice features list in all 12 challenges, but once again Nintendo doesn't go above and beyond.
8.5    Graphics
Believe it or not, the game is one of the better looking Wii titles. Simple art style? Sure. But the visuals are pulling next-gen effects like water physics and depth of focus, all at 60 FPS.
8.0    Sound
Clean, happy, up-beat soundtrack, complete with the same announcer from the first game.
8.0    Gameplay
Some games work better than others, but the real champs here are Swordplay, Table Tennis, Archery, and Frisbee.
7.5    Lasting Appeal
It's an evergreen title that will keep you coming back, but Nintendo could have done so much more (online?) to keep players' interests.
7.7
Good    OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)

1ups review
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3175187&p=44&sec=REVIEWS
They gave it a A-

GameTrailers review
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-wii-sports/52930
They gave it a 8.6
Design got a 8.5
Gameplay got a 8.8
Presentation got a 7.2

[Patchkid15]

Anyone headed to a midnight launch for the game, my gamecrazy called me today to tell me about the launch, if i am awake i might head down

[kraken613]

Mine Gamestop wasn't having one. I am not picking this up right away because if I want to play I can go across the street and play my neighbors import copy. I will buy it soon but my money is tight until the 1st when I get paid again. I will pick it up next week probably.

[Halbred]

I've been playing the review copy for four days now. Expect a full review before the game actually launches. I've also had the good lunch of having my in-laws (who loved Wii Sports) up to play with me. We all love it. This is what Wii Sports should've been.

[BranDonk Kong]

Before the game launches...it's out today. Anyway, it's awesome, I just played frisbee like 10 times straight. All these new games, with WM+, it's like Wii launch day all over again...except I played Twilight Princess most of that day...

[UncleBob]

I wanted to get it, but my Wii Sports Resort fund when to pay for my Wii's memory wiping...

[kraken613]

Have you called and complained? Well its the weekend so I guess you have to wait till Monday.

[KDR_11k]

The Conduit took too large a chunk out of my budget so I have no money left for WSR, would've picked it up on Thursday otherwise.

[AV]

i was the first person at gamestop to reserve it, and the first person to pick it up today. 

They guy was cool and gave me some EA stickers to place over the wiimote. They are black and I like them.

I just registered the game at club nintendo and got a clean 80 points. ( I intended to buy and doing the survey ) ok i'm about to play for first time.
I'm going to play for a little while than go to church, than go to my brothers house and play multiplayer all day with him. So maybe impressions later tonight