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

[Patchkid15]

Well i had about a solid 2 hours with it today, its okay. I played mostly with my brother and was disappointed how much just him shaking his hands wildly during sword play made him victorious. I tried to stay strategic, but nothing holds up to his frantic waggling.

Its a great game none the less, I plan on playing for a good while.

[King of Twitch]

Wuhu! The handholding continues with a THREE MINUTE setup video for putting on the connie.

My friend code is

0945 3400
2395 1701

[Stratos]

Well i had about a solid 2 hours with it today, its okay. I played mostly with my brother and was disappointed how much just him shaking his hands wildly during sword play made him victorious. I tried to stay strategic, but nothing holds up to his frantic waggling.

Its a great game none the less, I plan on playing for a good while.

I am interested to see if my fencing and martial arts training will impact my performance in the sword game. I tend to make people who swing too wildly walk away with bruises. But since there is so little weight in the Wiimote they may be able to move faster than normal.

[BranDonk Kong]

Edit - I was replying to UncleBob's "Nintendo Screwed Me" thread and somehow the post showed up here instead.

[Tanookisuit]

I'm digging it.  I've played a lot of single player, and my girlfriend and I are about to tackle the multi.  So far, I really like Table Tennis, Air Sports, Swordplay and, surprisingly, Wakeboarding.  Oh, Archery is good too. 

[BranDonk Kong]

I played Table Tennis and Sword Fighting with my 3 year old daughter, it was fun.

[King of Twitch]

I played mostly with my brother and was disappointed how much just him shaking his hands wildly during sword play made him victorious. I tried to stay strategic, but nothing holds up to his frantic waggling.

Don't forget to use B trigger to block. When they get off balance, a series of side swipes usually works but it is pretty fast paced.

So far, I really like Table Tennis, Air Sports, Swordplay and, surprisingly, Wakeboarding.  Oh, Archery is good too. 

Ditto. Dog catch is probably the most addicting. Canoeing and cycling weren't too bad and they give your arms a workout but you have to learn to fudge the controls. Basketball hoops is a throwaway, and golf and bowling have to be relearned so they're not good for casually jumping right in.

Kendo and table tennis and a few others seem to be really short (shorter than anything in WS1) but the side games make up the difference.

I really like that some games have a time of day option. Nice touch.

[AV]

Ok so my brother and I just spent a few hours playing this game. It was a blast.

We went in order of the mini games.

Sword Fighting he would spam allot, but I could block some of that and he would stop and it would get interesting.

dog frisbee it was good, we just haven't gotten the rhythm yet on how to toss.

My brother and I had trouble with free throws in basketball. I don't get the hate for 3x3 . Sure it's not traditional but we still had a blast with it.

we played canoeing for a while.  It works but not perfectly. We collected all the ducks in like 30 minutes. It only unlocks a stamp not a mode or anything

archery was fairly fun once we got the hang of it.

I thought wake boarding was more interesting than I expected, but still a little simple. If I could control my own tricks that would have been awesome.

I enjoyed bowling more in this game than before. Spin is now present. I could never spin the ball liked I wanted in the original and now it works. The 100 pin mode is so much fun. That physics is fun to watch in replays.

Golf is now playable (where it wasn't before IMO) . I still get to much curving left or right but that's just my lack of skill.

airplane is relaxing and fun to just fly around the island and find places.
dogfight is to slow and the island is a little to big for only 2 players, fun still though.

table tennis is a head trip because I expect Wii Sports Tennis controls to work, but it's much better. I enjoy it.

cycling is ass.. PURE Waggle  . I don't like turning either.

power cruising is pretty fun,  I don't know if I can control as I land as much as I thought.

[BranDonk Kong]

I kept getting pissed at Dog Frisbee, but then I realized when you have your arm tucked in, your throws aren't as accurate as you think they'd be, so I started using broader tosses, extending my arm fully, and it worked much better.

[Halbred]

Oh, crap, it's the 26th.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I got it and got to play about half of the games.

3point challenge got the most replays at 4 times (Hi Score of 20 so far).
Played most games 2-4 players and had fun with what I did play so far.

I wanna play some more before I give real impressions, but I see alot of playtime coming from this game.
Pro status must be achieved asap on as many sports as i can.

[kraken613]

I can hate my brother and how anti-Nintendo he can be. So I got this today, I had him over to play it and he did not like it. He said "what ever its not that good at all". I have 37 Wii games and he comes over and plays them sometimes and today he told me. "Wii is stupid it only has 3-4 good games". ARG! If a game wasn't good I wouldn't own it, I do have a few that not many people would like but overall.  But he won't accept anything other than a FPS on 360 as being a good game. I try to tell him just because its not a FPS and ratted M doesn't mean its not a good game. Just aggravating! And I have my love of Nintendo from my brothers who had a NES and SNES and who taught me how to game.

Any ways, I love the game, its awesome just like when I played it on my neighbors import Wii.

[ThomasO]

My friend code is

0945 3400
2395 1701

Wii Sports Resort uses friend codes? What for?

[BeautifulShy]

Oh, crap, it's the 26th.

Yep you are late with your review.

I am wondering how far out from a release of a game do you get your review copies.1 week? 2 weeks?

I have some things I need to take care of today so I might have it later tonight or tomorrow.

[AV]

The Online connectivity is pathetic.

Basically the only online feature is the fact you can allow the game to use miis found on the ' check mii out channel '. So if you don't have that many mii's you can use some of those. I allowed it, but I already have 100 so whatever.

Such a waste Nintendo. It's like they are telling you " wii can go online but we don't feel like working harder so here is something "

[SixthAngel]

The Online connectivity is pathetic.

Basically the only online feature is the fact you can allow the game to use miis found on the ' check mii out channel '. So if you don't have that many mii's you can use some of those. I allowed it, but I already have 100 so whatever.

Such a waste Nintendo. It's like they are telling you " wii can go online but we don't feel like working harder so here is something "

Nintendo doesn't include online as a design choice in many of their games.  They want things focused on the family/friends getting together to play the game not some lone guy in his room .  This is their way of forcing people to do it and play it the way it is meant to be played.  They also probably don't see online as much of a draw for this game and I can't disagree.

[BlackNMild2k1]

They really should take the initiative to support their own online system with ant game they can fit it into. even if they make it the final unlockable, they should still include it if possible. They have to lead by example since all most 3rd parties do is copy them.

[Peachylala]

Mario Kart Wii has a great online because it needs it.

Wii Sports Resort... asides from the WAVE RACE Mii EDITION, and some others, I don't think online was needed.

The red font compliments the FAN RAGE quite well.

[DAaaMan64]

Mario Kart Wii has a great online because it needs it.

Then what the **** happened to Brawl.

[EasyCure]

Mario Kart Wii has a great online because it needs it.

Then what the **** happened to Brawl.

QFT. I'd still be playing the game if on line worked well.. but it doesn't so i don't.

[ThomasO]

What I think is the major problem with Brawl's online is that Brawl looks too good, and the game play requires very fine accuracy. There is a compromise between accuracy and fast-processing time.

Mario Kart Wii has its drawbacks: first, the graphics mirror that of the GameCube, so the art design, whether it be in local play or online play, is uniform, unlike The Conduit, which apparently had its graphics toned down and made ugly compared to the rest of the game for online. Second, when playing online there is a lag between player and item collision, but given Mario Kart's luck-based game play, it's doable and appropriate. Because more processing power was given to handling 12 players from anywhere in the world rather than excellent graphics and direct hits, it is a very smooth online, with no bad lag or slowdown.

Brawl on the other hand, was made to take full advantage of the Wii's hardware for local multiplayer, more or less. Thus backgrounds are busy and bursting with activity. Even the stages with no obstacles have a lot going on. And Brawl requires accuracy. Without it, punches would fly straight through characters. Thus, Brawl has a laggy online since only is it processing actions from up to 4 consoles around the world, the events that follow, and the surplus of detailed, busy graphics. If the developer was be able to give Brawl an online that does not compromise graphics and accuracy for fast processing time but still have smooth online no matter what, it would be a miracle.

[Peachylala]

Mario Kart Wii has a great online because it needs it.

Then what the **** happened to Brawl.

Sakurai didn't care. If that doesn't work, read ThomasQ's answer m'kay?

[DAaaMan64]

The Conduit has the same quality online as many PC games in 1998. Brawl can do good online, many fighters have good online now a days too. I know it can be done, Nintendo is just retarded about online.

[AV]

if you play the free fall sky diving mode again you can take pictures.

makes sense you could send those pictures to friends.

high scores are all over the game. you would think leader boards would fit . Or even being able to trade those scores to your wii friends to compete that way.

I understand that WM+ plus online play might be tricky to work out , so online vs might be difficult.

however having " check mii out" channel support and not having other basic things just makes no sense. I guess either have nothing or all.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Nintendo didn't include Lotion Puss for NOTHING, you know.

Gotta cut out features to save money since it's a game for casuals who don't know how to connect their Wii to the interweb anyway.  Don't waste dev money on your unprofitable fans.

The freaking game starts with a half hour video on attaching your dongle to make babies.  Imagine the video they'd force users to see to get ONLINE!