During my latest session with Sports Connection, I played karting, tennis, and European football. The first activity puts you behind the wheel of a standard kart, which you control with either the motion sensing capabilities or analog stick of the GamePad. Accelerating, braking, and drifting are done in a very typical racing fashion (activated through the triggers on the back of the controller) and you can boost by pressing the A button. The karting game is basic racing fare; at very least, it seems like you could have a decent time in multiplayer, where you can play against up to five people.

The second game was tennis, which I soon grew bored of, not because of how the game looked, but simply because of what it tried to accomplish. In this game of tennis, you have no chance to walk or even do the slightest movement on your own. Most of the experience is computer controlled—the only thing you do on the GamePad is swipe the touch screen to hit the ball, which was at least recognized well during my session—and it makes for some awkward gameplay moments. 

In European football, you move your avatar with the analog stick on the GamePad and use the face buttons to do moves. The standard walking speed of characters on the pitch is slow, though you can hold the ZR button to make them sprint. While the core gameplay mechanics are fine, some other things, like the AI and the game’s application of some rules, aren't.

Sports Connection, known as ESPN Sports Connection overseas, doesn’t seem like a fun game by any stretch. While you could have some morbid laughs about how the game gets things entirely wrong, even those won't last, and aren’t worth it—the game feels like a thrown-together package of old tech demos and experiences.