Wii Sports

Wii Sports is the introductory game that comes bundled with the Wii. I believe the main intent of the game is not to exactly give you the sports feel of the game, but to get you comfortable with the "wiimote" and the "nunchuk" attachment. Despite that, the game is still a game and should be judge on that alone, not that it's going to teach you how to use the wiimote and enable you to feel comfortable with it.

Wii Sports comes with five built in sports games. Baseball, Bowling, Boxing, Golf, and Tennis.

Baseball:
BOOOOORING! Let's move on. No, really, it was that bad. While knowing how to swing a bat would give you the desired result, playing the actual game itself doesn't when it's your teams turn to have balls hit at them. The pitching works like real life pitching, but when your team goes to retrieve a ball, it all seems like its luck, which the opposing AI seems to have in abundance. For one, you don't control any of the infielders or outfielders, except for the pitcher when you're pitching. This is not something I want to play nine innings of, and I didn't.

Bowling:
Bowling is perhaps the easiest to control. It's also the only game that comes anywhere near the actual sport. I have always disliked bowling, but found this to be tolerable. Doing a 7 10 split in this was like doing one in real life. Difficult, but manageable. Getting a strike was easy enough if you exercised a little control and didn't lob the ball. Making that spare? No problem. Like in real life, it's about knowing how to contort your hand and wrist to get the desired effect.

Boxing:
Boxing is my favorite, but is perhaps the most annoying and unresponsive of the sports. Moving side-to-side is laggish, throwing a punch has a delay at times, and generally, the AI is easy to exploit. My final issue is that throwing a hook, high, middle, or low, seems like you're trying to play the lottery. Your chances of doing it are one in a million, but it can potentially happen. If you want to win, have one hand go for body shots and the other hand go for face shots. They'll constantly block their face, but not their body. Throw in a random uppercut for great effect. The best part about boxing is that the harder you try, the more of a workout you get.

Golf:
I've always found video game golfing to be immensely more fun than the playing or watching the actual "sport". This one, eh. Don't get me wrong; how you "swing" your wiimote is realistic enough. That part is fun. Putting? Realistic too. The biggest and only complaint I have is that the way you can view the topography. Finding all of the hills, bumps, and curves isn't even remotely possible. This makes a simple putt on the green suddenly not so simple. If you can over look that major oversight in gameplay, it's actually enjoyable.

Tennis:
My second favorite of the five. It's, well, tennis. The controlling doesn't make sense, and putting a spin on the ball is impossible, even though the AI somehow manages to do it. Hitting the ball where you want to go can only be accomplished by three wii-masters of the universe. I read the instruction manual and it pretty much told me to swing it like I'd swing a normal tennis racket. Odd, my "mii" doesn't swing it like I motion it. Despite the actual lack of control, it still manages to find a way to drag you in forces you to have fun with it.

Overall, Wii Sports doesn't have a very good replay value, but if you've got very few Wii games, you'll find yourself becoming accustomed to it very quickly and will find your niche sport.