The first thing you read from this review from Game Focus is "Finally a hockey game on the Wii".

The review starts off talking about gameplay and how much fun the Wii Remote makes it (along with different playing styles and modes, plus the tiny let down of no internet support), then onto the great graphics (with a mention to great sound too), followed on by value and how the Wii version is cheaper than that of the other two main consoles and then finally the conclusion that NHL 2K9 for the...

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"I’ve always been torn between the two major franchises in puck blasting games for a number of years and it’s always a hard one to call when both the 2K and EA Sports games have so many good and bad points to choose from, so I‘m going to do my best to separate the good from the bad and give you a definitive what’s what with regards to the software dedicated to a frozen puddle and padded men hitting the net and each other."

"As a huge hockey fan (raised in Minnesota; the state of hockey) I've been dying to see an NHL franchise - be it from 2K, or EA - make the first step onto Wii. Despite the slightly less enthusiastic outlook on the sport compared to things like the NFL or MLB by the general public, NHL has always found one hell of a home in videogames, and for those that enjoy the sport outside of the virtual world, there are few things more entertaining than sitting down with a buddy, checking the ever-loving ..."

"Here’s a list of this weeks U.S. game releases. The most popular games are Spore on PC / Mac, Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise on DS, Yakuza 2 on PS2, and NHL 09 & NHL 2k9 on multiple platforms. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop titles Groovin’ Blocks, Cho Aniki, Final Soldier, as well as Samurai Shodown II, RocketBowl, and Shotest Shogi on Xbox Live Arcade (updates Wednesday). American McGee’s Grimm: The Devil and His Three Golden Hairs will join the GameTap lineup (upda..."

"PC
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Super Pack, Spore, Spore Galactic Edition

PS2
Cabela's Legendary Adventures, NHL 2K9, TNA Impact!, Yakuza 2

PS3
NHL 09, NHL 2K9, TNA Impact!

Xbox 360
NHL 09, NHL 2K9, TNA Impact!, Zoids Assault

Wii
Active Life: Outdoor Challenge, Cabela's Legendary Adventures, Hell's Kitchen: The Game, NHL 2K9, The Price is Right, Ten Pin Alley 2

DS
Air Traffic Chaos, Hell's Kitchen: The Game, Lock's Quest, Mazes of Fate, Metallic Silver Nintendo DS Lite..."

"2K Sports made kind of a big deal about the impending release of NHL 2K9 being "the first and only officially licensed NHL and NHLPA video game for Wii" but we didn't know how serious the Take-Two label was. They got Mario—yes, that Mario—to help drum up enthusiasm for video game hockey, waggle-style at last night's 2008 NHL Awards in Toronto. Normally, our eyes glaze over when someone brings up hockey video games that were released after NHL 94 for the Genesis, but when Mario foregos pimping..."