E308: IGN Hands-On with Wii Sports Resort

Akira_EX | July 16, 2008 | Previews | Wii E3 2008

One of the new game reveals by Nintendo on the Kodak Theater stage was Wii Sports Resort, a follow-up to Wii Sports that showcased the company's new Wii MotionPlus accessory, that would allow for 1:1 control for the Wii Remote.

IGN gave it's hands-on impressions for the three minigames showcased in Wii Sports Resort on the floor: Disc Dog, Sword Play, and Power Cruising. They came away with the feeling that the Wii MotionPlus really works, and were impressed with the accuracy of the device in all three games.

Wii Sports Resort will reportedly retail for USD 49.99, and bundled with the Wii MotionPlus. It is set to release in the Spring of 2009 in the US.

Ever since we first played with the Wii remote and swung a virtual tennis racket or hit a virtual baseball, we threw out terminology like 1:1 control ratios and real-time manipulation. But the Wii remote never quite delivered on the promise it first showed, namely because the built-in accelerometers worked well with big, grandiose movements, but lacked the measuring accuracy to gauge and realistically translate the subtler motions. As a result, you could effortlessly swing your on-screen baseball bat in a big, arching motion, but you couldn't, say, swing a virtual sword with any sense that you had a great detail of accurate control over the action. The good news is that Nintendo is on the threshold of changing all of that once and for all thanks in whole to a little attachment that plugs into the bottom of your Wii remote. It's been coined MotionPlus, but we prefer to think of it as an integral ingredient -- that little something that's been missing from the Wii remote all along.

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Demonfurby | July 16, 2008

$50? Hell no, I'll just buy the Motion Plus for 20 when it comes.
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gamefreak101 | July 16, 2008

Uhhh, damn. $50 is a bit much. I'll wait to buy it separately as well.
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Zeon I | July 16, 2008

WTFRUSRS? I'll be damned if I pay for a Copy of Wii Sports + an Island. :/

I'd rather play Tennis for hours with shitty AI, anyway.
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Zeta | July 16, 2008

I think the game looks pretty fun, can't wait to stab my brother with a sword x3
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Remino52 | July 16, 2008

The sword thing does look cool.
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Fishlock | July 17, 2008

If they pack the Motion Plus with this game, it could be the next Wii Play.

No, scratch that, it would be the next Super Mario Bros. 3
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  Kazooieman | July 17, 2008
  
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  it would be the next Super Mario Bros. 3
  I very much doubt that. -_-
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Marshal Loss | July 18, 2008

Frankly this looks like crap, I really hate games like this xD.