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Wii Sports Resort To Feature Golf, Table Tennis

Posted Mon, 18 May 2009 by Jonathan Wahlgren

Hope you liked it the first time around.

Hope you liked it the first time around.

Nintendo double-dipping for next 50 million-seller

It's official: Minigame compilations on Wii have become so numerous that Nintendo themselves have no new sports to exploit.

Over at the official Japanese Wii Web site via GoNintendo there's a bunch of new TV spots advertising Motion+ and Wii Sports Resort, revealing two more minigames sure to set the world ablaze. Well, not new in the strictest sense; it's golf and table tennis, which has already been featured in the original Wii Sports and Wii Play. Those versions, of course, are inferior to what Nintendo will be tossing our way now that we'll have a new and improved WiiMote.

I suppose it's not the worst thing in the world; at least we're getting fencing and some kind of disc toss too.

Source: wii.com, gonintendo.com.

Tags: Wii, Upcoming Games, Adverts.

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User Comments

Caliko

1. Caliko United States 18 May 2009, 22:22 BST

My most anticipated title of 2009!! (pre-E3)

But where's my volleyball??

Egg miester

2. Egg miester United States 18 May 2009, 22:24 BST

not bad i guess but what they need is a surfing mini game

thewiirocks

3. thewiirocks United States 18 May 2009, 22:30 BST

Well, the table tennis in WiiPlay WAS inferior. It was simply a "move the paddle" type of affair. One would hope that a Motion+ version would be superior.

As for the Golf game, I have a feeling that it stems from development Nintendo did to help out the latest version of Tiger Woods with Motion+ support. Like so many of their minigame compilations, they took what they already had available and packaged it into a product.

motang

4. motang United States 18 May 2009, 22:33 BST

I will be getting this cause of motion+ so that I can use that with upcoming games. :)

Stevie

5. Stevie United Kingdom 18 May 2009, 22:36 BST

At least there will be a direct comparison for the difference Motion+ makes

Stuffgamer1

6. Stuffgamer1 United States 18 May 2009, 22:49 BST

I agree with Caliko, volleyball would make perfect sense for this game. Maybe it's still an upcoming announcement?

Anyway, I think that having golf and table tennis in the game is a good idea due to the improvements that can be implemented (especially with the table tennis, like thewiirocks said).

Bahamut ZERO

7. Bahamut ZERO United States 18 May 2009, 23:07 BST

This has so much potential. Volleyball, surfing, the list goes on and on. Howver, these may be too difficult for the WiiMote, so I guess they're sticking with what will work, unfortunately.

Objection_Blaster

8. Objection_Blaster United States 18 May 2009, 23:08 BST

Of all the things to add, they add ones they already gave us in Sports 1 and Play? Wow what a great game. I'm probably going to ignore this best-seller.

XCWarrior

9. XCWarrior United States 18 May 2009, 23:11 BST

This took this down on my most wanted list. I would rather get Tiger Woods and Virtua Tennis. I mean seriously Nintendo, didn't you learn from Wii Music it's not good to rehash game ideas - especially your own!

TourianTourist

10. TourianTourist Germany 18 May 2009, 23:12 BST

Golf was my favorite gametype in the original Wii Sports, so I'm very happy they brought it back, probably with lots of new courses and maybe 18 holes this time.

And table tennis in Wii Play wasn't very good, so I'm glad they're making a new version of this as well.

Ricardo91

11. Ricardo91 United States 18 May 2009, 23:13 BST

What's the point of having these if both of them were in previous Wii ___ games?

Kid_A

12. Kid_A United States 18 May 2009, 23:14 BST

I'm not a big fan of minigame collections, but when Nintendo does a minigame collection it's always an amazing experience. Look at Wii Sports, WarioWare, and Rhythm Heaven--all fantastic games. I, for one, am looking forward to Wii Sports Resort.

lanafire7

13. lanafire7 United States 18 May 2009, 23:32 BST

@Ricardo91 - because of wii motion+!
if they are doing ping pong which was also on mario olympics, they better do BOXING & baseball as well. tennis is already being done by EA grand slam & sega's virtua tennis & if N did tennis again, EA & sega should slap N silly. N should add other sport mini games like volleyball (like others said), football & DODGEBALL, first person or a very close 3rd person cam! I think first person cam really helps add to the adrenaline rush in games. who doesn't like things flying at them from safety of a tv?

Neomega

14. Neomega United States 18 May 2009, 23:42 BST

...#13's avatar distracts me!

Adam

15. Adam United States 19 May 2009, 00:22 BST

Golf on Wii Sports was good but flawed. Of all the games, the remote responded the most poorly for golf, especially in putting. Wii Play's table tennis is fun for about 10 minutes. On paper, yes, both games have been done before, but there is so much room for improvement that it would be a shame to abandon them. I'm glad Nintendo wasn't satisfied with its previous attempts and chose to better them. The "move the paddle" game didn't even really qualify as table tennis to me. More like Pong. Full motion table tennis will be great for me since my old table is warped and can't bring it to my small apartment anyway. Hurry up, July.

Super Smash Bros. Fan1999

16. Super Smash Bros. Fan1999 United States 19 May 2009, 00:29 BST

Sweet. While this won't the the first game (Tiger Wood PGA Tour '10 and Grand Slam Tennis will come in June), it's in my bag. I cannot wait for this summer of gaming by Nintendo. Let's hope Golf and Table Tennis are better then the first time around, because with TWPGA10 and Grand Slam Master coming around, they better step up to the plate.

NESGamepro

17. NESGamepro United States 19 May 2009, 01:30 BST

I'll probably get it, but I don't have to be happy about it.

LinktotheFuture

18. LinktotheFuture United States 19 May 2009, 02:15 BST

I have no problem with them putting golf on Resort. Of course it would be cooler if they redid Wii Sports with WiiMotion Plus.

Turkey Brutus

19. Turkey Brutus United States 19 May 2009, 03:42 BST

@XCWarrior:
"mean seriously Nintendo, didn't you learn from Wii Music it's not good to rehash game ideas - especially your own!"

Remind me which idea Nintendo ripped off from itself to create Wii Music.

Caliko

20. Caliko United States 19 May 2009, 07:15 BST

Thanks to all who agreed.

I'm juss sayin'! I want more beach oriented sports(Surfing sounds awesome!) I mean who says, "Hey let's go to the beach and play ping pong!"

MickEiA

21. MickEiA Australia 19 May 2009, 07:52 BST

this is funny why are they releasing two tennis motion plus games if they're gonna release tennis in resort

Nathan

22. Nathan Australia 19 May 2009, 09:42 BST

I'd like to see an updated Wii Bowling.

Clint Eastwood

23. Clint Eastwood Kazakhstan 19 May 2009, 10:07 BST

It's nice to have updated versions of their previous efforts (the golf really needed improvement). As long as it means we're still getting some proper new sports like volleyball.

LEGEND MARIOID

24. LEGEND MARIOID United Kingdom 19 May 2009, 10:49 BST

PROPER table tennis where you swing the bat and you can now accuratley angle and spin your shots?! Yes please, I've been craving for such a game. Also a decent and accurate golf game for those who don't want to buy Tiger Woods ("serious" sports game")? Yes please. Well done Nintendo (IMHO)

nintendolover88

25. nintendolover88 United Kingdom 20 May 2009, 18:17 BST

loved wii sports - i certainly wii love this too. Hope it comes out in the UK soon;can't wait!!!

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