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Wii Sports

Wii Sports is a sports simulation game built around the motion controls of the Wii Remote. It collects five sports, tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, and boxing, played by moving the controller to mimic real…

75 19 November 2006

Wii Sports is a simulator developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.2, released 19 November 2006 on Wii. The main story takes about 13 hrs to finish.

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What Wii Sports is

Wii Sports is a simulator game developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.2 and released in 2006. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Wii Sports is a 2006 sports simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. The game was released in North America along with the Wii on 19 November 2006, and in Japan, Australia, and Europe the following month. It was included as a pack-in game with the console in all territories except Japan and Korea, making it the first sports game included with the launch of a Nintendo system since Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy in 1995. The game was later released on its own as part of the Nintendo Selects collection of games.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Wii Sports holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 442 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 13 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 22 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Wii Sports launched on 19 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Wii Sports — frequently asked questions

When did Wii Sports come out?
Wii Sports was released on 19 November 2006 for Wii.
How long does it take to beat Wii Sports?
The main story of Wii Sports takes around 13 hrs, or 22 hrs for 100% completion.

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