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Fun, challenging and intriguing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We haven't tried all 15 events in Wii Winter Sports yet, but wife and I completed the 7 event competition earlier this evening. My second day of playing with it, her first. It took 55 minutes to complete the 7 event competition although there were a few pauses, as reported by the game itself. I'm not sure if it stops timing during pauses, but it wouldn't have made much difference either way. We were both breathing hard and sweating (and I swim about 500 yards each day). Then I did curling, which isn't in the 7 event competition and now my arm is sore from sweeping.

We've done ski jumping, 4-man bobsled, skeleton, figure skating, alpine skiing, 500M speed skating, and slalom skiing. You can compete against time or the Wii, depending on the sport, or against another team. You can have multiple people on a team. Many of the activities require you to use both the controller and the nunchuck, but there is very little use of the buttons on the devices. You use them to control or gain speed and to control direction. In curling you also use the controller to sweep.

There is an opening ceremony like the Olympics and medals are awarded - if you earn one. There are a pair of announcers and they don't mind making fun of poor performances.

Winter Sports doesn't use the Mii's. It does have more lifelike characters although you have no control over what your character looks like. Operating these games is more complicated than any of the games in Wii Sports, and the manual is only OK. I still don't know what "carving" is in downhill skiing, but the onscreen instructions tell you how to do it. For each event the game presents illustrated on-screen instructions before the event begins. It is easy to skip them and even to prevent them from being displayed. You also get to control the relative volume of the background music, the sound effects and the voices of the announcer. I have to reduce the volume of the music for the announcers to be understandable.

Overall, so far it isn't as natural to us as tennis or any of the other games in Wii Sports, but it is fun and exercises different muscles. These are sports that we've never actually participated in so none of them are as natural to us.

I've posted a note in the Amazon Forum asking for tips on how to use the controls in the curling event. I'll also ask in a Wii Usenet newsgroup.

Wii controller does not work properly with this game. Very frustrating. Waste of time.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Wii controller does not work properly with this game. For example, in Alpine Skiing, I can't accurately steer in the direction I want. It's very frustrating. It's a huge waste of time.

The music and the graphic are okay.
I regret buying it. I should have rented it. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is much better in terms of good controlling, better graphic, and more fun.

Not good

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 74
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is like most Wii games, terrible. Such a waste of $50. I would highly suggest renting games or reviewing them extensively on objective websites. Impulse buys with Wii games have yet to do me right.

expecting more

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 36
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was expecting more eximent from this game. I read the reviews and they praised on how good of a game this is. Ive seen way better games.

No staying power

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 30
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Game had potential, but has no lasting entertainment value. Will not come out of the cover often now that Christmas is over.

A very fun game for the the entire family

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun and quite a challange for the entire family. Would recommend purchasing.

Disapointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was expecting to get some more games in the spirit of Wii Sport but was rather disapointed by this game, as we didn't have much fun playing.
we have tried with the kids (age 10 and 8) the various winter sport and failed to get excited.

Disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Lacks the intuitive control of other Wii games. Some of the games are worthless, ice skating and curling are examples. Others are repetatively boring. I would get my money back if I could.

Too hard to play.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: March 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my 12 year old son who is a big "gamer". He has played the game a few times. He said that it is really hard to play. I come from the generation of the Atari, so I can't provide any feedback. Just thought my son's opinion may help.

Winter Sports

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Fun game, can be a good work-out if you get into it. The curling is a tough one, but I am still working on it.

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