Our copy of Wii Sports Resort arrived last night. It features twelve games, including frisbee, archery, and table tennis, and updates the bowling and golf featured in the original Wii Sports. The game that made me jump to preorder Wii Sports Resort is swordplay, which in initial reviews looked like virtual kendo.
The first game is Duel, for one or two players. The venue is a round platform thirty feet above a lagoon. Gameplay is a combination of kendo and sumo. You win a round by using sword strikes to drive your opponent off the edge of the platform and into the water. Rapid combinations of men (head) and do (abdomen) strikes do a good job of driving off opponents, in the early rounds at least. Best of three rounds wins.
After completing the Duel, Speed Slice is unlocked. Compete against the computer or an opponent to see who can be the fastest to slice bamboo shoots, cake slices, sushi rolls, and other objects tossed by a referee. In addition to speed, you are judged on whether you cut at the proper angle. Best of ten wins.
The third swordfighting game is Showdown. A single-player game, Showdown is Wii's answer to a Kurosawa movie. You enter a scene (say, a moonlit beach) where you are soon confronted by a horde of sword-wielding Miis, whom you battle until the ground is littered with Mii opponents, or until they land three blows on you.
Wii Sports Resort ships with one Wii MotionPlus, an extension of the Wii Remote that allows for more precise motion response. The length added by the MotionPlus allows for a two-handed grip as you duel. Still, it's not the most comfortable hilt - I wound up with a slight blister on the thumb after a few games. So, I'll grab a bandage and be back on the battlefield tonight - this time, challenging the five- and six-year olds.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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