Fun but I still prefer Wii Sports 1!
922966
This is fun but you still need to buy the add on Wii Remote Motion Plus in order to really enjoy all the mini-games with friends or families. Nintendo made a huge mistake by not adding this with all Wii Remotes when the Nintendo Wii was first released.
4031017
Okay, so I usually don't write reviews on here, especially video game reviews, but due to the couple of people panning this game I felt I should. Those who panned this game complained that the controls are not right and that the motion doesn't know what it's doing. I disagree, I was holding it correctly and it was working. I experienced one time out of 4 hours that it did this and I think it's more due to player positioning than anything else. The control scheme is great, it utilizes all the variety of shots in tennis and like the Tiger Woods game, it puts you through some practice before starting the game, although not as comprehensive.

With that being said though, there are definitely some problems. First and foremost, I know they wanted the cartoonish look which I wouldn't have a problem if it looked decent. The characters look blocky and just look rushed. There are other games such as the Mario games that have great cartoonish graphics. This does not. Another problem I have is the commentary. The commentators say hardly anything at all, which leads me to believe this was tacked on last minute. The commentary should be saying things throughout to add to the experience.

Lastly, just like EA Sports Active, the create a character BLOWS!!! EA is notorious for making great create a characters, from the NBA, NFL and especially the Tiger Woods games, so I truly don't understand why there is such a lack of customization here. Much like the graphics and commentary, I feel EA rushed this title.

At the end of the day, I will excuse EA this time for Grand Slam as well as Active as these are the first incarnations of them; I just hope next year they fix these nitty gritties as well as slightly fixing the minor control issues. If you want a great tennis title that utilizes the Wii's motion sensitive controls, this is it. It's a fun time, has a wide variety of modes that mixes things up.
3697323
As a very huge Zelda fan, I honestly don't like this game as much as twilight princess or the windwaker, but it's still a decent game, btw motion plus is required
788405
Got the WII for my 4yr old for xmas - and thought this game would be Great! It is ok but he does need help with the game. They are good family games tho and I am glad I bought the disc.
4691708
The PC version is much better, the Wii version is ok, but it's a pain to play on it. The PC version has a keyboard and is much nicer. If I was going to buy this product again, I would really think twice. At $1-$5 its worth it, but not at the price I paid!
2732463
This version of the game is definitely better than the Wii U version in terms of mechanics, but the amount of enemies popping in after you kill a group is rather annoying. If the Wii U version was updated with these features, it would be incredible.
2426607
Let me just say, I've loved everything Animal Crossing has put out in the franchise. If I have the system, I purchase the game within a few days or weeks of it's release. Sure the fundamentals of the game are the same, but generally there's enough new additions to the game to make the new purchases all worthwhile.

With that in mind, I was eager to pick up City Folk. I'd loved the stuff that had come out on the GameCube & the DS, so I figured that I'd fall just as much in love with the Wii version. Well... after playing it off & on, I came to one conclusion: while the game was interesting, it was just much more fun to play this on the DS & GameCube. Granted, this version has a few new tricks such as being able to go to the city & a few new characters to meet. But there were just a few things that I thought got in the way of gameplay.

It was strange getting used to playing with the new remote of the Wii. It made it a lot harder to position my character to move things about in the house or pick up or use my tools. After a while practice made it easier, but it was still a pain to get used to. The same thing goes for writing letters- letter writing is sort of a dull task to do now.

The worst thing I've come in contact with so far though, is that the grass gets worn down depending on how frequently your character walks across it. If you were to run across the grass, it'll wear it down even faster. Since there's no quick & easy way to get the grass BACK, this makes for a huge pain- especially since there's stuff in the game that's grass dependent. I can understand that this is to make the game more realistic, but it's just something that is pretty much a pain in the tuckus. You can supposedly plant lots of flowers that will help the grass come back, but come on... not all players want to spend hours maintaining their towns- they want to PLAY! (My house is a great example of that- my mom & sister don't mind spending time maintaining everything, but my niece & I just want to get out there & play around.)

Overall, this is something I'd recommend for most AC fans. For the newbies, this game will be illuminating- they'll more than likely love it. For the AC fans though, we won't find much new stuff here. It'll be mostly for the novelties.
3591545
Someone told me to only buy the wii version of this. I am so glad I did, the wii version of part 2 is soo much better and fun to play. If you liked part 1, buy this, the game play isn't that far off. The other systems tried to do better with their versions and yes the HD quality is better on other systems but the gameplay is horrible because they tried to get too cute with it.
1456835
The WiiU seems like a product that isn't quite finished. There's not many games available and it's still a little buggy.

Things I like:

HDMI and better graphics. Local play Sports Club Golf, Bowling and Tennis are good.

Things I want to like but are just terrible: Sports Club Online Tennis. Why not just one-on-one play? There is no need for doubles play with bot partners. And when you are playing a match against someone I find myself playing against the bot as it hits many of my returns back. Again, why?

Things I really hate:

The need to create registered accounts for each profile you create. One registered account for my device should be sufficient.

The limit to local profiles you can create.  I want a profile for all my friends and family like I had on the original Wii which was more then this limit (12, I think).

Lack of games.
3497362
Okay, so I got this because I wanted to play it with my son for nostalgic reasons.  It's harder than I expected!!  haha.  I'll be honest, my older brothers never really let me play it much when I was a kid, but I snuck around and did it every once in a while anyway, but memory must have been altered since then.  After playing the new Super Mario Bros. for the wii, I found myself wishing I could wall jump and freeze things.  There are definitely things about playing this older version that are a bit annoying, but that being said......it's a classic, and I still love having it around.
4795975
Let's be honest here.. Double Dash was fun, but it was horribly balanced with special moves and snaking made it impossible to beat anyone who was good at it. Mario Kart has never been about driving "Skill" it's been about driving "strategy."

I'm the guy who rides in 7th place purposely waiting for the lightning bolt ;-)

Anyways the game has a single player mode that can be quite difficult in the 100 and 150 class races and there are a lot of cool player unlocks such as the ability to play as your Mii. The wheel takes a while to get used to, and i inevitably gave up on it and either use the gamecube controller or the nunchuck but it's still a lot of fun and something different. If the single player mode isn't enough to quench your thirst, there's a very well conceived online mode that let's you put your ranking up to the test in both race and battle modes. My only complaint is the really shotty online friends menus, which make it nearly impossible to set up a game with friends and really enjoy it.

Overall I think this game is a lot more fun and balanced than the previous installations, and a lot of the retro maps are included (including SNES!) That being said, if you own a Wii and do not own this game then you might as well be using to help hold up your couch.
520304
I love the game and the graphics but it is not necessarily worth buying. The story and plot is amazing though they really didn't do much other than add a few touches here and there. I have to say, you are better off buying the Wii Version. If you don't have a Wii Remote and you have never experienced playing Twilight Princess then Go for it! It's great for new players to be buying this if you haven't played the Original Version. Though, this is my opinion.. I don't see much of a difference in this version other than a new coating of Paint. I just wish they added more things to make this feel like a new game! I honestly loved Wind Waker but this was just a slight disappointment. I love the new details though. I can see everything much more clearly. In the Wii Version I didn't know how to adjust the lighting but it was pretty dark so I wasn't able to see. Since I usually wear glasses Im glad I can play this on my Wii U, it is a lot easier and I don't have to Look up at a TV the whole time.
4697015
I bought this because I have good memories of the old Super Nintendo version that I played as a kid. It's essentially the same thing, just with upgraded graphics. The main thing that bugs me though is that the controls are very squirrelly. I am used to the nice tight controls in the Super Mario Bros. games, where the characters on screen follow exactly the directions given on the controller. In this game, though, the on-screen characters are always overshooting where I want them to go. It's really frustrating. It makes playing a chore, and at that point it's just not fun anymore. If I could take it back to the store and exchange it for the new Super Mario Bros. on Wii, I would.
3048708
It's a great concept, hence why I bought it, but the Wii system just isn't built for this type of stuff, in my opinion. The controls are pretty awkward in my experience. That being said, I would rather opt for a dedicated firearm controller thing, instead of an adapter for the Wii controllers.
1748754
Like the other 2 users we received a PAL version of the game.  I guess this game is not available in a NTSC version used in the US.  I did not notice the PAL in the picture when we placed it on our wishlist.  It also looks like PAL was added as a single description line, but I am confident that was not there in the past.  My son was so excited to get it and then so disappointed that it would not work, I did some research.  If you are willing to do it, you can "hack" the Wii and get this game to work.  YouTube is where I found the most help to get me started.  There are more complicated ways to do it, but I found that simply having something called Priiloader and using System Menu Hacks to enable Region Free Wii Games seems to work.  Maybe it was some of the other things that were installed to get me to that point, but the game works and my son loves it.  There is a Championship mode that has 3 types of races, so far.  The first is a race against 11 other characters where you earn stars based on your finishing position and those stars accumulate until reaching a set amount, a timed solo race where you have to finish in a certain time based on the medal, and a solo race popping balloons where there is a goal amount for different medals.  Winning a medal will unlock pictures.  Video clips that tell a story are unlocked when you level up.  There is a Party mode that allows Head-To-Head races in a split-screen with the concept being the loser would pass the remote to the next person.  There is another game, I forget the name, that allows up to 4 people to race along with other characters (12 total).  And boy does my son like changing characters.  There are 12 characters to choose from including the main characters Pocoyo, Pato, and Elly plus Loula, Sleepy Bird, Fred, Baby Spider, Baby Caterpillar, and a host of Aliens (Angry, Orange, Circus, and Green).  Each character has a choice of 2 "cars".  It is all he has wanted to do.  I took a star due to the PAL thing, but, again, if you can get it to work it is a lot of fun for young children.
2161049
I've played every single Paper Mario game since the franchise first came out, and I just had to get this one. While the gameplay is simple and easy to maneuver, there are some areas I'm not so happy about in this game. I know that Nintendo was trying to add some features to the game so it would look good in the 3D function, but I just wished that it was more paper-like. I also wish that they didn't get rid of the partners in this game. It would've been pretty awesome to have a handheld paper mario game that was like the original and TTYOD. Overall great game with lots of exploration and fun gameplay.
4975106
This game is very fun but isn't very groundbreaking or original but you'll have so much fun when you configure the controls to your liking you won't really care. I however, think the Wii downloadable version has much better graphics and sound quality and the controls are easier on the Wii compatible Game Cube controller than the Nintendo 64 one. There are better racing games available but this is still one of the best old school racing games.