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Wii Sports

Wii Sports
Artwork of a vertical rectangular box. The top third displays three screen shots from the game: two characters with boxing gloves fighting in a boxing ring, a character holding a bowling ball at a ball pit, and a character holding a golf at the putting green of a golf course The Wii logo is shown at the upper right corner. The center portion reads "Wii Sports" over five blue boxes depicting different sports equipment. The lower third displays two more screen shots from the game: a character holding a tennis racket at a tennis court and a character swinging a baseball bat in a stadium. The PEGI "7+" rating is shown on the bottom left corner and the Nintendo logo is on the bottom right corner.
European box art depicting the game avatars, Miis, playing the five sports: (clockwise from top left) boxing, bowling, golf, tennis, and baseball
Developer(s) Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Keizo Ohta
Takayuki Shimamura
Yoshikazu Yamashita
Producer(s) Katsuya Eguchi
Kiyoshi Mizuki
Designer(s) Keizo Ohta
Takayuki Shimamura
Yoshikazu Yamashita
Composer(s) Kazumi Totaka
Series Wii
Platform(s) Wii
Release
  • NA: November 19, 2006
  • JP: December 2, 2006
  • AU: December 7, 2006
  • EU: December 8, 2006
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 76%
Metacritic 76/100
Review scores
Publication Score
1UP.com C+
CVG 7/10
Eurogamer 8/10
Game Informer 6.5/10
GamePro 4.25/5
IGN 7.5/10
ONM 90%

Wii Sports (Wii スポーツ Wī Supōtsu?) is a sports game developed and published by Nintendo as a launch title for the Wii video game console. The game was first released in North America along with the Wii on November 19, 2006, and was released in Japan, Australia, and Europe the following month. It was included as a pack-in game with the Wii console in all territories except Japan and South Korea, making it the first game included with the launch of a Nintendo system since Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy in 1995. Wii Sports is now available on its own as part of the Nintendo Selects collection of games and is no longer a pack-in game for the Wii.

The game is a collection of five sports simulations, designed to demonstrate the motion-sensing capabilities of the Wii Remote to new players. The five sports included are tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, and boxing. Players use the Wii Remote to mimic actions performed in real-life sports, such as swinging a tennis racket. The rules for each game are simplified to make them more accessible to new players. The game also features training and fitness modes that monitor players' progress in the sports.

Overall, Wii Sports has been well received by critics and received awards from the gaming press and entertainment community. It is the third best-selling video game of all time, behind Tetris and Minecraft, and is the best-selling game of all time for a single platform as of April 2013, having outsold the previous best-seller, Super Mario Bros., also published by Nintendo. As of September 30, 2016, 82.79 million copies in total had been sold worldwide.Wii Sports has been featured on television in Wii commercials, news reports, and other programming. The game has become a popular means for social gatherings and competitions among players of varying ages. A sequel, Wii Sports Resort, was released in 2009, featuring Wii MotionPlus support, while a high-definition remake, Wii Sports Club, was released in 2013 for Wii U.


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