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I believe we are missing an important detail in the wii fitness section. Is it better to have a higher or lower age? We should include the answer to that question.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.178.8 ( talk • contribs)
Congratulations! I have decided to pass wii sports's GA nomination. Wii sports is a very well written article, with plenty of references (it would have too many if there was such a thing). It is also well illustrated. I have just one question. The picture with guest B bowling, what platform is that? :) RC-0722 communicator/ kills 04:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:P would be better. -- haha169 ( talk) 22:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Have I just dreamt this or wasn't there a pool game as well in the package? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.212.64 ( talk) 22:18, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
I've seen easter eggs on YouTube and I think that they should be included in this article? Anyone agree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.240.88 ( talk) 02:08, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah; unless I'm mistaken, WP: N dictates subject topic and not content, so we should be careful when using these links that are supposed to be supporting the case while also educating less experienced Wikipedians. Despite that, I agree with everything that's been raised in opposition to the section. Thanks. Ashnard Talk Contribs 22:31, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Mario series characters were originally meant to be used in Wii Sports. [1] I think this deserves a mention in the article. FightingStreet ( talk) 16:19, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Why is the game cover the PAL region one? How come it isn't the U.S. version (since this is English Wikipedia)? -- haha169 ( talk) 23:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I added a clean-up tag to this section. It's poorly organized. Several sentences read like lists of pros and cons taken straight from reviews (i.e. "IGN liked this but didn't like this." "Gametrailers said this was bad.") Many of these criticisms are the same and don't need to be restated at scattered points throughout the section. For instance, it's mentioned several times that the game, or parts of the game, lack depth. Rather than stating it and restating it without any sort of smooth transitions, the point could be condensed into one or two senteces: "A common criticism of Wii Sports is the lack of depth found in several games" and then list one or two examples from reviews. There doesn't need to be so many quotations of specific review points if they're all referring to the same thing.
I'm also not sure about the few instances where ratings for specific parts of the game are mentioned ("GamePro rated the graphics xx/xx", "IGN rated the control xx/xx"). It seems to me that including that a review called the graphics "generic" and "archaic" is enough to get the point across. I guess the ratings just seem arbitrary to me when we're using the text.
Anyway, it needs a bit of a rewrite. The way it is now, it just reads poorly. Pele Merengue ( talk) 07:20, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I herd there were two different versons of Wii Sports. One newer than the other. Superjustinbros. ( talk) 23:08, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
There are, in fact. I just discovered this today, when we got a new Wii Sports (we had lost the one that came with our Wii, which we got on launch day). It shows the Wiimotes on the player select screen with the covers on, and I believe there's a new clip at the start of any baseball game showing who's in the game on each team. 69.242.38.124 ( talk) 22:48, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Please do not provide information about a sequel without providing a reference. RC-0722 361.0/ 1 17:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Is Wii Sports Resort a sequel to this game? If so, we should add that to the article. Keyboard mouse ( talk) 20:05, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
I've read the first sentence of Wii Sports Resort, and it tells you that it's a sequel to Wii Sports. The sentence says "Wii Sports Resort (Wii スポーツ リゾート, Wii Supōtsu Rizōto?) is a collection of sports games for the Wii video game console and sequel to Wii Sports." Sonic120 ( talk) 01:54, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I looked over this article a few times and I noticed there was no section on two extras on Wii Sports, Wii Training and Wii Fitness, unless I missed it is that something we can edit Jacbro11 ( talk) 19:17, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
"The in-game characters are taken from the Wii's Mii Channel." Is this correct? The ones that appear in the default game aren't user-made, so I don't see how they are taken from the Mii Channel. Indeed, I didn't have the Mii Channel installed until a few days after playing the game. - Dudesleeper / Talk 09:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
According to this [3], Wii Sports has sold 40.24 million units, surpassing Super Mario Bros., making it the best-selling game (bundled or not) of all time. I would say that this information is very notable, and should be added to the article. -- ThomasO1989 ( talk) 21:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
[4] now has Wii Sports as 45.71 million sold worldwide. It also has countless other information on games. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.60.15 ( talk) 08:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Can you look at the graphs? I just bought a wii, and i can only view the graphs after a game. Is it possible to look at them in general but? IAmTheCoinMan ( talk) 17:24, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
"Wii Sports was bundled with the Wii because Nintendo did not expect players to purchase the system solely to play the game. Nintendo thought by including it with the Wii, players would be more likely to play it, and if they enjoyed the game, that enjoyment would spread."
Nintendo is a company that wants to make money (like any other company). Presumably they bundled the game to increase sales of the wii and to generate interest and possibly because the game wouldn't sell well separately. These sentences are badly written and I can't really see what they are trying to say. Can someone clean these up so that they explain the choice to bundle wiisports?
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In this edit by Dudesleeper, it is claimed that the fitness age output by the game is partly based on a player's actual age. This seems to have gone unchallenged since being added over 8 months ago, but is surely false, yes? At no point does the player enter their year of birth - unless there are regional variations that I am unaware of. Is this claim supported by the Nintendo Power reference at the end of that paragraph? Doktor Mandrake 01:13, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Because 20 is the best possible age, people under 20 years old will always end up with an age older than their actual age. Sonic120 ( talk) 02:01, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
When reading the Wii Sports disc to USB-Harddisk, the title for the game was originally called SPORTS PACK for REVOLUTION. Now since the Wii was originally called Revolution, wouldn't that mean this was a Pre-Release title for the game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.54.128 ( talk) 23:01, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Since there are plenty of sources and pieces of information, Wii Sports Club now has its own article, so if anyone's interested in editing it, please do so! DarkToonLink Heyaah! 05:58, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
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I noticed that Dolby was not mentioned in the page which confuses me because on there logo is on the bottom left on the start screen (not the title screen.) Why is Dolby not mentioned? OPedia123 ( talk) 20:10, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
The logo is on the bottom right. OPedia123 ( talk) 20:11, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
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I believe we are missing an important detail in the wii fitness section. Is it better to have a higher or lower age? We should include the answer to that question.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.178.8 ( talk • contribs)
Congratulations! I have decided to pass wii sports's GA nomination. Wii sports is a very well written article, with plenty of references (it would have too many if there was such a thing). It is also well illustrated. I have just one question. The picture with guest B bowling, what platform is that? :) RC-0722 communicator/ kills 04:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:P would be better. -- haha169 ( talk) 22:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Have I just dreamt this or wasn't there a pool game as well in the package? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.212.64 ( talk) 22:18, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
I've seen easter eggs on YouTube and I think that they should be included in this article? Anyone agree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.240.88 ( talk) 02:08, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah; unless I'm mistaken, WP: N dictates subject topic and not content, so we should be careful when using these links that are supposed to be supporting the case while also educating less experienced Wikipedians. Despite that, I agree with everything that's been raised in opposition to the section. Thanks. Ashnard Talk Contribs 22:31, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Mario series characters were originally meant to be used in Wii Sports. [1] I think this deserves a mention in the article. FightingStreet ( talk) 16:19, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Why is the game cover the PAL region one? How come it isn't the U.S. version (since this is English Wikipedia)? -- haha169 ( talk) 23:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I added a clean-up tag to this section. It's poorly organized. Several sentences read like lists of pros and cons taken straight from reviews (i.e. "IGN liked this but didn't like this." "Gametrailers said this was bad.") Many of these criticisms are the same and don't need to be restated at scattered points throughout the section. For instance, it's mentioned several times that the game, or parts of the game, lack depth. Rather than stating it and restating it without any sort of smooth transitions, the point could be condensed into one or two senteces: "A common criticism of Wii Sports is the lack of depth found in several games" and then list one or two examples from reviews. There doesn't need to be so many quotations of specific review points if they're all referring to the same thing.
I'm also not sure about the few instances where ratings for specific parts of the game are mentioned ("GamePro rated the graphics xx/xx", "IGN rated the control xx/xx"). It seems to me that including that a review called the graphics "generic" and "archaic" is enough to get the point across. I guess the ratings just seem arbitrary to me when we're using the text.
Anyway, it needs a bit of a rewrite. The way it is now, it just reads poorly. Pele Merengue ( talk) 07:20, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I herd there were two different versons of Wii Sports. One newer than the other. Superjustinbros. ( talk) 23:08, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
There are, in fact. I just discovered this today, when we got a new Wii Sports (we had lost the one that came with our Wii, which we got on launch day). It shows the Wiimotes on the player select screen with the covers on, and I believe there's a new clip at the start of any baseball game showing who's in the game on each team. 69.242.38.124 ( talk) 22:48, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Please do not provide information about a sequel without providing a reference. RC-0722 361.0/ 1 17:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Is Wii Sports Resort a sequel to this game? If so, we should add that to the article. Keyboard mouse ( talk) 20:05, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
I've read the first sentence of Wii Sports Resort, and it tells you that it's a sequel to Wii Sports. The sentence says "Wii Sports Resort (Wii スポーツ リゾート, Wii Supōtsu Rizōto?) is a collection of sports games for the Wii video game console and sequel to Wii Sports." Sonic120 ( talk) 01:54, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I looked over this article a few times and I noticed there was no section on two extras on Wii Sports, Wii Training and Wii Fitness, unless I missed it is that something we can edit Jacbro11 ( talk) 19:17, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
"The in-game characters are taken from the Wii's Mii Channel." Is this correct? The ones that appear in the default game aren't user-made, so I don't see how they are taken from the Mii Channel. Indeed, I didn't have the Mii Channel installed until a few days after playing the game. - Dudesleeper / Talk 09:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
According to this [3], Wii Sports has sold 40.24 million units, surpassing Super Mario Bros., making it the best-selling game (bundled or not) of all time. I would say that this information is very notable, and should be added to the article. -- ThomasO1989 ( talk) 21:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
[4] now has Wii Sports as 45.71 million sold worldwide. It also has countless other information on games. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.60.15 ( talk) 08:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Can you look at the graphs? I just bought a wii, and i can only view the graphs after a game. Is it possible to look at them in general but? IAmTheCoinMan ( talk) 17:24, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
"Wii Sports was bundled with the Wii because Nintendo did not expect players to purchase the system solely to play the game. Nintendo thought by including it with the Wii, players would be more likely to play it, and if they enjoyed the game, that enjoyment would spread."
Nintendo is a company that wants to make money (like any other company). Presumably they bundled the game to increase sales of the wii and to generate interest and possibly because the game wouldn't sell well separately. These sentences are badly written and I can't really see what they are trying to say. Can someone clean these up so that they explain the choice to bundle wiisports?
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In this edit by Dudesleeper, it is claimed that the fitness age output by the game is partly based on a player's actual age. This seems to have gone unchallenged since being added over 8 months ago, but is surely false, yes? At no point does the player enter their year of birth - unless there are regional variations that I am unaware of. Is this claim supported by the Nintendo Power reference at the end of that paragraph? Doktor Mandrake 01:13, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Because 20 is the best possible age, people under 20 years old will always end up with an age older than their actual age. Sonic120 ( talk) 02:01, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
When reading the Wii Sports disc to USB-Harddisk, the title for the game was originally called SPORTS PACK for REVOLUTION. Now since the Wii was originally called Revolution, wouldn't that mean this was a Pre-Release title for the game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.54.128 ( talk) 23:01, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Since there are plenty of sources and pieces of information, Wii Sports Club now has its own article, so if anyone's interested in editing it, please do so! DarkToonLink Heyaah! 05:58, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
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I noticed that Dolby was not mentioned in the page which confuses me because on there logo is on the bottom left on the start screen (not the title screen.) Why is Dolby not mentioned? OPedia123 ( talk) 20:10, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
The logo is on the bottom right. OPedia123 ( talk) 20:11, 13 July 2021 (UTC)