The next installment in Nintendo's Wii Sports video game franchise Wii Sports Club steps up to the plate July 25 exclusively for Wii U.
The new game includes updated and re-imagined versions of five original Wii Sports activities - tennis, bowling, golf, baseball and boxing - with each sport now using Wii MotionPlus technology and new GamePad features for enhanced control.
The implementation of the Wii U GamePad controller brings new features to Wii Sports Club not found in Wii Sports or its sequel Wii Sports Resort.
In baseball, for example, the pitcher aims a fastball, curveball, screwball or splitter by simply moving the GamePad around in real space and pressing a button to initiate the throw. If the ball gets hit in the air, players use the GamePad to follow and catch the fly ball as if it were a baseball glove. In golf, players place the GamePad on the floor to see the ball they are about to hit on the screen of the GamePad. After players swing their Wii Remote Plus controllers like a real golf club, the ball will fly from the GamePad screen to the main TV screen and (hopefully) towards the pin.
"With so many features packed into Wii Sports Club, players of all ages will feel like they are playing the game for the first time," Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing Scott Moffitt said. "Wii Sports Club is the definitive version of Wii Sports and the perfect showcase for the unique game-play experiences enabled by the Wii U GamePad controller."
The game also brings with it a new online multiplayer mode in which gamers from the same region, who both own the game and have a broadband Internet connection, can play Wii Sports Club together. Players also can join a club to represent their regions and build online communities with fellow club members by sending tips, pep talks and other messages via the Nintendo Miiverse.
Wii Sports Club is rated "E10+" by the ESRB.
