Nintendo Wii: Kikizo's Definitive Review

Daniella: I know everyone says it, but it's true, the controls really are intuitive. What I personally don't get is how some people manage to throw the things around so hard that it goes flying in to the TV screen and breaks it. It's just a remote. Multiplayer is extremely fun, but I've been "accidentally" elbowed several times already when playing tennis with my sister, but I can always "accidentally" kick her in the shin, ha! With the "lesser" games such as Wii Sports or Wii Play, the controls do feel rather gimmicky and you can't play each for more than an hour at a time as the novelty wears off pretty quickly. But with games such as Zelda and Red Steel it feels right; you get absorbed into it it's hard to imagine playing any other way.

Sharan: At first I found the controller extremely inaccurate, not responding how I wanted it to. I soon realised that this was due to the Sensor Bar being positioned incorrectly. Once I sorted that out, the remote was pretty accurate.

Using the controller efficiently is a short learning curve with the Wii Sports.

While Zelda does work with the Wii Remote, we also know it works easily on the GameCube with its traditional controller. What I found was that the Wii Remote and nunchuck gave a sense of realism by allowing the user to 'be part of' the game, while the GameCube version has a very tight control mechanism, which gives the user total control and accuracy. Most of the other games could work with the traditional controller, but like Zelda, the experience would be different.

The main problem with the Wii is the space that it needs. While the console is tiny and Wii remotes are tiny, the space a player requires to play a game is pretty big. Rather then being slouched on the couch, Wii Sports will get players standing up and jumping around in the living room. This requires space - lots of space. While for singleplayer it's not so bad, it's not plausible with multiplayer.

Adam: Everyone raves about Wii Sports but I found it was Wii Play that was far superior in allowing players to get to grips with the Wii Remote, introducing you to the subtlest of control aspects you won't think of when playing Sports. Not only that but Play has a lot of variety and some pretty addictive bits too. If you ask me, Play is an essential purchase, although we've been going mad on Wario Ware lately and that's really the best of both worlds, if a little short lived.

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