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Wii Sports Unboxing

by Zachary Miller - July 20, 2009, 7:36 pm EDT
Total comments: 12

Flower Cat

The oddest surprise was this flower necklace (pronounced "LAY"). I originally took all these photos with my DSi, but the camera didn't recognize them, so I re-took the pictures. Because of this, you now see my cat instead of my lovely wife. The cat is not amused. She rarely is.

Flower Dog

Looks better on the dog, anyway.

Wii Sports Resort Unboxing

The box arrived in blue tissue paper, the kind you can take into your science lab and change its color (I think). The box itself is quite large (like Wii Play) as it includes the game (pictured here) and a Wii Motion Plus accessory.

Inside the Box

Here's the inside of the box, minus the Club Nintendo flier. The instruction booklet is quite thick, as are most of Nintendo's current booklets, as they are written in every language currently spoken by man.

PR Documents

General PR documents. Notice the "New Standard in Game Control" header. Isn't it the standard we were all hoping for when the Wii launched a few years ago? Ah, that's a rant for another day.

Got a Ticket to Ride

I also got this fake plane ticket, complete with tear-away stub and envelope. Am I prepared to "Escape to Paradise?" Depends on how long the flight is, honestly.

But She Don't Care!

Oh, thank Cthulhu, paradise is "your living room." I don't think Lunesta will mix well with my current meds. As it stands, I am fifteen feet from my living room--I could just walk, but why walk when I can fly?

The Wii Motion Plus

What the frick? Yes, the Wii Motion Plus is stuffed into the bottom of the newer, larger remote jacket. Now, if you really want to, you can wedge the Wii Motion Plus out, but there's really no point: the jacket is designed to hold boht the Remote itself and its stubby attachment. At any rate, after minimal effort:

Locked and Loaded

You put the Remote in the new jacket the same way as the old jacket, but you just stretch the bottom over the bottom of the Remote so that the Wii Motion Plus snaps into the Wii Remote's base. Easy as pie.

Back Shot

Note the tabs on the Wii Motion Plus that you squeeze to pop the Remote out. There's also a locking mechanism that I recommend you use while playing the game (better safe than sorry).

Side by Side

The new Remote jacket is impressively large by comparison to the now-puny old one.

With Nunchuk

And with the Nunchuk attached, it looks pretty normal, albeit a little longer. Yes, the Wii Motion Plus has a jack for Remote accessories. However, it's primarily for the Nunchuk: the instructions suggest that when not using the Wii Motion Plus, you use the normal Remote jacket. Playing VC games would be kind of wonky for my hands on the extended Remote, I s'pose.

So that's what's in the box, folks. I hope to have a full review of the game up in a week or less!

Talkback

Quote:

Playing VC games would be kind of wonky for my hands on the extended Remote, I s'pose.

I didn't think about that... but on the other hand, you could just use the Classic Controller. It works great, even for NES games.

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorJuly 21, 2009

Quote from: Jonnyboy117

Quote:

Playing VC games would be kind of wonky for my hands on the extended Remote, I s'pose.

I didn't think about that... but on the other hand, you could just use the Classic Controller. It works great, even for NES games.

Someone, somewhere mentioned something about this during a private E3 showing of some Wii Games.  They played Wii Sports Resort, then NSMB Wii and, at first, didn't take the Wii Motion Plus attachment out.  They quickly did. ;)

StratosJuly 21, 2009

I will not be using the extended condom so I am happy it is removable. Plus it will be easier to play VC games or Warioland or Dokapon Kingdom since I can remove the M+ without much trouble.

Nick DiMolaNick DiMola, Staff AlumnusJuly 21, 2009

Looks like they hooked you up with some sweet extras Zach. I'm looking forward to your review because I'm on the fence about buying this game day 1. It seems like it will be fun for a while, but I'm obviously more interested in the MotionPlus. I might hold off until I see a game I want that requires it before I bother purchasing this game.

DAaaMan64July 21, 2009

Quote from: Jonnyboy117

Quote:

Playing VC games would be kind of wonky for my hands on the extended Remote, I s'pose.

I didn't think about that... but on the other hand, you could just use the Classic Controller. It works great, even for NES games.

Hmm I didn't even think of that wow. I'm leaving the condom off.

JUST LIKE IN REAL LIFE, HAYOOOOO

SteleJuly 21, 2009

I immediately popped mine out for TW10.  I burn through my rechargeable batteries pretty quickly when I get on a gaming binge so thought that might be a hassle to take it off. And I never had the regular jackets anyway, the wrist strap has always been adequate for me and my friends/family.

CalibanJuly 21, 2009

I can not wait for this game!

Nice pets by the way.

NWR_pap64Pedro Hernandez, Contributing WriterJuly 21, 2009

The picture with the cat is begging to receive LOLcat treatment.

Great blog post, Zach!

SteleJuly 22, 2009

Quote from: pap64

The picture with the cat is begging to receive LOLcat treatment.

Yeah but it looks angry.  Something like "Aloha, asshole" springs to mind looking at its face.  ;D

vuduJuly 22, 2009

IZ NOT AMUZED

Mop it upJuly 22, 2009

I hate those stupid Wiimote jackets, I'm so glad they're not attached to the accessory.

I don't think I'm going to get this game until I start seeing some games I want which use the accessory. Though my friend is considering getting it and I'll probably encourage her to do so.

Shift KeyJuly 23, 2009

Having blasted away at this for a few hours last weekend, I survived fine without the jacket. If you're be the type to smash a remote into furniture or TV, you might consider it.

Also, the game is just tiring. Paddling, cycling, Pilotwings Pilotwings some flying shit, faceplants into the water waterskiing. You've probably all seen it before, but I'll never tire of shouting "That's a paddling" during races.

Particularly the cycling. It throws the opponents.

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