Even though I bought 2 other games when I bought my Wii (Zelda and Rayman), Wii sports is by far the most played in my house (okay, Zelda hasn't even touched the Wii yet. I am ashamed to say, but I just haven't had time to devote to it. I've played Rayman, but maybe a total of 45 minutes -- hardly enough time to review it). It's multi-player, and, so far, most games only require a remote, and no nunchuck (which is good, because I only have one nunchuck!). We haven't tried boxing yet (no one is really interested), but the kids adore the other games.
Tennis: My daughter has a mean serve. It's not even funny. We recently bought real life tennis rackets so that we could play as a family at the local park, so when she saw this game she was all over it. All the kids had fun with the game, except my youngest (3 years); the tennis game requires too much timing and hand-eye coordination for him. My older 2 kids love it, and I enjoyed it as well. It's doubles tennis, and, if there are only 2 players, you control both the forward and rear positions. The Wii will swing with whichever position is closest to the ball. I assume that with 3 or more players you'll be able to play all the positions independently; when I get more controllers I'll re-review it. Downsides: I can't find any obvious way to make your on-screen character go a particular direction, or make the ball go where you want it to. It doesn't help that I haven't read the instructions, but there are no in-game instructions, and it's not obvious from just playing. I also have no idea how my daughter does her power serve; she's the only one that can pull it off.
Bowling: My youngest sons favorite game. You can turn your character, change the left-right orientation of where you're standing in the lane, and can affect the spin of the ball by twisting the control while you toss the ball. A very fun family game, the only downside (as in real life) is having to wait your turn while everyone else plays.
Golf: Another of my youngest sons favorites. He doesn't pay attention to any of the golf details, he just swings. He has a blast through the entire game; for him, it's all about getting the ball in the hole. The few times I've played with him, I'm amazed by how the remote picks up the strength of the swings, and all the aiming options. Very fun, fluid game. My youngest beat my oldest the first time they played (came in like 10 strokes under), so there's already some bitterness involved.
Baseball: My boys played this, although I wasn't even in the room at the time. My oldest seemed to enjoy it, but I'm not sure if it's the game, or that he was able to win against his brother, who was totally confused by the whole thing. A little beyond the league of a 3 year old. I'll have to spend more time on this.
Boxing: Haven't tried it yet. From commercials, it looks like you need 2 nunchucks for 2 players, and since we only have one nunchuck right now, it doesn't look like we'll be playing this as a group game any time soon.
All in all, lots of fun for everyone. Tennis is by far the family favorite, with even the wife enjoying playing a couple games with all our kids. I'll see about doing a Rayman review tomorrow.
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