Nintendo announces Wii Sports Club – online play
Are you ready for some more Wii Sports? Today Nintendo has announced they will be bringing the highly played Wii Sports to the Wii U. The five beloved sports from the original Wii Sports – bowling, tennis, baseball, boxing and golf, will be released individually as a Nintendo eShop downloads.
The games will be presented in full HD and offer advanced motion plus controls. Now, for the big news – are you sitting down? The games will also feature online competitive play. I will be seeing you on the greens!
The five beloved sports from the original Wii Sports – bowling, tennis, baseball, boxing and golf – are making a dramatic and competitive return on Wii U. The games are being released individually as downloads in the Nintendo eShop featuring HD graphics, enhanced controls via Wii MotionPlus technology, as well as a much-requested online multiplayer versus mode, so users with broadband Internet access can face off against competitors online. And that’s where the “Club” part of Wii Sports Club comes into play. Players will be registered to state or regional clubs and will be able to chat with one another via Miiverse during matches. People will be able to play casually against members of their own club, or take on members of rival clubs to increase their club rankings.
Tennis and Bowling will be the first two sports available in the Nintendo eShop on Nov. 7, with Boxing, Baseball and Golf scheduled to launch in the months ahead. Wii U owners who download Wii Sports Club will get a trial pass that will let them play any available games for a 24-hour period from when the Wii Sports Club game is started. Once the trial period ends, players can purchase a Day Pass for $1.99 in the Nintendo eShop to play all available sports for a 24-hour period, or can buy permanent access to individual sports for $9.99 each.
September 18, 2013
Wow, this caught me by surprise. While I would have preferred a retail release sequel to Wii Sports Resort, I’ll take what I can get. Online multiplayer is huge. I’m excited to learn more!
September 19, 2013
Yeesh, I don’t know about this. Online multiplayer is great and all, but to me, Wii Sports Club looks like and HD version of Wii Sports for the original Wii. I would rather play the Wii Sports that came with the Wii release bundle.