{"id":1641,"date":"2008-12-13T17:16:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T23:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2008-12-13T17:16:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T23:16:44","slug":"game-review-big-league-sports-wii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/13\/game-review-big-league-sports-wii\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Review: Big League Sports (Wii)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Ever since it was released, the Wii console comes packaged with a surprisingly fun game to show off the capabilities of the Wii remote. That game is Wii Sports. Game makers have tried to imitate the fun of Wii Sports with their own motion controlled sports collections, but none have been as fun as the original. Now the ball has been passed to Big League Sports. Read on to find out if it has what it takes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Big League Sports is a little misleading. While it does feature six types of sports (football, hockey, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, and soccer), you don’t play a full game of any of those. It’s all mini-games based on activities you do in each sport. Toss free throws or slam dunks in basketball, kick goals or block balls in soccer, or make touchdown runs in football. Each of the six sports has 3 or 4 mini-game challenges to participate in.<\/p>\n

Players can create their own avatar to use in the game (sorry, no Miis allowed), and earn trophies by getting high scores. More than four players can compete in the mini-game tournaments, too. Unfortunately, the motion remote controls aren’t very responsive, and only a few of the games, like tennis pinball and touchdown runs, are any fun. Wii Sports is still the champ.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong>
\nBig League Sports is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Cartoon Violence. You can get tackled in the football games, but that’s it. Reading skill is helpful for the instructions, but there are picture cues to show how to use the remote as well. Although, even the pictures are a bit vague. Kids who may not be patient enough to play a full sports game may enjoy the mini-challenges in Big League Sports. But otherwise, Wii owners already have the best sports game on the Wii (Wii Sports). I actually like We Ski a lot also, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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