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Wii Sports Club Launches in Stores on July 25
REDMOND, Wash.--(July 24,
in the year of our Lord 2014 )-- It’s a full count. One
more out will win you the game. Standing on the pitcher’s mound,
you study the batter and aim for the outside corner. You take a
deep breath and unleash the baseball toward home plate. The ball
curves just as you planned. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the bat
cracks and the ball soars into the air. You thrust your arms in
the air, poised to catch the fly ball. Catch it and the game is
over. You win. The ball falls closer and closer to your
outstretched hands …
While this sounds like an intense game of real-life baseball, it
is actually the experience anyone can have using the GamePad
controller in Wii Sports Club, which arrives in stores on July
25. The Wii U game includes updated and reimagined versions of
Tennis, Bowling, Golf, Baseball and Boxing from the original Wii
Sports game for Wii, with each sport using Wii MotionPlus
technology and new GamePad features for enhanced control.
The implementation of the Wii U GamePad controller brings some
surprising and fun features to Wii Sports Club. In Baseball, for
example, the pitcher aims a fastball, curveball, screwball or
splitter by simply moving the GamePad around in real space and
pressing a button to throw. If the ball gets hit in the air,
players use the GamePad to follow and catch the fly ball – just
like they would with a baseball glove. In Golf, players place
the GamePad on the floor to see the ball they are about to hit
on the screen of the GamePad. It will appear on the same surface
shown in the game – on the fairway, in a sand trap or in the
rough. After players swing their Wii Remote Plus controllers
like a real golf club, the ball will “fly” from the GamePad
screen to the main TV screen and toward the virtual pin. The
added GamePad features elicit the same “You have to try this!”
reactions generated after playing the original Wii Sports game.
“With so many features packed into Wii Sports Club, players of
all ages will feel like they are playing the game for the first
time,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice
president of Sales & Marketing. “Wii Sports Club is the
definitive version of Wii Sports and the perfect showcase for
the unique game-play experiences enabled by the Wii U GamePad
controller.”
In a new online multiplayer mode, gamers from the same region
who own the game and have a broadband Internet connection can
play Wii Sports Club together. Players also can join a club to
represent their regions and build online communities with fellow
club members by sending tips, pep talks and other messages via
Miiverse.
The retail version of Wii Sports Club launches in stores on July
25 at a suggested retail price of $39.99. The digital versions
of all five sports are now available and can be purchased in the
Nintendo eShop on Wii U. A 48-hour free trial of all five sports
is also available in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U until Dec. 31.