

Wii Sports Resort received generally positive reviews with a score of 80 according to metacritic making it the highest rated Wii Series game along with Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus. Every sport but Wakeboarding, Archery and Golf have up to 2 or 3 gameplay modes, making the total amount of sports with variants twenty four. There are twelve Sports to choose from, two of which return from Wii Sports. You can also import Miis from the Check Mii Out Channel, until its discontinuation on June 28, 2013. The game introduces 40 new CPU Miis in Wii Sports Resort that were not in the original Wii Sports in addition to the 60 original CPU Miis from Wii Sports, this makes a total of 100 CPU Miis in Wii Sports Resort. Most sports with up to 3 or 4 players will allow one Wii Remote to be shared among players while taking turns though Canoeing is an exception, where a controller is required for all 4 players. Wii MotionPlus is required for all Wii Remotes being used with Wii Sports Resort. Wii Sports Resort offers a new variation, Table Tennis (previously featured in Wii Play), where the player has greater control over adding spin to the ball by twisting the Wii Remote while swinging. For example, in Wii Sports Tennis, the player's shots were all determined by which direction the Wii Remote is swung like a racket. The new feature that Wii Sports Resort brings to make it games more complex to control is Wii MotionPlus compatibility, which allows the games to be played with greater accuracy. For example, in Archery, the player holds the Wii Remote vertically to hold the bow and pulls back the Nunchuk to pull back the bow's string.


Like the original, the sports are each played by holding the Wii Remote and in some cases, the Nunchuk in a manner similar to the actual sport being replicated. Wii Sports Resort is set in a beach resort on an island called Wuhu Island, a more advanced version of Wii Fit's running island where twelve different sports are available to play. 7 Miis that debuted in Wii Sports Resort.
