Wii Bowling Impressions

Bowling was the first game we tried as a family, and it’s the one I’ve gone back to the most of the five games in the set. The controls in the game feel just about perfect: you can put spin on the ball by twisting your wrist as you throw, and the amount of spin varies nicely with how much you twist your wrist when you throw. The physics of the pin and ball collisions feel good, and the game is just plain fun. The nice thing about the bowling game is that you can bowl a string in about five minutes, so this makes it perfect for short breaks. The game keeps track of your high score as well. In the 20 or so strings that I have bowled, I have yet to break 200. My high is a 196, so the difficulty has been satisfying for me. I am closing in on pro status, as I only need another 50 or so points to reach the Promised Land.