History VideoGame / WiiSports

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: In ''Nintendo Switch Sports'', you can earn points by playing matches, by playing globally (if you don't have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, you can play against bots instead). When you reach 100 points, you'll be able to choose one set of rewards from a small selection.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''Nintendo Switch Sports'' has new, more detailed yet still cartoony avatars. You will still be able to play as Miis, though.

* FloatingLimbs: The Miis, though it's {{Zig Zagg|ingTrope}}ed in Bowling. The on-screen bowler gains legs... meanwhile, the audience and bowlers in other lanes still don't have legs.

A new iteration for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch is coming in April 29, 2022 titled ''Nintendo Switch Sports''. Bowling and Tennis both return, alongside Chambara from ''Resort'' along with Soccer, Volleyball and Badminton as all-new sports. In addition, Golf has been confirmed for inclusion in a post-release update.

A new iteration for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch is coming in April 29, 2022 titled ''Nintendo Switch Sports''. Along with tennis and bowling it will also feature chambra, badminton, and volleyball.

A new iteration for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch is coming in April 29, 2022 titled ''Nintendo Switch Sports''.

In a surprisig twist of event a new interation for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch is coming in April 29, 2022 titled ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Nintendo Switch Sports]]''.

In a surprisig twist of event a new interation for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch was announced in 2022 titled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ''Nintendo Switch Sports'']].

* AerithAndBob: The [=CPU=] Miis have names ranging from average English names, such as Ashley, Mike, Matt, Ryan, Luca and Pierre, alongside Japanese names like Hiroshi, Keiko, Fumiko and Daisuke.

* MemeticMutation: The [=CPU=] Mii Matt was made into a meme due to being the Boxing and Swordplay champion.

* AerithAndBob: The NPC Miis, with English and other European names (Ashley, Mike, Matt, Ryan, Luca, Pierre, etc.) placed alongside Japanese names like Hiroshi, Keiko, Fumiko and Daisuke. It's turned UpToEleven with ''Wii Sports Club'', which includes Chinese and Korean names as well.

%%* {{Expy}}: Pit is this to Wii Matt.

* {{Foil}}: Matt (Wii Sports Club) is great in Tennis and Baseball but is the Boxing beginner, while Matt (Wii Sports) is bad in tennis and baseball but is the boxing champion.

* EvolvingCredits: When ''Wii Sports Club'' was initially released on the Wii U eShop in November 2013, Tennis and Bowling were the only sports available, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tftWbfIFeP the trailer]] reflects that. The following month, the game was updated to include Golf, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1rNbji20D0 the trailer was rereleased with Golf footaged added]]. Finally, when the complete set became available in June 2014, the trailer was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwGFcpGrCbw updated one more time]] to showcase Baseball and Boxing.

** A hard Baseball AI will repeatedly throw the ball at the player's face (Which, in RealLife, would result in the pitcher instantly being thrown out, accidentally or not) without consequences. They can also make it go so far to the right that you can barely even hit it with the ''tip'' of your bat. Both of these are a case of MortonsFork; they are impossible to hit well, but if you don't swing at them, it doesn't count as a ball.
*** The Baseball AI also has RubberbandAI to extremes. If you get so much as a ''2-point lead,'' they will suddenly turn into a PerfectPlayAI. ''EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. '''WITHOUT FAIL.'''''

** A hard Baseball AI will repeatedly hit the player in the face with the ball (Which, in RealLife, would result in the pitcher instantly being thrown out, accidentally or not) without consequences. They can also make it go so far to the right that you can barely even hit it with the ''tip'' of your bat. Both of these are a case of MortonsFork; they are impossible to hit well, but if you don't swing at them, it doesn't count as a ball.

While ''Wii Sports'' is looked down upon by certain fanboys for its lack of depth ([[Administrivia/TropesAreTools but for something like this, is a plot ''really'' necessary?]]), but for the motion sensing features of the controller and what it has done for video games, it has caused a big ripple effect that's still being felt today. Its [[CasualVideoGame easy-to-understand, pick-up-and-play nature]] has allowed people who don't play video games to get into it. Retirement centers are buying Wii systems for the elderly to use, and use them they do. It's become the one video game that can be easily demonstrated to someone else when they ask you "why do you play video games? What makes them so fun?" Of course, by demonstrating a simplistic sports game, you're failing to capture the appeal of more complicated games like ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. But, much like ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''Manga/SailorMoon'' were the "[[GatewaySeries gateway drugs]]" for anime fans, ''Wii Sports'' is the same for video games.

While ''Wii Sports'' is looked down upon by certain fanboys for its lack of depth ([[Administrivia/TropesAreTools but for something like this, you don't need a plot]]), but for the motion sensing features of the controller and what it has done for video games, it has caused a big ripple effect that's still being felt today. Its [[CasualVideoGame easy-to-understand, pick-up-and-play nature]] has allowed people who don't play video games to get into it. Retirement centers are buying Wii systems for the elderly to use, and use them they do. It's become the one video game that can be easily demonstrated to someone else when they ask you "why do you play video games? What makes them so fun?" Of course, by demonstrating a simplistic sports game, you're failing to capture the appeal of more complicated games like ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. But, much like ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''Manga/SailorMoon'' were the "[[GatewaySeries gateway drugs]]" for anime fans, ''Wii Sports'' is the same for video games.

[[caption-width-right:250:The game that sold 80 million UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} consoles.]]

* TechDemoGame: Along with ''VideoGame/WiiPlay'', it did this for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} software
* UnlockableContent

* '''Bowling''' lets you bowl by making a throwing motion, even going so far as to simulate the tendency to let the ball slip left or right due to an imperfect or not-quite-straight throw. The slightest twist of your wrist affects ball movement. Supports one to four players, even if you only have one remote.

* ComicalOverreacting: In Bowling, if you go to make your throw and then end up dropping the ball back behind you, ''the entire alley'' flips out, jumping in a spin and shrieking.

* NostalgiaLevel: The golf courses in the original game are all modernized updates of the courses from ''Golf'' for the NES. ''Wii Sports Club'' includes three sets of holes--the originals, the ''Wii Sports Resort'' holes, and a new set.

* {{Expy}}:Pit is this to Wii Matt.

* {{Foil}}:Matt(Wii Sports Club)is great in Tennis and Baseball but is the Boxing beginner. while Matt(Wii Sports) is bad in tennis and baseball but is the boxing champion.

* AerithAndBob: The NPC Miis, with English and other European names (Ashley, Mike, Luca, Pierre, etc.) placed alongside Japanese names like Hiroshi, Fumiko and Daisuke. It's turned UpToEleven with ''Wii Sports Club'', which includes Chinese and Korean names as well.