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Wii Fanboy hands-on: Deca Sports

Posted Apr 21st 2008 6:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News, Reviews, Controller, Features

Imagine our delight when we had a brown envelope from Hudson sitting on our doorstep Friday afternoon. As we opened the parcel up, we found the above items: a preview copy of Deca Sports and this sweet little wristband. Huzzah!

But, woe was us for we would not be able to just play and selfishly enjoy the four available sports on the demo disc by our lonesome (or with some friends). Oh no, we have a job and have to let our readers know what we think. So that's what we did. But, we didn't just settle for playing the included sports and writing up a preview. No, instead we decided that we'd do a nice little video for you. And for all of you who enjoy reading things, we wrote up our opinions as well.

So head on past the break for our hands-on look at Deca Sports for the Wii!

Gallery: Deca Sporta

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Summer Sports on the Wii > summer sports in the winter

Posted Apr 11th 2008 12:45PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Video

Destineer's bold new ad campaign says what we're all afraid to: playing croquet in the snow is pretty terrible. The latest trailers for Summer Sports: Paradise Island use a bleak, desolate winter environment (sorry if you live wherever that was filmed!) to draw a contrast between the real world, where it is sometimes cold, and the game world, where it's always a lovely time to play some badminton.

We must admit, we're a lot more enthused about fake croquet after seeing it next to real snow croquet. Two more trailers follow after the break! Let them out into the light (by watching them!)

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Summer Sports reminds us how weird sports are

Posted Apr 6th 2008 2:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Video

Badminton: it's like tennis, except the racquet is smaller and the ball doesn't work. What is the deal with badminton? Who decided that a racquetball would be better with a tail?

Horseshoes is an equally bizarre game. At some point in history, someone saw a pile of metal things made to nailed to horses' hooves and thought "Hey, I bet it would be fun to throw those at a pole!" Now, specialized horseshoes are made specifically for being thrown at a pole.

Summer Sports includes both of these freaky pastimes. A video of the horseshoes game in action follows.

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A Wii remote strapped onto a badminton racket

Posted Jul 1st 2007 1:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Mods, Peripherals, Controller

As far as ghetto mods go, this one certainly takes the cake. So if you loaded up Wii Fanboy today with the intention of procuring a slice of cake, you're out of luck.

Acidmods forumer Gene0514 escaped the plastic tyranny of cheaply-made remote attachments from dubious Chinese manufacturers by creating his own Wii-Sports-Tennis-compatible racket. There's nothing hi-tech about its construction; he basically just "secured" a controller onto a badminton racket with rubber bands. Even with the wrist strap fastened onto the handle, we can't imagine Nintendo ever condoning anything as precariously-fashioned as this for its games.

Swing past the post break for more photos of the setup and its v2 model, a remote belted onto an actual tennis racket.

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Order Up!	July 22
LEGO Batman	Sept. TBA
Star Wars: Force Unleashed	Sept. 16
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SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1

July 15

Strong Bad's Game for Attractive People

July TBA

Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1

July 15

We Love Golf

July 15

Wii Fanboy goes to E3

July 15-17

Order Up!

July 22

LEGO Batman

Sept. TBA

Star Wars: Force Unleashed

Sept. 16

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