Wii Sports is a collection of five games packed with the Nintendo Wii to act as an introduction to the innovative features of the controller. First showcased at E3 2006, Wii Sports has been playable to the public through the USA's Nintendo Fusion Tour and the Nintendo World Store in New York. This family friendly title contains baseball (1-2 players), tennis (1-4 players), golf (1-4 players), bowling (1-4 players) and boxing (1-2 players). The title allows Nintendo to reach mass audiences by showcasing the motion sensing abilities of the Wii remote and the simplicity and easiness of playing these games.

What's immediately noticeable are the basic graphics, which consist of clean textures and simple models. It's apparent that Nintendo isn't focusing on heavy graphical presentation with insane numbers of polygons, large amounts of bump mapping, or other forms of graphical enhancements. The game will also use the Mii characters that can be created by users. Any Mii that you create will be playable in any of the five sports, and players can take their Mii's to their friends' houses by storing them inside the 4KB memory within the Wii controller.

Wii Sports Baseball is easy and intuitive; one person pitches the ball by "throwing" with the Wii remote, another person swings the bat by swinging the Wii remote like a real bat. To pitch, you select a pitch by pressing one of the four buttons on the Wii remote, and then you tilt the controller back and tilt it forward as if you were going to throw the Wii remote. The speed of the pitches directly depends on the speed of your throw in real life. To bat, you simply grab the Wii remote like a real bat and swing at the ball. The bat closely follows how you swing the Wii remote in real life, so you can swing it wildly before the actual hitting just like major leaguers.

The other parts of gameplay such as fielding and base running are controlled solely by the game's A.I., so there's no need to worry about actually running after the ball and getting a runner out. This is also looks to be a downside, as the game lacks depth.

Wii Sports Tennis is incredibly simple and nearly effortless to play. Since all of the character movement besides the actual hitting of the ball is controlled by the A.I., all you must do is swing the Wii remote. In a single player game (or 1 vs. 1 multiplayer), a user will control both players on a team (all the tennis matches are doubles matches). There's no need to switch players because when you swing, both of your players will swing. In a multiplayer game of three or more, all users will control their own Mii.

During the actual gameplay, a forehand motion will make your character(s) do a forehand and a backhand motion will make your character(s) do a backhand. For serves, an overhead motion is required to make your character serve the ball. Just like Wii Sports Baseball, the game lacks depth but will be a fun activity with friends.

For Wii Sports Golf, you simply hold the Wii remote as if you were actually holding a golf club. Swing the golf club, and the character will do the same. A power meter will display the power of your shot, with an indicator available showing the optimum power level for a correct shot. Putting is almost as easy as hitting it on the tee, with a few slight differences. Wii Sports Golf may be an enjoyable game for one or two people.

Wii Sports Boxing will be the only Wii Sports game to utilize the nunchuck attachment. The Wii remote and the nunchuck will function individually as the hands of the boxer, and punches will be able to be detected with motions from both devices. We also hear that holding both controllers up will block punches from the opponent. Additionally, two players can compete on a split-screen mode.

Wii Sports Bowling seems to be arguably the game with most depth in Wii Sports. Bowling is very simple: hold the B button, swing the controller back, swing forward and release the B button. It feels like real bowling because the speed and angle of your release will affect the speed and direction of the bowling ball. Spinning can be achieved by slightly twisting the controller.

Wii Sports doesn't appear to be worth full retail price, but it looks like a great pack-in game for new players to experience the Wii controller. It may have five games, but they are all extremely simple and basic with the possible exception of bowling. We hope everything has been polished and fixed before the Wii launch. We'll have the full review of the title after the launch.