Make like Pel� with Wii Fit soccer

by Griffin McElroy { Dec 16th 2007 at 7:30PM }

Soccer is the world's most popular sport, and we can see why -- in what other sport do a line of hydrocephalitic kids take turns throwing balls, shoes, and panda heads at your dome piece? We're just happy that the soccer mini-game included in the Wii Fit bundle is faithful to the sport, panda head dodgery and all.

However, we are somewhat concerned about the terrible score of the player in this video -- is this another example of game previewers being bad at their own games? Or is the balance board not as accurate as some gameplay videos make it look? We'll just have to find out when the chubbiness informer comes stateside early next year.

Tags: Nintendo, NintendoWii, Soccer, Wii-Fit, Wii-Soccer, WiiFit

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Moffka @ Dec 16th 2007 7:40PM

Wow... Seriously?

It's sad that this will most likely sell like hot cakes.

Worst Review Ever @ Dec 16th 2007 11:44PM

This time next year hotcake sales will be a thing of the past and the International Association of Making Up Sayings will coin the phrase, "Sell like Wiis".

ThornedVenom @ Dec 16th 2007 7:44PM

Controls looked unresponsive.... fail.

Eric @ Dec 16th 2007 8:44PM

It could just be bad syncing between the two videos.

t_m @ Dec 17th 2007 12:29AM

Game looks fun. Win.

You are controlling the player's head by moving your weight? What did you expect. Obviously a mouse or a joystick would be more accurate in this kind of scenario... but it wouldn't be fun.

PS/ Only americans play "Soccer", whatever that it. The rest of the world plays Football and laughs at silly american stat driven sports.

Laggy @ Dec 17th 2007 4:15AM

Australia plays Soccer, as Australian rules football is the dominant sport because real men play it. No falling to the ground grabbing your shin or wearing a full body of armour (I'm looking at you Americans).

Z @ Dec 17th 2007 8:31AM

Actually, if only Americans play soccer, why is Pro Evolution Soccer the most popular football game in Europe??

Soccer's a british term too, man.

WorMzy @ Dec 17th 2007 10:40AM

@ Z, no it's not. Here in England, football is football. We never call it soccer.

And we don't not buy games just because they're incorrectly named, when someone refers to it, they say "Want to play some Pro Evo?" or "Want to play some football on the ".

Z @ Dec 17th 2007 3:34PM

I'm not saying you use it there, but it did come originally come from the British... soccer wasn't a made up word because we hate you or something.

Now why American Football is football, you got me there.

License to ill @ Dec 16th 2007 7:48PM

Now thats cutting edge gaming at its Zzzz....

Moofree @ Dec 16th 2007 7:49PM

Looks... Painful.
I feel like I need to take some Advil.

GRANTED @ Dec 17th 2007 9:55AM

If you can dodge a wrench...

Jon @ Dec 16th 2007 7:55PM

She looks auful. By the end she's barely even moving, no wonder she sucks it up. They looked pretty responsive to me when she was doing well and actually trying at the begining...

samfish @ Dec 16th 2007 8:02PM

No one else says it's unresponsive in any of the previews that I've seen. I think she just sucked. It kinda looked like she wasn't even trying..

Moffka @ Dec 16th 2007 8:11PM

I'm sure it is more responsive, it's just, yea... doesn't look all that fun. One would do it for a couple moments and then get tired of it... much like most Wii games that aren't Galaxy, Zelda, etc...

bm @ Dec 16th 2007 8:27PM

"much like most Wii games that aren't Galaxy, Zelda, etc..."

I'm not gonna make a list, but that's a pretty big "etc." you've got there, fanboy.

Ren @ Dec 16th 2007 8:06PM

I'd like to see negative feedback from people who actually played it.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Dec 16th 2007 10:40PM

same here.

lucky @ Dec 16th 2007 8:08PM

I like the progression of her actions. It seems pretty representative of the Wii games where they ask you to mimic realistic actions (wii sports). At first shes all in to it, doing the full head butty motion. Then once she realizes that its basically just shifting your weight a few pounds she is barely moving by the end.

bm @ Dec 16th 2007 8:28PM

And subsequently sucking at it.

Your point, again?

LilCo187 @ Dec 16th 2007 11:09PM

lol yea seriously...nice try tho, lucky.

lucky @ Dec 16th 2007 11:19PM

Maybe by the end she has given up... or more likely she is dizzy from all the head banging done at the beginning.

samfish @ Dec 17th 2007 12:23AM

I know bobbing side-to-side makes ME dizzy.

Paul S. @ Dec 16th 2007 8:12PM

She seems to just be moving her head most of the time.
That won't do anything!

The whole thing is about shifting body weight, not mimicking a headbutt, despite what the Mii on-screen does.

Farseer (GDI) @ Dec 16th 2007 9:43PM

lol, I thought the same thing. The on-screen directions clearly showed how you apply weight to move from side to side, and there she was, standing straight, moving her head. :)

The worst part is, my wife will probably want that silly balance board... oh well.

Michael @ Dec 16th 2007 8:43PM

i find it hilarious that some of the kids in the game actually are throwing their shoes at you

Jeff @ Dec 16th 2007 8:47PM

That girl wasn't attractive at all. If they used Jade Raymond in the vid, though, I'd definitely be buying this. =P

James @ Dec 16th 2007 8:51PM

I thought "football" was the most popular sport in the world, and that "soccer" was used primarily by 1 country.

Z @ Dec 17th 2007 8:36AM

Then why is Pro Evolution Soccer the most popular football game in Europe??

Avarice @ Dec 16th 2007 9:03PM

Bah! Until someone can make an accurate drunken hooligan simulator my interest in "futbol" will remain far below my threshold for other sports.

playwhutyalike (fried my washer) @ Dec 16th 2007 9:09PM

Hell yeah! You can pack 30 to 40 of your friends in your living room, charge the TV, and crush a few of them dead in the process!

Now this is gaming!

tozza @ Dec 16th 2007 9:55PM

Living in Japan I've been playing this for a couple of weeks. Rather than unresponsive, that woman wasn't putting her complete weight on one foot to get the angle necessary. You need to almost completely lift up the other foot to get the angle for some of the wide balls. Just lazy.

Tom @ Dec 16th 2007 11:09PM

Well, what Nintendo noticed that many here failed to notice is the big smile on her face while she was playing. That's what makes people pay for video games.

Burnt Meatloaf @ Dec 17th 2007 5:33AM

Yeah, it's not how you win, it's how well you keep your cool when it's obvious that you suck.

Next up: Mario and Sonic at the Special Olympics.

Sesur @ Dec 16th 2007 10:39PM

Wow... that looks craptastic.

ReyBrujo @ Dec 16th 2007 11:07PM

It has already been explained somewhere else: your character moves to the side with the more weight. However, when moving to a side, people usually press harder on the opposite side with the foot (to give impulse for the move), making the Wii think you are moving to the other side. Yes, the game could have been better programmed for sure.

Burnt Meatloaf @ Dec 17th 2007 5:28AM

Finally... somebody who understands natural movement.

What still blows me away is that this thing is being sold as an exercise machine. Nobody is going to get a cardiovascular workout by making SUBTLE movements that won't cause the sensors to go berserk do to reactive forces and oscillation error.

Yeah, I know. The thing isn't selling because it's functional. What else is new?

Burnt Meatloaf @ Dec 17th 2007 5:29AM

"do to"? Man, I need some sleep.

Generation ABXY @ Dec 17th 2007 12:17PM

However, if you look at the Mii (or, you know, have ever tried soccer/football skill tests like this in reality), his knees are bent. If this lady was already bent at the knees, she wouldn't need to PUSH with the opposite foot, merely "fall" on the proper leg. Granted, I haven't tried the game, but I'd be willing to bet it would work much better that way than standing around teetering like a weeble.