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| Wii Sports Resort | |
|---|---|
 North American box art depicting the game avatars, Miis, playing four of the available sports: (clockwise from top left) swordplay, wakeboarding, basketball, and archery | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Takayuki Shimamura Yoshikazu Yamashita |
| Producer(s) | Katsuya Eguchi |
| Programmer(s) | Soichi Nakajima |
| Writer(s) | Makoto Wada |
| Composer(s) | Ryo Nagamatsu |
| Series | Wii |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Wii Sports Resort[a] is a 2009 sports simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It is the sequel to Wii Sports (2006). It is the first first-party Wii game to support the Wii MotionPlus accessory and the first game overall to require it,[b] which was bundled with the game.[6] Wii Sports Resort was first announced at E3 2008[6] and was released in Japan on June 25, 2009, and in nearly all other regions the following month. While Wii Sports Resort was first released as a stand-alone title, it was later bundled with newer Wii consoles alongside Wii Sports.[7]
Wii Sports Resort features a collection of twelve sports. The game makes full usage of the Wii MotionPlus accessory, an add-on to the Wii Remote controller which gives it full omnidirectional movement detection. This is an improvement over the base controller, which only repeated straight-arm movement.[8]
Wii Sports Resort received positive reviews from critics for its improved controls, gameplay, and graphics. It was a major commercial success, with 33.14 million copies sold worldwide,[9] making it the third best-selling game on the Wii, after its predecessor Wii Sports and Mario Kart Wii, as well as one of the best-selling video games of all time. The game was followed by Wii Sports Club (2014) and Nintendo Switch Sports (2022).
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