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| 7.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.59 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Release Date:
| August 21, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 52 reviews |
| | | Game Information: | | | Platform:
| Nintendo Wii | | Media:
| Video Game | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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 Pretty realistic bowling but ...Dec 31, 2008
I'm a pretty avid bowling as I have been bowling for 30 years so I know a thing or two about bowling and the physics behind it. I would have to say they did a pretty decent job with this bowling game in terms of real-life bowling:
* More realistic bowlers than the WII bowling game
* good simulation of different lane conditions
* the bowling alleys looked pretty cool as well with the various locations you are able to unlock as you get to the higher levels
* excellent realistic bowling sounds when the ball hits the pins for both spares and strikes
* Ball reaction based on the speed, angle, ball rotation, and location seems to be pretty realistic
* A great variety in selecting different balls based on realistic ball characteristics that you would see if you were actually buying a ball at a pro shop
* league mode vs. practice mode vs "just fool'in around" modes
* actual tournament play at realistic tournament sites
* lots of great stats on your bowling performance
* the bowler challenges is interesting - this is where another bowler randomly challenges you to a one-on-on dual and you get extra reputation points.
Overall, I really enjoy this game so far. I've only had this game since Christmas (1 week total). I'm also brand new to the WII console as well. Once you get use to the controller and ignore the animated bowler on the screen as you bowl (just swing your arm as usual and the animated bowler will follow), the game is fun to play and you can easily get hooked for hours!
On the downside, I think Crave Electronics can do a lot to improve the game:
* I couldn't seem to get the game to allow multiple WII players to compete with each other in league mode. that would make the game a little more fun and competitive with your family members and friends.
* Ok the cost of the balls seems to be a little bit on the unrealistic side - $4800 for a Columbia 300? I think the Pros would balk at those prices!
* A tutorial on how to throw that ball is badly needed because it took me quite a few games to figure out how to throw the ball and get it to hook the way I wanted it to.
* Need more help on what those reputation points mean
* You start off with a house ball until you get enough money for a "real" ball but what I thought was strange was that the house ball hooked more than some of the Brunswick models. House balls are suppose to be plastic balls with little to no hook at all.
* it would be nice if I could actually challenge another computer bowler to a match.
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 Not very realisticNov 21, 2008
I waited and waited for this game to be released. At first, it seemed much better than Wii Sports Bowling, but the fun soon wore off.
Multiplayer mode sometimes works, and sometimes does not. Half the time it makes you use the same remote for 2 players. I've found that cancelling out of the game and starting over will allow 2 remotes to be used with 2 players. I think it may have something to do with your choice of players.
I've been playing career mode for about 6 months now, and I am STILL using the house ball. I cannot gain enough money to buy a new ball ([...]).
However, 3 things annoy me the most. About every five seconds, there is a voice in the background. it sounds like an Indian male shouting "Yamani". This is really annoying, over and over and over and over. I have read a ton of reviews and this fact is never mentioned.
Another really annoying thing is the physics and sounds are not at all realistic. When you get a strike - it ALWAYS makes the same exact strike sound, regardless of how you get the strike. You can get 8 pins, and by some miracle the next 2 pins fall - you still hear the same strike sound - yet no sound when the last 2 pins fall. When you hit 2 pins, always the same sound, regardless of how close or far apart the pins are. When you hit a single pin, always the same sound - you get the picture.
Splits are impossible to pick up. You can throw the ball dead in the pocket and not get a strike (I know beforehand by the sound of the pins). But pins bash into each other, yet do not fall. It's like this game is programmed once the ball is rolled - it seems pre-determined how many pins you will get, as opposed to the real physics of bowling.
The third annoying thing is ball control - there is practically none. i can hold my arm perfectly straight throughout the delivery of the ball, yet it will hook left. I deliberately try to hook the ball left, and it hooks right. i don't get it. The screenshots show meters on the screen for accuracy and strrength - where are they?
I still plal, because of all the time I have invested in this game, I am determined to get out of "amateur' status - even though in league Night, I win almost every single game, and by a lot. I generally bowl 180 or better every game in league night - I just cannot win a tournament - then have to start over with 27 league games again.
Baaahhh!
 Hard to Figure OutNov 20, 2008
Game came with instructions in French and it is complicated to figure out w/o instructions. Took a month to obtain English info from mfg.
 disappointedNov 16, 2008
very disappointed in the brunswick bowling, as the instructions were all in french so they were useless. its not an easy game to figure out i have a lot of games and this is the worst one. i would not recommed this game to anyone and a lot of my friends have the wii. thank you carol balch
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It's not what I expectedSep 28, 2008
I love the bowling game that comes with Wii Sports so I was expecting this game to be something like that, but with more realistic characters, bowling alleys and more control over the ball. The graphics are ok, there are several different alleys, but the characters which do look real, don't move very fluidly. It isn't real sharp either as I'm accustomed to with other Wii games.
The control over the ball is nothing like in Wii Sports. In Wii Sports it feels like you're really bowling. In this game it feels very awkward. It seems like the ball goes in a certain direction, no matter what you do. Some people have commented that after you play the game a while and build up some time, the control gets better, but shouldn't it be a game of skill, right from the start?
The voices get annoying very quickly. I was ready to smack my charater after about 10 minutes. Thank goodness you can turn them off. The characters I used seemed to repeat the same things over and over. It seemed like there should be some more random phrases for a little more variety.
I hope there will be other bowling games out there that are more realistic, that have the feel and movement of the Wii Sports version with real looking characters and lots of bowling alley choices. I wish this game would have fulfilled those expectations. If I hadn't played the Wii Sports version before renting this game I might have been happier with it. But by comparison it didn't measure up.
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