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• Battle your friends in 15 fun and challenging mini-games that keep the competition fierce, long after you have finished your round
• Tiger Woods' real life coach Hank Haney will guide you through your career right from the start and help you improve your confidence
• Get the most out of every club with the Club Tuner, an all-new swing-control feature that allows you to calibrate your clubs to fit your personal tendencies and preferences
• Coach Haney will be constantly watching your performance and assessing areas for improvement
• Ball trail visuals indicate your competitors' shots, allowing you to swing whenever you're ready
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.75 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Release Date:
| August 26, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 115 reviews |
| | | Game Information: | | | Platform:
| Nintendo Wii | | Media:
| Video Game | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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66 of 69 found the following review helpful:
For those worried about the putting...Sep 09, 2008
By K. Bennett
I'll save a long review and just dive in on how to deal with the putting.
The putting is initially awful BUT, I repeat BUT you CAN EASILY fix it. For each putt you're given a maximum putt distance meter.
So if it's 10 feet to the cup the game sets your maximum backswing of 100% to go 10 feet. I.e. pull all the way back on the putt for a 10 foot putt and the ball will go 10 feet assuming a flat surface.
The problem is the game doesn't recognize grade. Just like in real golf that's up to you the user to control for.
If you push up or down on the d-pad you can adjust this putt meter. I do this for all of my putts because I don't want to get a 100% backswing everytime, there's no margin for error.
So say I have a 10 foot putt that is slightly uphill, I push up on the d-pad and this little aiming arrow that is above the cup will move away from my player and adjust the putt meter from 10 feet to 15 feet or 20 feet or whatever I want.
Say I stop the putt meter at 20 feet for my 10 foot putt now i can whack the putt at 80% to 85% (there's some touch involved it is golf--well video game golf--after all) and instead of barely rolling 10 feet with a 100% swing for the 10 foot putt meter I now have enough power to hit the ball 12 or so which if I've paced it right and aligned it right will be plenty to get the ball in the hole.
It's a long explaination that takes 10 seconds to demostrate in the game. Problem solved and a very good is saved from being ruined by crappy directions in the manual.
47 of 53 found the following review helpful:
 Golf Shold be DifficultSep 11, 2008
By Professor
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All Play for the Wii is an excellent golf simulation. I have read the complaints about the putting. Listen, putting was far too easy on ealier iterations. Putting on Tiger 09 can be mastered, but guess what? Doing so takes effort and practice and touch and hard work--just as putting in real life does. The satisfaction from becoming skilled and consistent is just what a golf game should demand. In like manner, mastering the full or partial swing takes time and effort. Good, golf is a difficult and demanding sport,a humbling experience. Tiger 09 for the Wii is terrific, a golfer's delight, if not a gamer's delight. Buy it, master it, and experience the satisfaction for learning how to do something difficult very, very well.
28 of 30 found the following review helpful:
Best Console Golf GameOct 08, 2008
By To Be Simple
I have played dozens of golf games dating back to golf on the Commodore-64. Some games have been completely pathetic, while others have been relatively good. I bought Tiger Woods 09 for the Wii basically because I like to try most every golf game that hits the market. My expectations for this game were actually fairly low, as EA has not exactly put out killer software for the Wii.
Having put in over 30 hours with Tiger Woods 09 I can safely say that this is the most fun console golf game I have ever played. Not only is the game incredibly deep with an absolute ton of modes of play, but it also sports a great online component. The developers really did a good job of making TW09 a truly fun multi-player experience.
What makes Tiger Woods 09 such a great game is the control. The 1:1 swing mechanic can be tuned in a variety of ways. It takes some getting used to in terms of shot strength, but once the user gets it down the game is butter. As far as putting is concerned, this is the best putting system in a golf game, no questions asked. Yes, the putting system may seem confusing at first, but after spending some time with it the user will realize that putting in TW09 is as close to real-life putting yet seen in a golf game. Everything from the clearly visible slope on the greens to the depth of resources the putting system provides to the user makes hanging out on the green a joy.
As to be expected, the graphics of the Wii version of Tiger Woods 09 are not as detailed as those of the 360/PS3 versions, but they are still not too shabby. I particularly like the way the undulations and elevation changes on each hole are depicted.
Finally, EA smartly included an "All-Play" level of difficulty that allows inexperienced or less-skilled gamers to be able to be competitive. Of course, there are standard and advanced difficuly levels as well. This allows someone who has never played the game or is not very good to be able to play with a seasoned TW pro and still have fun without being blown out of the water. I like to play on the hardest difficulty level, but when someone comes over to the house they still have fun since they can play on the easier mode.
Overall, Tiger Woods 09 is exactly the type of sports game Wii owners deserve. It wonderfully takes advantage of the controller technology, offers a ton of modes of play and customizations, and has a high fun factor. Get this game and spend some time learning to play it properly. You will not be sorry.
55 of 69 found the following review helpful:
 Putting has gotten worse, McCord and Feherty are goneAug 27, 2008
By Doug Aamoth
The Good
There's finally online multiplayer and it works really well. The simultaneous shot mode present in online play is a great idea that allows up to four people to play 18 holes in a reasonable amount of time without being forced to watch everyone else's shots.
The party game mode is fun to play with other people who don't have the patience for a full round and the new All-Play swing system lets beginners pick up the game pretty easily. Finally, the menus are easier to navigate this year and Hank Haney is a solid, if somewhat gimmicky, addition to the franchise.
The Bad
The putting system is atrocious. Absolutely atrocious. I'm really confused as to why EA has made this feature worse and worse every year. I felt a pit in my stomach as I played through my first 18 holes because the putting system was ruining the entire game. We've put up with wonky chipping and short-iron play through the first two versions and I would have been able to begrudgingly dismiss it one more year except that the putting has now gotten so bad that it ruins the game.
Case in point; on advanced swing mode, you now have to eyeball every putt. No preview, no putting line, no nothing. The grid on the putting green does little to help you discern where your putt's going to end up, though. It's a leap of faith every time.
There is a putt preview feature if you use standard swing mode, but it's different from last year's version. Last year, you had a putt preview timer that allowed you to basically take a practice putt (or two or three). If you used up your putt preview timer before the end of your round, you had to eyeball it for the remaining holes. Some would argue that it made putting too easy.
Whatever the case, this year you have a putt preview that you can use once per putt. You basically line up your putt and hit the putt preview, which will show you your putting line. If the line leads straight to the hole, great, putt away. If not, you'll need to exit the preview and readjust your putt. You'll have already used up your putt preview, though, so you'll have to trust yourself.
So you end up not sinking as many super-long putts like you may have last year, but - BUT! - it's up close where the putting system really starts to fall apart. For some reason, EA chose to treat ten foot putts to a ten foot power gauge. So what would naturally seem like a nice, easy, soft tap-in now requires a full-bore swing just to get to the hole. You will, I promise you, miss putt after putt after putt. The short ones, especially. I miss putts in this game that I'd make in real life. That's just wrong.
The Ugly
This 1-to-1 natural swing feature is all hype. Search for "Tiger Woods 09 Wii" on YouTube to find a video starring a couple of the game developers. At the 1:17 mark, the guy says "What that's gonna do in Tiger this year is really gonna let you to place the ball where you want it on the course." Insanity. The partial swings are as broken in Tiger Woods 09 as they were in 08 and 07. Nothing has changed. You'll try to play a half-swing and you'll hit it at 80% to 90% power instead of 50%. These partial shots have never, ever worked on the Wii and they still don't, despite EA's claims.
The Super Ugly
Guess what feature EA's left off of all the marketing materials for the Tiger Woods franchise? They dumped Gary McCord and David Feherty as announcers and replaced them with - ready for this? - The Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman and Sam Torrance. All the same dialogue from the previous games are there, except now Tilghman's a comedian and Torrance sounds like a Scottish version of Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond (except not funny). Whether you liked McCord and Feherty or not, those two at least made the game seem realistic and they offered some funny one-liners every now and again. Tilghman and Torrance are just as bad, if not worse, as the decision to do radio style broadcasting for Madden 08 last year. It's really awful.
Recommendation
If you already have Tiger Woods 07 or 08 on the Wii and you don't care about playing online or All Play or the party mode mini-games, save your money. If you really, really, really want to play online but don't care about five- or six-putting every hole after you've launched a 30-foot chip over the green two or three times, then go ahead and pick this one up. If EA can patch the putting, you could get by with this game. If they patch the chipping, it'd be a no-brainer. They're not going to patch Tilghman and Torrance, though, so just get ready to turn that portion of the audio off right away.
All in all, a disappointing return after a year of development.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Excellent, and the putting system is great! Useless manualOct 14, 2008
By M. Montag
So, if you just read the top review you would probably be led to think that the putting is terrible. That is not the case. The putting is bad if you fail to take a few things into account, primarily multiple putters, and green speed (Which is mentioned nowhere in the manual or the tutorials, but is VERY important to take into account). At first I was having problems putting, especially with short putts, but once I realized that you will often have to adjust which putter you are using, and take into account the green speed when calculating how much power to use it became infinitely better. I now sink about 95% of my putts. The green grid is very easy to read and allows you to determine how much of a left/right break and how much uphill/downhill to account for. The new putt preview is a huge improvement over last years preview in my opinion.
People seem to be complaining alot that chip shots don't fly in the air long enough. Have you guys ever watched someone chip in real life? A real chip shot travels most of it's distance on the ground, just as it does in the game. I have sunk numerous birdies and eagles by chip, the key is to use a little more power than you think since the ball will be rolling along the green.
Driving and approach shots are just about the same as previous years, but if it ain't broke.....
I agree about the announcers though. The announcers are saying the exact same lines as last year (literally word-for-word), so there is 0 innovation on the commentary, and now the new announcers sound very dry and boring as well.
Documentation is practically non-existent. the game comes with a 5-page manual that gives very little if any useful information, and the in-game tutorials are not much help either. Green speed(Press + and go to course information to see the green speed), which is implemented for the first time this year, is not even mentioned in the manual or any of the tutorials, but if you don't account for it you will miss many putts.
Overall I think this game is great and a lot of fun, but a few improvements could be made (especially documentation).
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