Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)

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Genre	Sports
Platform	Nintendo Wii
Release Date	02/07/2009
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) Product Information

Feel the drama of playing tournament golf with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10. For the first time in franchise history, take aim at capturing the U.S. Open Championship on the ever-challenging Bethpage Black. Playing in front of huge galleries and hearing crowd reactions from nearby holes, take your game to the next level when it matters most as you try to hold off a charging Tiger Woods and other PGA TOUR Pros. Whether you're fighting the course, the crowd, dynamic weather conditions, or the field, feel the drama on every swing with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10.

FEATURES
• Wii Motion Plus Integration: Elevate your game with an enhanced, true-to-life golf swing that features precise draw-fade capabilities and authentic sports motion which mirrors your every move.
• Win the U.S. Open Championship: For the first time ever, feel the drama of playing in the U.S. Open, one of golf's biggest-and toughest-tournaments of the year.
• Known for its extremely challenging playing conditions, Bethpage Black tests even the best golfers. Take the Tournament Challenge: Replay dramatic scenarios from past PGA TOUR seasons as you're placed on the course at the precise moment before history was made- only this time, you determine the outcome.
• Dynamic Weather Conditions: Powered by the Wii Forecast Channel and the Weather Channel, real-time weather now has a major effect on gameplay conditions. If it's raining in Pontre Vedra Beach, Fl, then you too can face the challenge of a rain-soaked TPC Sawgrass.
• EA SPORTS Live Tournaments: Prove yourself against the best players online in unique tournament events.
• Play alongside actual PGA TOUR Pros during real-world PGA TOUR events or swing away in daily and weekly tournaments as you fight to stay atop the leaderboard.
• All-New Disc Golf-Trade your clubs for discs in a fun, new game mode based on the family-fun sport of Disc Golf. Play from custom tee locations on all 27 courses in the game!

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) Review

The Wii is yet to reach its third birthday, and already we’re seeing the fourth instalment in the Tiger Woods franchise. Thus far, the series has been decent, without being spectacular, and has used the Wii controls well enough without excelling with them. Introduce Wii MotionPlus, and not only do you have the best use of the peripheral to date, you have one of the most realistic golf games ever made. As far as golf in videogames goes it doesn’t get any better than this.

The new controls, thanks to Wii MotionPlus, are the biggest addition in Tiger Woods 10. Your movements are mapped between Wii Remote and screen as close to 1:1 as one could ever hope for (otherwise you may as well head out to the golf course). You stand as if you are actually playing golf and hold the Wii remote with two hands as if it were a club. Technically speaking you should keep your head down, but it’s so hard to keep your eyes away from the screen as you watch your movements being translated seemingly perfectly into the virtual world. As you raise your club Tiger will follow, if you hold your club inline with your hip, so will Tiger, if it’s almost hitting the back of your neck Tiger will take on the same stance. By twisting the Wii remote as you swing you can manually add draw and fade to your shots, and for once, it actually works well. The distance the ball will travel is determined by the strength of your swing, and to an extent the angle of your Wii Remote. In time you’ll find some loopholes, and the waggle will slowly make its way back into play, but for the most part the controls are relatively accurate and require you to play as if you were standing out on the golf course.

How could I forget, exclusively for Wii owners Tiburon have thrown in frolf, or Disc Golf, as it’s actually called (allegedly). If you thought the main game was a great example of MotionPlus at its finest, wait until you play Disc Golf. For those of you who aren’t familiar - I suggest watching The Summer of George episode of Seinfeld – Disc Golf is essentially exactly the same as a normal game of golf, but uses a Frisbee and a net instead of a club and a hole. Quite literally I could have played for hours just standing there twisting my arm every which way and watching the hand holding a disc on screen map my moves to perfection. To play you hold down the B-button, swing the disc in any manner you please, and let go of B to release (lawn bowls style was not as successful as I’d hoped, we suggest Frisbee style). Surprisingly you can play through all 27 courses in the disc golf game. It’s so good, in fact, that I would have no problems purchasing Disc Golf as a stand-alone game. Even if you’re not into golf I recommend you have a go at Disc Golf in Tiger Wood 10. If nothing else it’s a great example of what MotionPlus is capable of, and a glimpse at the future of motion gaming.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is the definitive golf game on the market not only this generation, but ever. It’s jammed packed full of content, with a great career mode, fantastic online and awesome multiplayer extras. On top of all that the Disc Golf mode is so good that I’d seriously consider buying it as a stand-alone game. The Wii version is the superior version of Tiger Woods 10, and features near perfect controls. It can be played by newbies through to golfing veterans. It has been a long time coming, but finally the Wii has triumphed, through the addition of MotionPlus, to become the superior version of a major multiplatform release via motion controls. Regardless of if you are a golfer or not, regardless of if you are into sports games or own multiple consoles this is one game I can whole heartily endorse that you at least try, if not buy, on the Wii no matter what type of gamer you are. This is a glimpse at the future of motion gaming, not to mention the best golf game I have ever played.

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