The Bigs (Wii, 2007)

The Big's is the first official MLB (major league baseball) title for the Nintendo Wii. It was released in the summer of 2007.

I am a huge fan of Wii Sports! I spend at least 15 minutes a day doing batting practice on this game. When I saw that MLB was putting out a Wii baseball game I was excited! I was gambling that MLB would not put their title on a sub-par game.

I was a bit surprised at the game when it came out. You get the option of pitching, fielding (you cannot do this in Wii Sports) and of course hitting. You also have the ability to actually field the ball, run the bases (pump the remote and steer with the nunchuk), and try to pick people off on the bases. All these options, surely the game cannot be bad!

I was wrong. :(

The "tutorial" mode was really hard. First up was pitching. You have many different types of pitches to choose from. However, you have to have your remote and nunchuk together at all times. Then you press the "z" button on the 'chuk, twist the remote certain way's, and oh ya do a throwing motion. Nothing like trying to master 3-5 different things to kill the idea of a game. :P

Batting was a bit easier to do. However, having the stupid 'chuk tied to the bat made it feel crappy and hard. I have spent hours doing a full batter's swing on Wii sports and now I'm forced to to little wrist flick's to do a motion. :P :( Very bad form.

Running was fun, fielding was difficult to get the hang of, and overall the game felt clunky to play.

I decided to have some friends over and we all tried the homerun hitting contest. You get to pick your team (Any National or American League team!) and then your player for the contest. Again it was tough to do because of the nunchuk. We eventually stopped playing and put back in Wii Sports to prove who was king of the homerun derby.

I was happy with a couple of things, frustrated by others, and surprised about one thing:

Happy:

Very current team lineups!
Ability to pick your player on the team.
Fielding ability.

Frustrated:

PITCHING! :(
Fielding
Hitting
(Wii Sports trained me well I guess)

Surprised:

Current Rock and Roll music during the homerun hitting derby! Here is a list of the songs/bands in the game! :)

"Plush" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Nearly Lost You" - Screaming Trees
"Oceans Size" - Jane's Addiction
"Millennium" - Killing Joke
"Tearing" - Rollins Band
"More Human than Human" - White Zombie
"Dreamworld" - Midnight Oil
"Hung Out to Dry" - Fu Manchu
"Ace of Spades" - Motörhead
"Down on the Street" - The Stooges
"Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" - Primus
"Somebody" - Blue October
"Insanity Rains" - Satellite Party
"Satisfied" - Highbench

A great idea that just didn't execute. Back to Blockbuster with this Title I go!

2/5.

Latsyrhc
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