I bought it for my kids after checking its enthusiastic review on FamilyFriendlyGaming.com even if I was bit skeptical at the beginning. In the end it's true that my kids and their friends are having great time: they organized a big tournament among them, playing in teams and mixing them for each sports. Sometimes they complain because they don't understand everything or because something weird happens. But they are laughing a lot and they would never stop playing together... and that's the most important thing to me!
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Fun
November 28, 2012
Reviewer:
lanau matao
My initial experience was bad because I had issues with the calibration of the Motion Plus, but after installing the patch things got smoother. Also, be careful to use a Wiimote with Motion Plus because it's required but the game does not prevent you to play without it... but you can't really play: it happened to me it took me a while to realize what the problem was! Once I overcame this initial problems I was finally able to play. And it deserved the wait: there are interesting ideas for the Gamepad usage, all the sports are fun (especially in multiplayer), but don't expect a perfect game (some visual glitches, long loading time). Baseball and Soccer are my favorite sports. Tennis Cannonball is also a blast. There's a huge amount of fun achievements to unlock: I already unlocked more than 100 and I'm not sure I reached half of them! My feeling is that the game has been rushed a bit to hit the launch date, so I hope that Ubisoft can still fix some bugs and improve it further. :-) Overall I recommend it to spend good time with kids or friends.
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Innovative use of the GamePad controller
November 21, 2012
Reviewer:
Horacio Dean
It was interesting for Nintendo not to launch a sports title to coincide with the Wii U launch, especially given the overwhelming success of Wii Sports with the original Wii. Ubisoft has stepped in with ESPN Sports Connection, which includes some of the sports from Wii Sports (Tennis, Golf, Baseball) and adds a few new ones (Football, Kart Racing, Soccer). I found this game a bit difficult to give a rating to, because there are some part of it that are spectacular, while others don't even rise to the quality of the original Wii Sports.
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Great sports game for the whole Family!
November 20, 2012
Reviewer:
luco Fern
We are having lots of fun with this game. Every sport can be played as a full match and the integration of the new controller is really innovative. Playing simultaneously on two screens (TV and Gamepad) is fun and children really enjoy it. For parents, it is also great to have the Gamepad since you can control your team with the tip of your finger while kids have more physical activity using the Wii Remote Plus. We have played all the six sports in the game and our favorites are soccer, karting, baseball and also the cannonball challenge on tennis which makes playing tennis much more fun than on Wii Sports. On karting you can play up to five players or play by yourself on the Gamepad only. We are already looking forward to playing the game again and having more great Family time during this Thanksgiving!
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great family sports game
November 20, 2012
Reviewer:
K. L. Hicks
It's fun, easy to play, and we're having a great time with it so far. The kart racing and baseball are by far the most fun, and the tennis ball machine is nice to play with the new pad.
* No Sales Tax (except CA)
Kids are having a great time 
Innovative use of the GamePad controller 
Great sports game for the whole Family! 
The price was one
of the best I've found anywhere. The service
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