Big Beach Sports

The Big Beach Sports video game for the Nintendo Wii was developed by HB Studios and published by THQ. Released in North America on June 2008, Big Beach Sports is noted for being the third game for the Wii console to feature Nintendo DS connectivity.

With Wii-DS Connectivity, the player can personalize his Big Beach Sports character using a DS to draw the character’s face. This drawing can then be uploaded back into the Wii and be used as the face of the player’s character.

Gameplay

This sports game for the Wii features six different sports: American Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Bocce, Cricket and Disc Golf. These six sports have simplified rule sets, nonrealistic physics, and take place in a beach resort setting.

Big Beach Sports character’s movements and actions are controlled only through the Wii Remote. None of the six sports require any other peripheral such as the Nunchuck. The game has both a single-player mode and a multiplayer mode.

WIth a multiplayer mode, up to 4 people can play at the same time. For the Bocce and Disc Golf games, 4 players take turns with their character.

In single player mode, the player can choose from either Tournament or Quick Play games. Big Beach Sports’ Tournament mode pits the player against a progressively more difficult computer opponent. With each game and each win, the player’s character will receive Skill Points in a specific sport. These Skill Points will determine the difficulty setting of the computer when playing Quick Play matches. Skill Points for each sport max out at 999 points.