Family Ski (Wii)

:mrgreen:

You are at home, look outside the window and the weather is giving his ugly face, its cold, not too cold, but cold enough to make you wear a jumper. You hate this mid term between beach and slopes, and only wish you had a remote control that would enable you to fast forward time straight into that week of the year where you carve turns in the white stuff.

Well now there’s hope… Wii has launched a game called Family ski, (which I bought this weekend), it’s fantastic you will need to register yourself with tons of characters to choose from, then head to the ski school, you will learn how to skate, stop, plow, parallel turns, carving… the lot.

This game is addictive and with the wii board you can turn right and left, but even if you don’t have the board it’s still lots of fun, so much that my OH who doesn’t really likes games wanted to stay up all night, trying to find the little guy who is check point 3, then there’s tons of people for you to talk to, you bump into them and fall over. Most of the characters will have tasks for you and they also take pictures of you while skiing in your latest gear that you just bought from the ski shop.

With 10 tracks with different difficulty you are sure to have something for you, that being moguls, ice, powder or just breeze between the white covered trees.

This is not a speed game with lost of races this is a game for you to enjoy and spend the time while you waiting for the real stuff. Well I’m off now going to search the little man, and maybe get my picture taken while I’m doing an air.

Sorry no boarders here...

http://uk.gamespot.com/wii/sports/familyski/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review

Cheers

David

David, I was playing this last month on a friends Wii - it was great fun, and I lost myself in the whole thing for 2 afternoons! Its about as realistic as you would be able to get a skiing game I reckon. Some of the missions arent particularly well explained, and after a few hours you get bored with the same runs. I guess its a bit like Niederau (sits back and awaits a deluge of abuse.....despite making a tongue in cheek remark!!!)

Its definitely worth getting for anyone who has a Wii and is into skiing at all though. As long as you have got the balance board, which isnt cheap.

Its great fun, have got ski and boarding games on Wii and Xbox. Have been hooked on a new game for Wii called Raving Rabids, have played so much these last few nights my arms feel like they are going to drop off.

yeah I had that game I finished it with my OH and then got the ski one.
Oh and I love Mario Kart is awsome, I usually play smackdown vs raw 2008 when i'm playing on my own.

I won a Wii and Wii Fit in a competition. I almost regret not holding on to them. But then again I did sell the lot for a new pair of skis.

I've fallen for temptation and gone and ordered myself a Wii, balance board and family ski game. Reckon I should try it with my brand new Atomic B90 boots I bought last weekend for a bit more realism! :D