Vacation Sports

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• An exciting variety of unique sports games including - Go-carts, Frisbee Golf, Dodge Ball, Air Hockey, Foosball, Darts, Plus other sports like Squash, Bocce Ball, and Beach Cricket
• Get active with your Wiimote - All of these games were designed to give you a vast assortment of Wii movements
• Fun for 4 - 1-4 players can compete in each sport simultaneously, ensuring a fun-filled competition for everyone
• Practice Mode - Choose a sport to practice and get ready for your next competition
• Sport Competition Mode - Challenge friends or family to a sport competition

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001QXC5ZS
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 17, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,970 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #84 in Video Games > Wii > Simulation
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Vacation Sports Wii

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Really, really bad, April 2, 2009

By 

M. Richards "Mark R." (Traverse City, MI) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vacation Sports (Video Game)

I picked up this (relatively inexpensive) title on a whim yesterday at a local big box store. My kids like the sports title that ships with the Wii console, so I thought this would might be similarly enjoyable.

Man, was I wrong. This game is hideous. From the choppy opening animation sequences, all the way though to the tedious navigation system and boring game play - this game is just a complete stinker. Graphics are bad, voice-overs are annoying, and controls are wonky.

This was the first time in quite a while that I didn't research a game before grabbing it. And boy do I regret it. Sure, the game is fairly cheap, but still - disappointing the kids (and myself) with this turd-nugget was the real downer.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Generic, low-budget, boring mini game collection (AKA World Sports Party in Europe), August 6, 2009

By 

LanaFire (NY) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vacation Sports (Video Game)

This game just reeks of no pride or no money from the developers. There is no personality of any characters, the "music" is 10-15 second looped elevator tourist style island music that sounds best in an elevator, there are frame-rate (video stuttering) issues, long load times for everything, rubber-band AI, low-graphics, poor text instructions, no imagination much less creativity of any part of the game, barely any sounds such as no crowd, no character or any sounds except an occasional sound of a ball to break the silence during game play.
You are part of a family on a trip, you register into a hotel, pick from a group of characters in the lobby. Next you go to your "room" which will be upgraded as you play, which you there can change the characteristics of you characters (hair style, hair color, eyes, eye color, mouth) & their wardrobe (shirt, pants, 1 accessory (sunglasses, bracelet, eye patch, etc.), and shoes. The choices here are actually one of the only good things in the game, there's a decent variety of choices, many with nice textures & more will be unlocked. Also in the room you can view your trophies, stats & spend your points you've won by winning games. The only things you can spend it on is 10 points for EVERY single game of foosball (dpad to move stick *auto to one closest to ball* up/down & twist remote to twist pole)ball automatically) & clay shooting. There are 3 "activities" that cost 100 points each, but they are literally a 10 second video of a family either taking a helicopter ride viewing the island, a monorail or diving underwater pretty far from a sunken ship. I was expecting a real activity or sport, but that's all you get, and the video is boring, I was hoping for a first person view of the monorail or going into the sunken ship, but nothing. It was a waste.
The only voice you ever hear is a female staff telling you to log in, choose family members to play, etc., game instructions. No other human/character sounds.
Gameplay:
You choose another "family" to play against & choose 3,5, or 8 sport challenge. You can choose different settings like how many of the challenge games will be a particular sport, how many points, how many laps, etc. You are given a text/animated tutorial but the text is written badly, but the animation is good & it even pops up during game play if you forget which is a nice addition.
Sport:
Go Karts - boring track, the only power up is boost, though you can get it by drifting as well, no fun at all. The control is tilting w/A for using boost, very sensitive controls, decent physics.
Disc Golf - also boring, there is no interest to these 9 holes. The only thing interesting is you use d-pad to turn your character, then use the IR/twisting of the wii mote to decide how high an arc (you see projected trajectory) & where you want to aim your shot. Use force in throw to decide power level. You don't have to watch the AI's turn.
Dodge ball - sideways of entire gameplay area, 4 players each side. you hold remote sideways, dpad for movement & ball throw direction. (1) to catch/block ball (2) to throw, twitch/move remote to dodge, good use of controls.
Paleta Fronton (squash/raquetball) - very far/high up cam, wii tennis controls.
Petanque AKA Bocce - A & use IR to point where you want to it to land, B & underhand throw for power level. You have to watch AI's turn, you can't skip.
Air Hockey - same as Game party (game party better feel), done using IR pointer (I hate Wii play's laser hockey because the board seems soo small & mallets so big). It can do 4 players at once, but get this: both left sides are blue & both right sides are red, so if have 3-4 players, you can't tell who's controlling what mallet at all!!!! why couldn't they put 4 diff colors???? It has power ups you get if you push the puck into them as they float in the middle. The AI is pretty good, I thought the power ups would add more depth/skill to the game, but they are cheap, cheat style. One makes the goal invisible to 2 direct hits, or makes your controller REALLY BIG, or freezes your opponent, or turns your mallet metal (see no difference at all!) or makes it an automatic win for you & the only decent one is one that has 3 pucks at once.
Darts - point w/IR & throw w/holding A. This one is too easy, if I throw as hard as possible, I always hit wherever I aimed easily. you have to watch the AI's turn which a lot of times only 1 point away from your score.
Cricket - batting is same as wii sports, bowling/pitching is only about power & timing as you start holding B to make your character start the run to the "wicket?"

The only thing this game did right was the controls, they work well & some are done in an interesting way. everything else screams lazy/half done. They think just because it's meant for multiple players that they can make a game generic/boring. No, that will just mean more people at once are bored & hate the game. Adding multi-player will only give a boring game 5 more min of use before everyone agrees to turn it off.

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video gameplay: "World Sports Party - First Impressions" on youtube
trailer: "World Sports Party - Official Trailer" youtube

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars True Family Game, June 11, 2009

A Kid's Review

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vacation Sports (Video Game)

This is a great game for the entire family. The go kart is especially fun. The tutorial help you get a hang of the games fast. My kids and my husband really enjoy the game. There a little something for everyone. Choose from eight different games: Go Karts, Disc Golf, Dodgeball, Paleta Fronton, Petanque, Air Hockey, Darts & Beach Cricket!