Wii Sports Resort
| Wii Sports Resort | |
|---|---|
North American box art depicting the game avatars, Miis, playing four of the available sports: (clockwise from top left) swordplay, wakeboarding, basketball, and archery | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Takayuki Shimamura Yoshikazu Yamashita |
| Producer(s) | Katsuya Eguchi |
| Programmer(s) | Soichi Nakajima |
| Writer(s) | Makoto Wada |
| Composer(s) | Ryo Nagamatsu |
| Series | Wii |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Wii Sports Resort is a 2009 sports simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It is the sequel to Wii Sports (2006). It is the first first-party Wii game to support the Wii MotionPlus accessory and the first game overall to require it, which was bundled with the game. Wii Sports Resort was first announced at E3 2008 and was released in Japan on June 25, 2009, and in nearly all other regions the following month. While Wii Sports Resort was first released as a stand-alone title, it was later bundled with newer Wii consoles alongside Wii Sports.
Wii Sports Resort features a collection of twelve sports. The game makes full usage of the Wii MotionPlus accessory, an add-on to the Wii Remote controller which gives it full omnidirectional movement detection. This is an improvement over the base controller, which only repeated straight-arm movement.
Wii Sports Resort received positive reviews from critics for its improved controls, gameplay, and graphics. It was a major commercial success, with 33.14 million copies sold worldwide, making it the third best-selling game on the Wii, after its predecessor Wii Sports and Mario Kart Wii, as well as one of the best-selling video games of all time. The game was followed by Wii Sports Club (2014) and Nintendo Switch Sports (2022).