IGN said Wii Bowling took skill, these dudes say no

Um, so you can tell this is satire, right? The wireless on the Wiimote wouldn't make it to the store. If they had video of somebody continuously getting strikes it would mean something, but they've got video that cut before and after each strike.

Regardless, I can imagine that if you got the motion down, you could hit strikes consistently. I definitely get more strikes in Wii Bowling than in real life bowling, but not much more.

Videos of me trying my hardest and still getting it into the gutter will now be removed from my computer

Well Nintendo was really trying to make an Ultimate Bowling Simulator. Wii Sports is just a Tech Demo.

I'm surprised they didn't do the "Fred Flintstone twinkle toes move"

Oh wow.. A bowling mini game isn't like really bowling... Say it isn't so.. Please to all things holy say this is a lie!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

/sarcasm

my bad....i didn't read the comments here that it was to be considered a satire :X

Great unbiased blogging as always. Not that it matters.

I thought this was really funny. It would have been even better if they hadn't reused the same strike footage repeatedly. At least that would have given us the impression that the makers of the video could get more than 3-4 actual strikes on video.

The really funny part is Summas final line in his post:

"Now, once and for all, we see the true potential of this legendary game."

Clearly this is a limp attempt at demeaning Wii bowling as unrealistic and a waste of time. On the contrary this statement is completely true. Thats because the true potential of Wii Sports is for a group of friends to get together and have a good time. It appears thats exactly what these guys did in making the video. So while Robert was attempting to lessen the Wii, his statement actually describes what really IS happening in this video. Who cares if the Wii leads to satire as long as it provides the inspiration for expression and amusement. Nothing against the PS3 but I honestly doubt this group of guys will have as much fun with it as they did making this video.

@Husky Hog... yeah dawg... those oakleys are da bomb... and they's is mine... not yours... hahahaha.

@subnet6... we acutally didn't reuse the same strike footage until the end when the wii-mote's range finally gave way to the many walls we tried to put between it & it's momma-Wii.

Sony bias, clearly.

its fuggin satire folks.

deiga, we refer to them as Borestiq. That is the proper name.

Those who can't do, teach.

Guys, it's been really emotional. Time for me to pack my bags and head to borestiq, where I am somebody. Someone that gets it, you know. This Wii sports is for chumps and is obviously easy enough to play with my penis tucked so I should stop being interested in it. After some soul searching, I've reread this masterpiece of blogdom and still come to the same conclusion: It doesn't matter. But oh how i wanted IGN to get it in the MOUTH. It hurts.

I like how they make a big deal about how they can hide from the sensor bar or bowl from any angle and still get strikes. Wii bowling doesn't even use the sensor bar (the only thing in Wii sports that uses the sensor bar are the main menu screens). It's all controlled by the tilt and force of the movement. As long as you know how to do the correct motion, it really doesn't matter where you're at when you swing.

This is satire, to be sure, but it's too stupid to be funny. "hey kids, let's all have a chuckle at the blatantly obvious!"

Those who can't write, blog.

I am back from my exciting journey to borestiq.com and oh the adventures i had! They have the same video there too! It's amazing. Go check it out, you'll be glad you did. I've never seen anything like it quite frankly. The article describing the video actually understood the piece was satirical in nature before publshing it, which makes me question their credibility. I only came back to tell you guys of the promised land of boredom. Boy, do I feel like shutting up now. Thanks Diego.

hilarious. and to the people freakin out about it's legitmacy, i dont know, breathe, relax? unless i carted my tv and wii to the safeway where i was bowling on a rocket ship, im not likely to have my wii even know im swinging. funny is funny

I suggest you take the ethical tack used by rather more credible blogs such as boingboing: when you've published an article with a grammatical error and then fix it, you should document the alteration.