Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All Play

Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or hitting the links for the first time, now everybody swings on an even playing field, in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. Your career begins under the watchful eye of Hank Haney, Tiger Woods’ real-life coach, who takes you under his wing, helps you tune your clubs, and provides training drills to help improve your game. With experience under your belt and confidence as your ally, take aim at family, friends, and rivals in fun and challenging game modes, including the new Golf Party mini-game mode. With improved swing mechanics, an all-new controller system, and tutelage from one of the game’s best coaches, play your way to the top of the leader board with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. All new swing controls provides a one to one relationship between what you’re doing with the Wii remote and what your player is doing on screen, for the ultimate control and accuracy with every swing. For the first time on the Nintendo Wii, compete with a live foursome in the time it takes to play a single-player round

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Good stuff!
The perfect golf game for the wii. If you like the tiger woods series, i think this is the best yet for sure. 1:1 swing ratio, need i say more?

4 Stars Help with tournaments please
My husband and I bought this for each other for Valentine’s Day. We both golf. We are trying to master the putting. But, my question is about the tournaments. Is there a way for both of us to play on of the tourneys or Tiger Challenge at the same time or must only one person do this? The directions with the game are not very helpful. Would appreciate if anyone knows how to do this.

4 Stars Putting is not that bad…
I only played a few rounds of TW08, which everyone raves about, so I have nothing to compare to. The putting in this game takes a little thought, but just being able to use the Wii swing is amazing! I play every chance I get! Lost one star due to commentators, they are pretty lame!

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Wii Music

When it comes to music and rhythm games, Wii Music stands in a class of its own. Unlike other music games, which penalize players if they don’t play perfectly, Wii Music is a musical playground where there are no mistakes. Here anyone can pick up and master the huge array of instruments available, through simple motions like strumming and drumming. Musicians in your band jam by simply playing their instruments to the beat of a song or by improvising to their heart’s content. Play faster. Play slower. Skip a beat, or throw in 10 more. No matter what you do, Wii Music automatically transforms your improv stylings into great music.

Your music, your way

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Gameplay: Getting Your Band Together
In Wii Music every band has six members: Two play the main melody, two cover the percussion beats, one covers the bass groove and one uses the song’s chords to support the melody. As a band, the six members often play their special parts at the same time, though each player can jam however and whenever he or she wants. Play all at once. Take turns in the spotlight. Pair up in creative ways throughout the song. You can bring the band to life by yourself, playing one part at a time-or with up to four players. See game mode below:

• Solo Play: When you play by yourself, you can add one part at a time to arrange the whole song exactly how you want. The Tutes are on hand to back up your band in any parts you need filled.
• Multiplayer: When in a band with friends, up to four people can be band members.
• Wii Friends: Using WiiConnect24, you can send your jam videos to Wii Friends who own Wii Music. They can then watch your performance, modify it to their liking and send their jam videos back to you.

Tutes: Your Own Private Back-up Band
When not playing with friends, you can invite jam masters known as Tutes to play with you. They’ll join a session playing an instrument that each thinks is strong for a specific song. You can simply enjoy the musical camaraderie, or pick up instrument tips by watching them jam. If you choose to watch, the Tutes will show you lots of techniques for many of these instruments, then ask you to follow their examples. They’ll start with the simplest techniques, then as you master each one, show you even more nuanced ones.

Key Game Features:

• Easy to Play Improv Jams – All members of your band jam by simply playing their instruments to the beat of a song or by improvising to their heart’s content. Play faster. Play slower. Skip a beat, or throw in 10 more. Wii Music challenges you to transform your improv stylings into great music. There are no mistakes and no game scores-just playing for the pure joy of playing.
• Wii Controls Immerse You in the Music – You can play most of the 60-plus instruments in Wii Music using simple motions with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers. Strum to play guitar, banjo and sitar. Drum to play jazz drums, congas and snare drums. Hammer away to play piano, vibraphone and marimba. Unlike most music games, Wii Music doesn’t make you use many complex buttons. You only need to imitate playing the instrument.
• Virtually Endless Ways to Make Music – You choose the song and instruments and decide whether to blaze through a rock take on classical songs, put a jazzy spin on folk tunes or transform Nintendo classics like the Super Mario Bros. theme into Latin-flavored numbers. The song list is only a takeoff point-it’s how you improvise with the songs that matters.
• Share Your Band Jams With Friends – They’ll see your Mii band members, your players’ improv styles and your instrument selections. They can watch your recordings, or play over parts of your song, then send their modified recording back to you. So you can send improv jams back and forth over WiiConnect24, changing them again and again.

60+ Instruments
You can play most of the 60-plus instruments in Wii Music using simple motions with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers. Strum to play guitar, banjo and sitar. Drum to play jazz drums, congas and marching drums. Hammer away to play piano, vibraphone and marimba. Unlike most music games, Wii Music doesn’t make you use complex buttons. You only need to imitate playing the instrument. Wii Music offers virtually endless ways to make music.

Fun Beyond the Jam
Designed with classic Wii gameplay in mind, Wii Music includes many other modes and play options besides the main band jams, including several musical games and an enhanced video playback mode for recorded jams.

• Videos Mode: Watch your jam videos in an enhanced playback mode that brings your jams to life with fun environmental effects and dramatic camera angles.
• Mii Maestro: By waving the Wii Remote like a conductor’s baton in this mini-game, you’ll lead a Mii orchestra through orchestrated songs, such as The Legend of Zelda theme. Make them play quickly, slowly, strongly or gently-the orchestra is at your command.
• Handbell Harmony: In this musical mini-game, you’ll play in a handbell ensemble by swinging your Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Everyone on the team has a job to do: play one of your notes only when the tune demands it.
• Pitch Perfect: How good is your musical ear? In this whimsical musical quiz, you’ll have to solve challenges, like putting note-playing Miis in order from lowest to highest pitch.
• Drum Mode: In the one mode that uses the Wii Balance Board accessory (sold with Wii Fit), you can feel what it’s like to play a real-life drum set. You’ll use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as drumsticks, and place both feet on the Wii Balance Board-which work as virtual pedals for the bass drum and hi-hat cymbal.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars very nice music game!
This is a pretty fun game!Lots of instruments to choose from and controls are very easy.I play this game with my family a lot.There are lots of funny stages.You can also have a little practice,play mini-games and a lot more.

You can make your own videos and view them that you know how you played.Lots of songs to choose from.There are slow and fast songs.Before you play a song you can choose which instrument you want to play.

1 Star Boring! Not worth the price
When I first saw this game advertised I thought it would be great. My husband plays in a band and is all about music and different instruments, so I got this for him for Christmas. Maybe if he was 3 he would like it… but it’s totally boring. It’s nothing like using real instruments and who wants to play nursery rhymes? Really? Maybe I’ve just been spoiled with Guitar Hero, but this game sucks.

2 Stars Pro Drummer: Wiimote Lag Kills This Title
I’m a professional drummer and also have worked in game dev since ‘95, and for me this game became too frustrating to play because of one simple flaw: there is a lag between hand flick and game reaction. This is a well documented problem, though not necessarily universal among all set-ups. Some players either may not experience it, or maybe simply do not notice it because they don’t expect to play these wii instruments in good crisp rhythm in the first place.

But this lag could very well be why many reviewers here have no fun when playing the game. When conducting, for example, you must hit a good 0.3 seconds before the actual downbeat. When playing drums, you will soon be in tears.

I have not noticed the game-killing lag in other titles, but there may be a simple explanation for this. When playing action or sports games, any small lag between input and game reaction is quickly learned and accounted for, often subconsciously, and becomes a part of gameplay. Not so with music, where your ear and actions should sync up precisely, and you expect to hear, feel, and react to a consistent tempo. As you try to adjust your rhythm to what you are hearing on Wii Music, the tempo shoots all over the place.

By the way, watch the gameplay videos and ask yourself why is nearly no one is able to play consistently and tightly in tempo — when you’d assume the producers had hours of gameplay videos from which to choose.

Anyhow, I have tried component cables, adjusting the sensitivity of the remote sensor, changing batteries, switching from hi-def to low, turning off surround sound, and have decided that this thing is like a junked toy piano that is neat to tinkle on but is actually unplayable. Which also means it’s worth far less than the retail price.

A shame, since it looks as if it could have been a fun sand box and music teacher (which is why I’m giving it 2 stars instead of one), if it wasn’t so impossible to make anything sound any good at all.

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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All Play

Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or hitting the links for the first time, now everybody swings on an even playing field, in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. Your career begins under the watchful eye of Hank Haney, Tiger Woods’ real-life coach, who takes you under his wing, helps you tune your clubs, and provides training drills to help improve your game. With experience under your belt and confidence as your ally, take aim at family, friends, and rivals in fun and challenging game modes, including the new Golf Party mini-game mode. With improved swing mechanics, an all-new controller system, and tutelage from one of the game’s best coaches, play your way to the top of the leader board with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. All new swing controls provides a one to one relationship between what you’re doing with the Wii remote and what your player is doing on screen, for the ultimate control and accuracy with every swing. For the first time on the Nintendo Wii, compete with a live foursome in the time it takes to play a single-player round

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars Update Is A Downgrade
I purchased TWG ‘09 expecting improvements over TWG ‘08. What a disappointment. Putting, in particular, has lost its feel. Even after giving this a fair chance, I’m more convinced than ever that they got it right with version ‘08. ‘09 doesn’t cut-it. I’m going back.

3 Stars A Step Backwards In Almost Every Way
Playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 for Wii is a heartbreak if you were a fan of the 08 version. While the graphics generally have improved, and there are more elements included (golfers, equipment, courses, etc.), the putting revamp has completely destroyed the game for me.

EA has inserted a completely non-intuitive aiming indicator for putting. If you place the indicator on the hole, or use the default position, you have to take a ridiculous-looking 100% backswing to make the putt. This means if the cup is six inches away, you’re still swinging for the rafters. This is a total undoing of the putting feel you develop playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08.

Of course, if you want to regain the 08 style putting feel, you can always move the indicator. Behind the cup. 10 to 20 feet. Off the green. But how much sense does that make?

Oh yeah, and where’s Faraday?

4 Stars Fun, but aggravating — just like golf!
I bought this game for my husband (who is a very good golfer) and me (and I’m a terrible golfer). The only downside to this game, other than the annoying commentaries (especially by Kelly) is the putting — it’s really bad! And it gets quite frustrating when a 2-putt turns into a 5-putt because the remote didn’t see the stroke. We found the key to putting is to do it very slowly. Once you get the hang of this programming flub, the game is quite enjoyable. Take the time to create “yourself” and tune your clubs.

5 Stars Worth every penny
Bought this for the new Wii…I haven’t owned a game console since my PS2 10 years ago, so the graphics seemed awesome to me. Pretty awesome to be able to play so many actual courses. Me and some friends have even enjoyed playing 4 person golf on friday nights in lieu of poker night. Let’s all 4 people play in a variety of ways. I am highly impressed and would recommend this game to anyone. Of the 6 or so Wii games we own (Wii Fit, NCAA Football, MAdden 09, Mario GAlaxy, Guitar Hero, Wii Sports), this is my favorite.

5 Stars MUST READ REVIEW!!! This is a GREAT GAME!!!
I have been playing this game every night. The people who complain about the putting have an IQ of 10. It is so easy to get use to the putting. Just like the other Tiger Woods games, you move the directional pad up and down to account for uphill or downhill putts. It gives you a percentage to hit the putt. When putting uphill, add a couple more percentage points and when putting downhill subtract a couple of percentage points. Of course it depends on how steep the grade is up or down. You take a slow back swing and stop when you’ve reached the percentage you desire and start your forward swing. It’s that simple!! It took me literally five minutes to figure it out. I played in my first tourney shot a 60 in the second round and won the tourney. It is an AWESOME GAME. GET A CLUE PUTTER NUTTERS!!!!

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