page_title: Wii Sports Resort
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: Wii Sports Resort / Development
caption_attribution_description: English: A Wiimote with the Motionplus attachment in place.
context_page_description: Wii Sports Resort is a sports video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console, and is a sequel to Wii Sports. It is one of the first titles to require the Wii MotionPlus accessory, 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 in the following month. While the game was originally released only as a stand-alone title, as of 2009 the game was bundled with newer Wii consoles, along with Wii Sports.
  The game was well received by game critics, praising the improved controls and graphics, gaining an aggregate score of 82.94% on GameRankings and 80% on Metacritic. As of March 31, 2020, the game is the third best-selling game on the Wii, after its predecessor Wii Sports and Mario Kart Wii, with 33.13 million copies sold worldwide.
context_section_description: The idea for a sequel to Wii Sports was considered well before the advent of the Wii MotionPlus peripheral, but development only moved forward when the new possibilities in control were realized. The game was first revealed at Nintendo's 2008 E3 presentation. Fishing and a water slide were considered for inclusion in the game. A prototype kendama minigame was also created, but did not fit into the resort theme.
caption: Wii Sports Resort requires the use of the Wii MotionPlus (the rectangular peripheral below the Wii logo on the Wii Remote)
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