It wasnt because I just watched the finale of How I Met Your Mother, or because of the Maple Leafs most recent crushing loss — I just really needed a goal. Ever since the transformative release of Wii Sports, sports-themed mini-game collections have been the go-to way to show off new motion-sensing controls. After Nintendo showed the world the promise of its Wii remote, Sony followed suit with Sports Champions, a showcase for its new Move controller, and a few months later Microsoft did the same with Kinect Sports. None of these games had the same impact as Wii Sports, which was more than a tech demo: it was a new vision for video games beyond the buttons and joysticks we were used to.
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