Bowling
| Details | |
|---|---|
| First game | Wii Sports |
| Latest game | Nintendo Switch Sports |
| Other game(s) | Wii Sports Club |
| Number of players | 1-4 |
| Peripherals needed | None |
| Real-world equivalent | Bowling |
Bowling is one of five sports in Wii Sports, Wii Sports Club, and Nintendo Switch Sports. The object of the game is to use the bowling ball to knock over as many pins as possible in your designated lane with two rolls, by rolling the ball along the wooden floor of the lane. The rules are very similar to the real-life game ten-pin bowling, only slightly simplified.
Gameplay
Wii Sports
There are 10 rounds, with 2 bowls per round. To throw the bowling ball, the player presses B while swinging the remote up, and then releases it. Before the player throws, they can adjust the angle and positioning of the ball. Pressing Down on the D-Pad changes between angle and left/right adjustment, and pressing Left and Right adjusts them. Pressing Up zooms the screen in to get a closer look at the pins, although attempting to throw will zoom the screen back out. Similar to real bowling, if the player takes 2 bowls to knock over all the pins, they get a spare. If the player knocks over all 10 pins on the first bowl of a turn, they get a strike, and do not get a second bowl on that turn. The exception to this is the last turn, where the pins will reset after a strike, and the player can go again. If the player gets strikes consecutively, they have different names. The names are as follows:
- Strike
- Double
- Turkey
- Fourth
- Fifth
- Six-Pack
- Seven-Pack
- Eight in a row
- Nine in a row
- Ten in a row
- Eleven in a row
- Perfect
The maximum possible score is 300. The maximum possible bowling skill is 2213. Other Miis on the system, whether default Miis, player-created Miis, or Miis from the Mii Parade, spectate the game from the audience, and sometimes bowl themselves in other bowling lanes. By default, player 1's ball is Blue, player 2's ball is Pink, player 3's ball is Green, and player 4's ball is Gold. However, the color of bowling ball can be selected by holding the D-Pad before the game starts.
Nintendo Switch Sports
It is currently unknown how the sport will be played in Nintendo Switch Sports other than the fact that like the rest of the game, it will feature motion controls and 1v1, 2v2, and online modes[1].
Trivia
- There are several easter eggs in Wii Sports:
- If the player swings the bowling ball backwards, the audience spins around and laughs.
- If the bowling ball is thrown far enough to one side, it goes into the adjacent lane, and the audience will laugh. The ball will not knock over the pins in that lane.
- Miis with pro skill will have their ball decorated with stars.
