Product Description

Have fun on the beach with your family and friends competing in six easy to play sports designed specifically for the Wii.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1157 in Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Model: 30162
• Published on: 2008-06
• Released on: 2008-06-23
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .56" h x 5.45" w x 7.53" l, .36 pounds

Features

• Fun Single Player Mode: Hone your skills in the single player beach tournament
• Competitive MultiPlayer Mode: Play against friends in family in 6 different sports
• Innovative Gameplay Mechanics: Fully utilizes the innovative use of Wiimote for both casual and more advanced gameplay
• Customization on DS: Personalize your characters in the game through an export to Nintendo DS
• Wide Selection of Sports: From beach soccer to disc golf, these new Will sports will attract a wider audience

Customer Reviews

Big Beach is Most fun sports game for Wii so Far
I just bought this game. This game is simply astounding, way to go to the company that made this. Beach Volleyball and Cricket are my favorites so far. Amazing Volleyball dynamics, you feel right in the game. Mostly I have played this game as a single player but when my friends have come over they love it as well. I think the part that is better than Wii Sports more challenging, It's an excellent Party Game! It's more interactive than Wii sports. I strongly recommend this game, and at $30 cheaper than most Wii games and certainly more fun!

For the disc golf lovers
So I bought this game only because of the disc golf. I dislike the other games anyway so in fairness this review is about the use of the disc golf game not the other games in this package.

The controls could not be more straight forward, you throw as you would think and you just hold down the A button, judging the distance and power take some getting used to, but so goes real life. The harder you throw in reality the harder the simulation throws, even tilting the controler at an angle makes a little tiny difference on right and left gliding dics.

The only problems I have found is there is only one course with 18 holes. I can't wait for a multi-course disc game to come out.

Now my pervious review stated that you could not flick throw, I was wrong. This weekend I got drunk and pressed a button and I was flick throwing and hammer throwing. So leave your character in the hand you play with and press the (1) button. Once for flick and twice for hammer. It works pretty well. For right handed players (which I am) a back hand will fade right and a flick will fade left, a hammer goes straight.

I give this game 4 stars because nothing is perfect and it's a lot of fun. Have your TV up high and stand up.

Not bad, nice options, but lazy gameplay
This game shows it's commitment w/overall intuitive controls considering the restriction of the wii ability & the best ideas: as little players as possible so feels more 1st person & when there's only 2, you control them both. it has different levels of play (have to be unlocked through play), you can decide how many points/goals to win a game, the length of time of a game for all the games & other options. There is a skill point system overall tally for each of the 6 sports to earn you to higher difficulties & stickers like awards like birdie blitz & soaring eagle for disc golf, palms of steel for volleyball, long ranger for soccer, enforcer for bocce (hitting the jack). You can decide left/right handed, good amount of customization of your characters. Each time they win, they never speak, so they do an old school 90s dance, one even looks like from Rerun (show What's Happening). The only sounds are boring background looped music beat & cheering crowd which helps a lot though wish there was more. There are also sounds from the remote, say every time you hit the volleyball.
Volleyball - you control both players on your team, good control, good timing, one of the best volleyball on wii considering the constraint of control, how hard you swing actually makes a difference.
Disc golf - good controls, good aim, 3 different ways to throw, painfully dull courses Super monkey ball's disc golf has better course.
Bocce - good control/aim, how hard you swing makes no difference, much faster & more interesting then slow moving shuffleboard on game party.
Cricket - like baseball on wii sports, good controls, I had no problems, how hard you swing makes a difference, I found it pretty good, one of the best & not too slow watching the players move on their own after you throw/bowl or at bat.
Football - hard to learn control scheme since not as intuitive, little buggy as well, though great idea only 2 players per game & cute
Soccer - four players on each team, you don't control the goalie, just a lot of passing & deciding when to shoot for goal, boring.
None of these will get your heart rate going like wii sports except on a arcade game level.
I think this title went in the right direction, but needed more polishing & new wii motion plus should really help things next year for the new titles. Adding the wii board as an option for sport games should also be an option.