Ashes Cricket 09 (Wii)

I was excited about buying this game and playing it so got it for 24.99 of Amazon.co.uk. Now my first impressions were after seeing the graphics were this was going to be the best cricket game yet to have been made on any console to play. Do not get me wrong the graphics on this game are simply amazing it has to be said! The players look very realistic mostly Flintoff and the England cricketers who look very like them selves in the game. The pitch looks fantastic in the game so in terms of graphics the game looks perfect. Now with the Nintendo Wii you obviously use your remote controller to play this game. I just feel the shots you take in the game ...  Read the complete review

There was a quite a clamour for a cricket game for the Wii, with there being a site wiiwantcricket.com petitioning for a while for cricket to be given the Wii treatment, given the way that the Wii is controlled compared with other consoles. I'd played EA Sports' offerings on the PC in the past and was semi convinced and had played one of the Brian Lara cricket games. All of which were a far cry from the keyboard pounding of bowling in Graham Gooch's Test Match Cricket - the cricket game I cut my teeth on for the BBC Master in the late 80s (I think the game itself was already past its sell-by date when I bought it!) For the non-Wii owners, Ashes Cricket 2009 is also ...  Read the complete review

Ashes Cricket 2009 promises to let you join in the ecstasy of victory or the agony of defeat of the Ashes test series. With this being the wii version, you'll be swinging your remote around the room, trying to hit Siddle for 6 or takes Ponting's wicket like a madman! The game is simple to play. Firstly batting. You hold the wii-mote like a cricket bat. You swing it to hit the ball & point with the d pad to where you want to hit to. This is all about timing. Get it right & the Aussies will watch as it sails into the crowd for six. Get it wrong & you'll hit it straight up in the air or edge it to the slips. This is very easy to get to grips with ...  Read the complete review

I bought this game on Saturday 22nd August and sold it on Ebay on Sunday 23rd, It was played for an hour and a half and that was too long in my opinion! I was so excited for this game coming out because I have been playing cricket games since the Sega megadrive and i've loved every version of Brian Lara cricket etc. I really enjoyed playing this game......in 1998 which this version is an exact replica of from the playstation. Cricket games have evolved through the years but the makers do not seem to have used an updated version and this game plays like ones from 10 years ago. Don't get me wrong, I understand that the graphics on the wii are not a ...  Read the complete review

Ashes Cricket 2009 on the wii allows you to play 3 different types of modes on the wii. The first mode is the Ashes Mode, which lets you play with either England or Australia in the 2009 Ashes series, with fully lisensed stadiums and players. The second mode is legends mode, where Shane Warne and Ian Botham teach you how to use the wii remote to play the game. The third and final mode is Match Mode, where you can decide whether to play a test match, twenty twenty game or a one day international, with varying rules and teams. I purchased this game thinking that it will be more fun on the wii than it would be on the xbox 360, which i also own. Having ...  Read the complete review