Big Beach Sports

It is most notable for being the third Wii game (the first being Pokémon Battle Revolution and the second being Geometry Wars: Galaxies) to feature connectivity to the Nintendo DS. Big Beach Sports also features the first cricket game on the Wii. It was released on 24 June 2008.

• Title — Big Beach Sports • Developer — HB Studios • Publisher — THQ • Released — 24 June 2008 26 June 2008 27 June 2008 • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Wii

The game utilizes the Download Play feature of the Nintendo DS to allow for character customization. Players can download a small application to the DS from the Wii, allowing them to draw the created character's face (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and eyebrows). After uploading their creation back to the Wii game, the character will appear in-game with the customized features. This application does not require a DS game to be inserted into the Nintendo DS.

All of the games allow up to 4 players playing at the same time, or in the case of Bocce and Disc Golf, taking alternate turns. All the games use the Wii Remote only; no games require the Nunchuck or any other peripheral. After creating a character, the player can compete in tournaments against increasingly tougher opponents in any of the sports. Playing Quick Play games and Tournament games earns the character Skill Points. These are then used to calculate the difficulty of the CPU opponent for future Quick Play matches. Hence, after completing all tournaments for all the sports in Big Beach Sports, where each game has a preset difficulty, the player can then return to Quick Play and continue to max out Skill Points (999 points) for each of the six sports. In the case of most of the sports, however, the game becomes extremely challenging, and the AI opponents are much tougher to beat after reaching 900 skill points.

A sequel, Big Beach Sports 2, was released for the Wii in 2010.