OT - NCAA Football '09 for Wii

I played Madden once on the Wii and found it to be difficult to tackle. This is becuase on defense you are pulling the joystick down to run at the offense but then shove the remote forward to tackle which are opposite motions. My players ended up looking like chickens running around with their heads cut off.

This is just my opinion as somebody that's been a gamer since the ripe age of two, so take it with a grain of salt if you like. But I believe that it leaves a lot to be desired. You may want to look into a PS3 or 360 if you're going to be playing NCAA on your console.

And I was going to get NCAA '08 when it came out last year but after reading a ton of reviews I realized that it's a kids game. They made the game so it uses, IMO, too much hand waving and such and given the lack of buttons it's pretty hard to give you the full arsenal of 4-5 receiving options. If you're going to buy this as an occasional game I'd say go for it but if you're buying because you want to play out the football season and things like that you'd be better off getting a 360 or a PS3.

If you want to get a good game for the Wii then get Tiger Woods Golf. By far the best sports game for the sytem to date. Wii resort is also fun for parties and drinking matches.

It's perfect for playing with your grade school kids. Easy to use. My son is 9 and loves to play it. He tried the more advanced PS3 '10 version at the mall and it was too complicated.

I played '09 on Wii extensively.. It regularly annoyed the crap out of me, for one reason. When you throw to a receiver, you are not guaranteed that you actually throw to that receiver, sometimes it picks a random one and you get intercepted.

I know the defenses, I understand the offenses, know when receivers will be open, etc., and still can't beat my 8 year old son who runs the same 5 plays over and over. Case in point, I was USC (w/ Sanchez?) a couple days ago and he was Western Michigan. Broncos 50-something to 8. It truly sucks. Or I do.

As a Wii NCAA FOotball veteran... - It is geared overall to the more novice sports game player, but there is some thrill to actually having to "pitch" the ball on the option or "throw" a pass as opposed to pressing a button. I had much fun simulating the Nick Sheridan "slap snap" when I first got the game. - You need to play with the CPO AI waaaayy up and manually adjust the fumble and interception bars down, otherwise you'll be throwing 5-6 INT's a game while still winning 56-5. With Nebraska. - There are multiple play modes (not just difficulty levels) on the game. The "All-play" version is the easiest to pick up and play. Just wiggle your joystick and the action happens (tackling, passing, snapping, option pitches, etc) and the CPU takes the decision making out of it. For example in the passing game in All-pay mode, the computer will select the "most open" receiver based on your geometry of the throw (is you QB's back facing the reciever or are you moving toward him) and the openness of the receiver. In what I'll call the "full mode" (i.e. non All Play), you actually have to hold the directional pad for the receiver while you make the pass motion. You can do this also in All-Play mode, but if you don't hold the directional pad during the pass motion, the CPU will decide for you. - There are numerous graphical glitches in the game that upset me b/c the programmers could have changed this without much effort. For example, ND's stadium looks like the Citrus Bowl and Penn St's stadium is lacking in the architectural details. I also think Michigan's helmet striping coul dhave been crisper, but I'm a geek for that stuff. - The game is more of a "I really liked Tecmo Bowl" level rather than the "I get off on Smartfootball.com" level. Make your game choice based on that. As a Wii owner, I liked it, still play it today, have a decade of dynasty seasons built up, and with my adjusted difficulty levels as mentioned above, still occasionally lose games. It's not the best, but I don't think its the pit of despair most of the XBox and PS3 mafia on these boards make it out to be.