Well, I had fun with Wii Tennis, I figured I would give Wii Bowling a whirl.  Considering I actually know how to bowl, I find Wii bowling to be very simular to actual bowling.  I find that my average in Wii Bowling is pretty close to regular bowling.  (180ish just in case you were curious)

The Swing
Take some time to figure out how you swing the wii-mote. Don’t do any aiming, just swing. After awhile, you will notice a pattern with your swing.  Use it to get the ball to hit the head pin.
Once you have the basic concept of your swing down, you should then proceed to playing with the angle.  The goal is to either hit the head pin on the left or right.  If you hit the head pin dead on, just like real bowling, you will end up with less than desirable results.

The Ball
The color of the bowling ball you use is based on the gender of your Mii. Boys get blue balls and girls get pink balls. The pros get to use a start studded ball!

When the game starts and fades to black you need to hold the control pad on your wii-mote in one of four directions to get a ball of a different color:

• Up – Blue
• Down – Green
• Left – Red
• Right – Gold

Parlor Tricks

If you swing and release the ball so it goes behind you all of the Miis who are watching the game will jump up in surprise!

If you move all the way to a gutter and then spin your aim over you can throw your ball so it lands in lane other than your own!

Well, I am kinda curious on the ranking I will get on google with this.  I have purchased a Wii and have forcused my time on tennis.  I have found the following tips, tricks, and whatever on various searches on the internet and my own devices.  Good luck!

Power Serve

Time a quick swing once the ball gets to the highest point. Have the controller be angled forward and down, to simulate an overhead smash. Note that there is no way to aim this serve.
Super Slow Serve

Do not serve the ball until the last possible second. You will have a very slow, high serve, which is hard to return.

Topspin Shot

Swing the controller forward, from low to high.   Rotate your wrist a little forward as well.  Adding topspin enables you to aim for sharper angles.

Backspin Shot

Swing controller forward, from high to low.   Rotate your wrist a little backwards when making the swing. Once you get this technique down you can add crazy sidespin, and really fast backspin so that the ball will quickly skip off the surface.

Lob Shot

Move the remote in an upwards direction, lifting it, without forward movement.
Shoot at the Bots

When you hit directly at a bot in the backcourt, it will often miss-hit. The bots will not know whether to hit a forehand or backhand, and will miss.  This works better for bots in the backcourt.

Make bots sweat

Have long volleys between the bot and yourself.  As the volley goes on, you will notice the bots begin to sweat.  At this time, it makes the bots  tired and their reaction time slower.  This effect will last the game, but the bots regain their composure for the next set.

Standing at the net

Flailing the controller back and forth at the net works more than one would think…

Hitting net on purpose

Hold controller straight up, and chop quickly down with wrist movement.   The ball will hit the top part of the net and fall down.

If anyone has any more techniques that I missed, feel free to share.  Enjoy and good luck!

Well, since I bought the wii, I am curious about these magical weight loss dreams I have heard about in the past.  I wouldn’t mind losing a good 40 (I can stand to lose about 80) lbs, so why not do it with the wii!  I love videogames, so it seems to be a good fit.  With that said, I have stumbled apon the original wii weight-loss plan.

http://www.wiiweightlossplan.com/?q=node/7

I like what this guy has done, but in the end, I don’t think the wii had much to do with it.  He stopped drinking a shitload of soda and went on a diet.  He played the wii for 45 minutes a day and ended up losing about 30 lbs or so.  I think that the dieting attributed moreso  to the weight loss than the actual wii gameplay but I had read another site where someone lost 9 lbs by JUST playing the wii.  Now, 9 lbs is really not a lot of weight but hell, why not.  There is no reason why I can’t lose 9 lbs from the wii.  I must say though, I played it for two three hour sessions and my right arm is sore.  Right now, I am into tennis with my brother in law, but we will see how things progress.

If it worked for them, there is no reason why it can’t work for me right?