Joystiq has recently gotten their hands on a flyer released by Target that clearly shows you will recieve Target Gift Cards when you purchase some of their products.
First of all, if you purchase both Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, which comes bundled with MotionPlus, along with Grand Slam Tennis you will be greeted with a $20 gift card. Alternatively, if you purchase Guitar Hero Smash Hits for any console you will be given a $5 gift card.
Sure, it’s not much considering you have to spend upwards of $110 to get $20 back or $50 to get $5 but it is a discount of sorts.
It seems like just the other day I was scratching my head in confusion with the announcement that the Wii MotionPlus would be released a full month ahead of Wii Sports Resort, one of the only titles I’d heard of so far that was boasting MotionPlus support. Letting an exciting peripheral sit on the shelves with nothing to play it with seemed like a ridiculously bad decision.
Now it makes sense however as EA must have cut an amazing deal with Nintendo for instead of putting forth a first-party option on the market with the initial launch of the Wii MotionPlus, they’re going to let EA bundle some games along with the peripheral. If you were looking for this announcement to take you in a new and exciting direction you’re not going to be too happy. There are two different bundles being planned, one for North America and one for Europe. Once again the USA’s love of video games is shooting us in the foot as the North American bundle only comes with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 while the European bundle also includes Grand Slam Tennis. The bundles will only be available for a limited time but the games will be available on their own afterwards as well as three others games EA is working on for the Wii MotionPlus.
EA has recently revealed the cover art for the upcoming Wii Motion Plus touting Grand Slam Tennis.
If you follow tennis, or have some knowledge in the field, you’ll recognize John McEnroe, Roger Federer and Serena Williams, three of the most prominent names in tennis.
Serena Williams herself expresses her enthusiasm for being picked:
“It’s very exciting to be on the cover of EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis. This game not only shows EA’s enthusiasm for tennis but for also women’s tennis. I know from experience how tough and gratifying it is to win all four Grand Slams so I hope people will enjoy the Grand Slam experience that is offered in this game.”
Grand Slam Tennis is currently under development by EA Canada and is slated to hit shelves for the Wii on June 18th.
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Speaking to TechRadar, the producer of EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii, Thomas Singleton, had some comments to say about developing for the Wii Motion Plus.
“It truly is giving you that one-to-one control movement of your arm motion and then mapping it directly to that one-to-one movement of your character on screen,” said Singleton.
The peripheral will be bundled in with Wii Sports Resort, due out later this year. It will also be available for purchase separately.
“At times it’s overly responsive. It had so much fidelity that at times we have limited that fidelity to make it a compelling experience and giving you full total control.”
Other games to support the Wii Motion Plus include Red Steel 2 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis will be hitting retailers on June 18th across North America.
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EA today announced that EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 will hit Wii on June 16. They also confirmed that these two will be the first Wii games published by EA that support the upcoming MotionPlus controller add-on.
The controller add-on, revealed last summer, promises to improve the accuracy of the Wii Remote’s motion-sensing capabilities to an almost 1:1 scale. It is to be bundled with Wii Sports Resort this spring.
The publisher notes that gamers will get a “near perfect 1:1 swing” in Tiger Woods with the accessory and that Grand Slam Tennis will offer the “deepest tennis experience” when coupled with the add-on.
