Thestar: NHL 2K9 review
Thestar Writes:
"However, it’s really just token motion control, so don’t expect to rip a MacInnis by hauling back on the stick to touch the chandelier then letting loose with a 105 mph slapper that just might take your Wii-mote strap to its break point. Just ain’t going to happen, firstly because it’s really just little wrist flicks and slightly-swooping gyrations that control a player’s stick. Secondly, the tethered Nunchuk attachment hinders such big-haul wind-ups anyway.
When you’re not waggling a wrister, the Wii-mote also acts as a pointing device to select the player (or place) you want to pass to and at that it’s pretty effective, novel but enduring even after the novelty wears off.
As accessible hockey goes, 2K9 is competent, certainly playable and quite a bit of fun, especially if the Wii version is your only option. Comparatively, however, NHL 2K9 on it looks ugly as sin, hopelessly dated with jaggy players in their blotchy jerseys with a tendency to grind in stuttering slow motion when things get busy. There’s only a hint of new-generation gloss showing up in the little post-whistle time-killer moments."
