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Brunswick Pro Bowling
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List Price: $29.99
Our Price: $29.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Crave Entertainment
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 60
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Crave Entertainment
EAN: 0650008400021
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: Realistic Physics-Real time changing lane conditions for the player to master during the course of a match
Label: Crave Entertainment
Manufacturer: Crave Entertainment
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Crave Entertainment
Release Date: 2007-08-21
Studio: Crave Entertainment
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Features
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Realistic Physics-Real time changing lane conditions for the player to master during the course of a match
Career Mode- Work your way from an amateur to a true professional Brunswick Pro Champion
10 different environments to choose from
Authentic Brunswick bowling products to improve your characters performance.
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Editorial Reviews:
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STRIKE! You're in! Using your Wii-mote, you're entering a bowling alley and are set to play the game with utmost realism while viewing it on your TV through Wii. Brunswick Pro Bowling will give players a detailed, realistic bowling-center experience, complete with authentic sights and sounds, and official Brunswick bowling gear. Brunswick Pro Bowling will be highly customizable, allowing players to choose everything from their character's appearance and accessories to ball styles.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Exactly What I Expected
Comment: Brunswick Pro Bowling is for those gamers who want a more realistic bowling experience other than playing the regular bowling your Wii comes with. It provides the ability to customize the bowling right down to the equipment. This game is a must for anyone who loves this sport or who wants to be a little more serious with their Wii gaming.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's not that bad, people were hasty to berate it.
Comment: Like a lot of really low reviews, when I got the game I was pretty annoyed at the game play, expecting something like the gameplay of Wii bowling but with more options and maybe a bit more realistic looking.
The only big drawbacks I can think of, really, are that the graphics of the characters are not that good, but otherwise is just the alley, the balls, and the pins; the characters are stiff and very un-life like. On Wii bowling, the characters are all cartoony, but move very fluidly. I also like the sound effects on the Wii... get a 8 or 9 pins and the crowd cheers; get a strike and they howl. Get a gutter ball and they boo.
But the biggest drawback is simply that the onscreen character doesn't follow your movements. You have to hold the Wii remote up in front of you, hit the button, and then just bowl, ignoring what your character does.
I think the big complaints people have is that they are accustomed to Wii bowling. The throwing mechanics are different... you have to go back and throw forward with a STRAIGHT arm, giving the twist starting at the bottom and during a full follow-through, with your arm pivoting at the socket from back to front with little movement to the side... a side movement is going to throw the ball off to that side, unlike the Wii.
It did take me at least 7 or 8 games to get the hang of it, but when I did, it started playing very naturally. I still had to keep playing to get in a rhythm, but really it became a lot more enjoyable.
The one huge drawback is when the "b" button gets stuck when throwing. I think another reviewer has mentioned it... you line up your shot, you take your time, you're all mentally set... and then it just doesn't go. It breaks your rhythm, and it can be really annoying.
Overall, though, for the twenty bucks I paid for this, I'm pretty happy with it, as a bowling game. I didn't like the character animation, but that doesn't affect the game play. I didn't like the lack of ambient sounds, but that didn't affect game play either. If they fixed those things, and the occasional stuck trigger, this'd be a five, easy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: STILL TRYING
Comment: GAME IS A LOT HARDER THEN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WITH A REG. PERSON BOWLING YOU GET OUT OF STEP WITH THE OBJECT AND IT CAN THROW YOU OFF OTHERS DIDN'T LIKE IT AS MUCH AS THE BOWLING GAME THAT CAME WITH THE WII
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wish I had read the Amazon reviews before I purchased.
Comment: It could be fun if you could just get the bowler to bowl! It is soooo tricky to get the bowler to finally release the ball. I tried everything I could think of and it still is hit and miss to get him a movin'. Very frustrating and now on the bottom of my pile o' games.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good game for experienced bowlers
Comment: If you are an experienced bowler, this is the game for you. Oil patterns change, you get fatigued. different balls react differently. If you are new to bowling or younger fan, not game for you.
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