Tiger Woods 10 (inklusive frisbee golf) [Wii, Motion+]

If you played last year's Woods on Wii, you'll know that the single biggest issue with the still-good controls related directly to draw and fade. You had to contort curve your swing unrealistically and uncomfortably to add either to balls and even then, it was a crapshoot -- it might work, but then again, it might not. MotionPlus controls eliminate this problem altogether because the game reads the rotation and orientation of the Wii remote in 3D space much more reliably. "We now have a near perfect one-to-one ratio on both the backswing and the downswing," explains lead producer Jason Shenkman. "Hitting low power shots is easier than ever before. Draw / Fade is now 100% consistent and we can accurately read the amount of rotation on your swing to determine how much draw or fade to place on the ball."

He's not lying. I tested the new MotionPlus swing mechanics for myself and came away absolutely delighted because they simply work as promised, which is brilliantly. Although there is still a miniscule delay between the motion you make and what you see on screen -- and there always will be, in every game -- the coveted one-to-one sensation is finally there in full. Tiger follows your every movement as you pull back the Wii remote, hold it, and then swing forward. You can make easy low-power shots by slowing your motion on the backswing, but also the downswing, a welcomed addition that adds another layer of realism to the mechanics. If you don't follow through with your swing, your power will suffer considerably -- a revelation I came by as I tried to play PGA Tour 10 like I did last year's version.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 also utilizes the Wii's Forecast Channel for real-time weather changes to all of the courses in the game. "If you have the Forecast Channel set up in the Wii Home Menu, you can set the weather to use live forecasts in-game. So if it's raining in real life at a course, it will be raining there as well when you play it in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. We also read actual wind speeds into the game. It's even possible for the weather to update while you are playing a round if that is what happens to the actual live weather in that area," says Shenkman. "If you don't have the Forecast Channel, you can set the weather manually. We even have a variable weather option which simulates live weather. In that case, it could be sunny at the start of your round, but start raining later. Weather isn't just eye candy either. It affects gameplay. So, if it's raining, the greens and fairways soften up, and distances are reduced, etc. The weather adds an extra layer to the game."

For the uninitiated, disc golf is -- much like it sounds -- an awful lot like regular golf, only the goal is tossing a plastic disc into a basket rather than hitting a ball into a hole in the ground. In Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, the Disc Golf mode utilizes the extra sensitivity of Motion Plus-equipped Wii remotes to provide a pretty convincing simulation of the sport.