Beautiful, but ...
Customer Rating: 
Bit of a different perspective here: Absolute beginner at Wii gaming, having skipped all consoles since the original Atari.
And another twist: I covered the 2010 Winter Olympics, spending most of my time in Whistler with a couple of visits to Vancouver.
From a sentimental point of view, I love this game. Some of the scenery reminds me of Vancouver and Whistler. It's very pretty.
The problems are:
1. The menu screens take forever. I'm worried I'll break my A button trying to get through everything.
2. The hockey game is a little convoluted. Surely there are better ways to play hockey on the Wii.
3. The "Dream" events are rather silly aside from the snowball fight.
4. Several of the games feel pretty much the same. That's the nature of the Winter Games, as many have noted. A lot of these sports consist of going downhill as fast as you can.
5. No biathlon. Seriously, no biathlon. That was one of the sports I covered, and I'm an actual biathlon geek. But I think most people would rather see that than some other iteration of "go that way really fast -- if something gets in your way, turn," to quote "Better Off Dead."
But the game is still entertaining. The curling action -- and I say this as a curling geek as well -- mimics actual curling quite well. Kids will like the familiar Mario and Sonic characters, even if some of the games are too difficult. The ski jump and snowboardcross are highlights.
Hoping for a few small improvements for Sochi 2014.
