It is. The Australian Open on YouTube, due to rights issues, are getting around them by replacing real players with Nintendo Wii Sports Tennis characters. I think I love this. Like many sporting ...

So I’ve decided to rank 20 of them from the OG Wii Sports. Sorry but Elisa sucks. She’s always so smug when I play against her in Wii boxing or tennis. Like what do you have to be so smug about?

Even in this world, the whole concept is a blast—fingers (and fully rendered clothes, unfortunately) be damned. You can see it for yourself on the Australian Open’s YouTube channel, with matches ...

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. The animated players follow all the ...

But there's a good reason why the players, crowd, balls, and everything else are digital animations, making the whole thing look like a Wii Sports game. The first professional tennis tournament of ...

The channel’s “AO Animated” coverage looks more like a Wii Sports tennis match than a real one, with players’ physical forms replaced with virtual avatars. Fans that have viewed the live ...

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The animated avatars of the competitors give viewers the impression they’re watching a live stream of someone playing Wii Sports on gaming console Nintendo Wii rather than a Grand Slam. The reason ...