Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07

Posted Apr 6, 2007 by Wes Phillips

Updated Apr 6, 2007 at 05:02 PM

System: Nintendo Wii

Also available for: Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Windows PC

Publisher: EA Sports

Reviewer’s rating: B

ESRB rating: Everyone

Game type: Golf

Kind of like: “Wii Sports,” but serious.

Best feature: The host of gameplay modes are a real treat compared to other titles on Nintendo’s fledgling console.

Worst feature: As a golf simulation, either the game or the Wiimote itself isn’t yet accurate enough to appease hardcore duffers.

The bottom line: While “Tiger Woods” may be available on every console or mobile device known to humankind, the Wii version is a whole different animal.

The motion-sensing controls mean that even if you’re a master of the series, you’ll be sent back to square one.

This is a really good thing considering the franchise is becoming harder and harder to improve. They’re all good games, but the unique nature of the Nintendo Wii knocks the cobwebs out of “Tiger Woods.”

The tradeoff is graphics. Lets just say this version of “Tiger Woods” won’t be winning any awards for realistic grass or trees. But we put that squarely on Nintendo’s shoulders — not the game developer’s.

If you can see the pixelated forest for the pixelated trees, you’ll find a golf experience like no other on a console.