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Wii Sports

2006 sports video game
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Summary

Wii Sports is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,826 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design[3], British Academy Games Award for Casual[4], British Academy Games Award for Gameplay[5], British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation[6], British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer[7], British Academy Games Award for Sports[8], British Academy Games Award for Strategy and Simulation[9]
  • Composer: Kazumi Totaka[10]
  • Publisher: Nintendo[11]
  • Genre: sports video game[12]
  • Followed by: Wii Sports Resort[13]
  • Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto[14], Katsuya Eguchi[15]
  • Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development[16]
  • Part of the series: Wii[17], Wii Sports[18]
  • Designed by: Keizo Ohta[19], Takayuki Shimamura[20], Yoshikazu Yamashita[21]
  • Commons category: Wii Sports[22]
  • Platform: Wii[23]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[24], single-player video game[25], hotseat[26]
  • Language of work or name: German[27], Japanese[28], English[29], Spanish[30], Catalan[31]
  • Distribution format: Nintendo optical disc[32], digital download[33]
  • Input device: Wii Remote[34]
  • Country of origin: Japan[35]
  • Publication date: November 19, 2006[36], December 2, 2006[37], December 7, 2006[38], December 8, 2006[39]
  • Sport: golf[40], boxing[41], bowling[42], baseball[43], tennis[44], ten-pin bowling[45]
  • Characters: Mii[46], Matt[47]
  • Distributed by: Nintendo eShop[48]
  • ESRB rating: Everyone[49]
  • CERO rating: A (All ages)[50]
  • Official website: http://wiisports.nintendo.com/[51]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 7[52]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wii Sports[53]

Why It Matters

Wii Sports has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

FAQs

What awards did Wii Sports receive?

Honors received include Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design[3], British Academy Games Award for Casual[4], British Academy Games Award for Gameplay[5], and British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation[6].

Related Entities

Japan Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Nintendo optical disc Shigeru Miyamoto Wii Remote Yoshikazu Yamashita

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . ESRB rating database. Retrieved . nintendo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . cero.biz. cero.biz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . nintendo-europe.com. nintendo-europe.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · ~2026-56498-07 · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Image: Duo playing Wii Sports.jpg"
  2. 3d ago · Matthias M. · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 0, USK 0
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    Sitelink count → 45
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Usk rating: USK 0"
  3. 6w ago · Nicereddy · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The cutting room floor id → Wii_Sports
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The cutting room floor id: Wii_Sports, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/154783003|Wii Sports (#154783003)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6004|The Cutting"
  4. 10w ago · Ricard Soler Roger · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → German, Japanese, English +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Language of work or name: Catalan"
  5. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Wii_Sports
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Wii_Sports, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  6. 15w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tasvideos game id → 2110
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Tasvideos game id: 2110, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/151162587|Wii Sports (#151162587)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5864|TASVideos game]] #mix'n"
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