Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4170 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2007-08-31
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Nintendo Wii

Customer Reviews

One of the best
Out of all the sport games out today on the Wii this one is alongside Wii Sports in terms of excellence. The controls are very easy to learn as I did in under 1 hour. You don't even have to know much about american football,which I don't, to play this either as there are tutorials to watch and play. Overall a very good game and in my opinion in the top 5 in terms of the best games available for the Wii to date.

Great - 8/10
I did not know much about american football before I got this game however it got good reviews and looked good so I got it and I'm glad I did. The game has a very good tutorial section which teaches you the basic controls aswell as the rules if you don't know then.

The controls are very simple with a jerk back on the remote to snap the ball. Throwing the ball is much like wii sports baseball with a soft throw giving a lob pass. When running if you move the remote to the side it hands off defenders. However this is tempremental and sometines results in a powermove rather then a sidestep. Moving the nunchuck makes you perform a sidestep and the B is sprint. Catching is difficult and the low big hit rarely works well.

The game modes are very good though. In franchise you control any team through many seasons. You decide all plays and can change which player you are throughout the play. You also can control ticket prices but I have never found the reason to do this.

Superstar (Hall of fame) mode is however the best. You create a player for any position. You are drafted into a random team and play your position in that team. However the plays are automatically picked and you only play the plays your player is involved in. This means if you pick the HB you may only feature in the 1st and 2nd down and some games you may only get 5 carries. You can opt to play the game when you are not in the play. However if you let the CPU do it the game is accelerated.

It would get 5 stars but a couple of controls are tempremental.

Touchdown!!
I have been playing madden games on and off since the first madden game on my brother in laws Sega Mega-Drive although it is only since about 2001 that i really knew anything about american football and was able to really play them properly. After i learnt the rules and started watching the real thing on tele I was hooked. Madden games stopped being random but fun and started being truly great entertainment.

Madden 08 has football 101 to teach people the rules and basics of the game from scratch so people that dont know their RG's from their LOLB's can still get the game and learn to play it well.

In previous incarnations and in Madden 08 on other platforms you have to remember which button is which for things like Juking, spinning and stiff arming while trying to break a big run with your star half back, with Madden 08 on the Wii you juke by flicking the nunchuck left or right and Stiff arm by doing the same with the remote so when you are in 3rd and short and need to beat this next defender to move the chains the pressure situation wont make you forget which of the buttons to hit you flick your wrist like its second nature and avoid the tackle before heading for the first down and maybe even a touchdown! The controls for passing are just as easy - flick the remote forward to pass the speed you flick it determines the type of pass. on defence a flick of the remote will have your cornerback swat the ball away and raising both hands will make him go for an interception.

This game is so easy to control with the freemotion controls all you have to do is enjoy it!

As always there is a plethora of game modes to choose from. Franchise mode is back where you play through seasons with a team of your choice (or use the fantasy draft to mix things up a bit) the NFL superstar mode lets you either create a rookie to play through the game as or you can choose one of the 07' draft picks from real life. In either case you can only control your persona when they are on the field and will build influence for doing well.

this game has it all, great gamplay good graphics and smooth animations combined with ease of play, everyone should try it and gridiron fans should buy a Wii to experience it at its best!