Supercross

I was finally offered a change of pace in the dirtbike minigame. In this sport, you ride a dirtbike around a track while racing other players and pulling off tricks. The controls here actually worked remarkably well. You hold the wiimote sideways and tilt to steer, much like Excite Truck, or Mario Kart Wii without the Wii Wheel. However, I found that the steering in Deca Sports was much more responsive than in the former of those titles at least, and either on par with, or better than, Mario Kart.

Figure Skating

Ironically, the oddest sport of the four offered here was also my favorite. In figure skating you use the nunchuck to follow a set path on the ice, flipping the wiimote up and down at specific points to do tricks. There were three different songs offered in the demo, and all three were a blast to play. I hope that there are more songs in the final version though, as the three here went too fast and I didn’t have much of a desire to replay them.

Although I am curious to play the rest of the sports offered in the full package (archery, curling, and soccer just to name a few), I can’t really recommend the title based off the four games I did play. Aside from figure skating, there’s nothing here you can’t get elsewhere – and Wii Sports is free.

Look for a full review soon.