Wii Sports, the games package that comes bundled with the Nintendo Wii, features a variety of games for one or multiple players. One of the more realistic and competitive games is the ten pin bowling game.

Wii bowling is a faithful recreation of the popular US sport of ten-pin bowling, and allows players to bowl in their own homes, using all of the same actions and movements that they would use in a bowling alley.

Wii’s interpretation of ten-pin bowling is very realistic in the sense that your own bowling style comes across in the game. For example, if when you play the real thing you find that your bowling style means your shots lilt from left to right, you’ll see that happen in the game. Some people will be able to bowl the ball straight and true, just as in real life.

One big advantage over the real game is that those who struggle to play bowling in a bowling alley due to conditions such as arthritis can play Wii Sports without any problems. Your fingers don’t come under the same sort of stress they would when holding a real bowling ball, so you can play Wii Sports bowling without any problems.

The problem with Wii bowling, and indeed with all of the Wii Sports games, is that by hyper extending your arm to go through the actions and without any of the resistance you would feel from holding a real ball, you can put your arm under some real strain. Of course, the more competitive you are, the more likely this is to happen.