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Ashes Cricket 09 (Wii) |  | From: Codemasters Limited
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  75 reviews
Format: Unknown format
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: cricket-games
Media: Video Game
Edition: Normal
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: RVL P R6KP
EAN: 5024866340631
Release Date: August 7, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 75
 I don't like Cricket.......I Love it. August 24, 2010
Mr. L. A. Okeefe (Birmingham England)
Like most other reviews of this game I think it is an excellent game with only one or two minor issues. Firstly the game is really playable my flatmate and I have played for over 14 hours none stop when we first got the game, the batting and the bowling are both good. It is not excatly like playing cricket because after all this is a game and not a high end bowiling simulator, if it were too reaisitc a novice would never have a go at playing it because it would be too hard to bat and when you came to bowilng you would get smashed all over the ground. So i think that the game is aimed at just the right level for your average Wii owner to pick up a copy of the game and play it straight away. In fact a friend of ours who had no real love of cricket played the game for a few hours when he came round and now has brought a Wii and this game and joined our cricket club too.
However that said there are one or two minor issues, firstly and i think most importantly the feilding can be awful. The ball can land within two foot of a fielder and he wont move towards it instead another fielder will run to pick it up even though they are miles away from the ball, and this happends to every player reguardless of how good a fielder they are in real life.
Secondly the graphics are a bit poor, this is not a huge issue as the are not rubbish but they could be better.
Third there is no edit faciltity so you can not update teams and change players or as most people would include your self in the lineup.
Fourth there are too few locations to play at there are 5 English grounds ( those from the 2009 Ashes Cardiff, Lords, Edgbaston, Headingley and the Oval ) but no Old Trafford or Tent Bridge plus there are not 5 Aussie grounds to play a return serris, not that this matter much because the ground does not seem to have any effect on the game either by the support of the crowd or the was the ball comes off the track.
Lastley I have also noticed that the skill of the batsman or bowler in real life or in the game has little bearing on the game. I have manged to bowl India out for less than 200 using only Andrew Strauss,Alastair Cook and Michael Vaughan as bowlers ( what can I say I was boared and thought I would try using 3 batsman to bowl with)
Althought I have listed five issues with the game none of these really matter they are not what is wrong with the game just some things that I would improve/ hope will be imporved for the next game ( if it ever comes out on the Wii)
This game is brilliant, very playable and addictive it can be easy to beat the computer however palying gainst another person is has played the game a lot too makes it very challenging indeed this is the same with all sports games. This is one of the best games I have played on the Wii a must for anyone who has ever paid an interest in cricket.
 Worst Cricket Game Ever July 10, 2010
matt94
I have traded this game in and I really do think it is the worst cricket game I have ever played on. It is far too easy and not realistic, with both sides smashing it from ball one, going at more than 10 runs per over in a test match. I don't think that codemasters have made any progress here. I was really looking forward to a cricket game finally coming out on Wii, but this has been a really shocking effort.
EA Sports made much better games and I only bought this one because EA Sports haven't made a cricket game on Wii yet, although I hope they do soon.
Made a start, got out quickly May 10, 2010
Dazz (Norfolk)
I eagerly bought this game as I was really looking forward to a cricket game on the wii, because, let's face it, the wii controls lend themselves perfectly to a cricket game.
However I was a bit disapointed. Not with the graphics or even the game play, as someone else mentioned it would be amost impossible to realisticly bat and bowl through a whole test match. My gripe with it was how repetetive it became. You can literally play through a whole test match doing nothing more than flicking your wrist down to bowl and up to bat.
Once you know where to bowl to get a wicket you'll get one pretty much all the time. The field settings don't tend to make too much difference to the result. When it comes to batting its very hit or miss (excuse he pun). You can either play safe and go for singles and twos all the time or you can go for the big hits and have four out of five go for six and the other get caught.
All in all its a decent first attempt at a cricket game for the wii, but it suffers from the same flaws Brian Lara Cricket suffered from on the PS1 all those years ago. The occasional odd decision from the opposition, dodgy run outs and lbw's, no real consistency while batting and bowling and generally being a little too easy and repetetive
Good April 11, 2010
S. Ramakrishnan (London, UK)
Being avid cricket fans, my kids love it. The abnormal run rate may be the down side.
Have Fun April 3, 2010
Baiju R. Pillai (uk)
Hi Guys
I was so excited when buying this game,had a lot of expectation maybe i will say bit too much which brings a slight shadow of disappointment after playing this game.I wont say its bad but comparing with other games like tennis more to improve
baiju
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