Following a period of unmitigated hype, it feels as though the release of the Wii MotionPlus has ended in something of an anti-climax. This is a lot to do with the fact that Nintendo's showcase title took a back seat to ‘early-adopters' in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis, but those who haven't shifted too far back from the edge of their seat should be pleased to welcome the arrival of Sports Resort.

This promises to offer a similarly revolutionary experience to the introduction of motion controls in the first Wii Sports game, so we were itching to see whether all the huffing and puffing would be capable of blowing anyone's house down.

Wii Sports Resort is provided with a MotionPlus controller, which is required to play the game, and an elongated rubber grip to keep expensive home cinema equipment safe and sound. After a short introductory video we open with a brief opportunity to experience some MotionPlus action during a skydive onto the Sports Resort island, the destination for 12 events which are all instantly playable from the main screen.

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Rather than plough through each in turn we'll mention from the off that while twelve games sounds like great value compared to the five in the original, only about half of these will offer any long-term appeal.

Opinion will be divided on which is the true classic, but kicking off with Swordplay is a great way to experience the precision of the MotionPlus. Here you adopt a Kendo Stick atop a Gladiators-style platform, with the idea being to knock the opponent back and off the ring.

This is perhaps one of the best examples of the attachment on offer, since holding the remote as you would the handle of a sword allows for a great degree of dexterity and movement which is mirrored almost perfectly on screen.

It's certainly great fun to hack and slash away at cartoon Mii characters but like many games in this collection, the structure is pretty basic and it's far more fun to play against human opponents where a personal challenge and bragging rights are at stake. Luckily, additional modes such as Speed Slice, which requires you to cut through objects at specific angles, another great showcase for the MotionPlus' precision, and Showdown, where you fight your way through multiple baddies, do add extra appeal.

Archery is another excellent title and innovatively allows you to use both the remote and nunchuck to simulate holding a bow and pulling back a string, holding then releasing the 'Z' button to loose an arrow while compensating for distance, wind-speed and, at later levels, hitting moving targets and dodging obstacles. There's not a lot more to it, but the idea is brilliantly conceived and does a great job of making use of both controllers and the accuracy of the new technology.

Frisbee Dog helps to truly illustrate the precision required to master these games by angling a disc in exactly the same way you would a real Frisbee to produce loft, spin and bend, hitting targets and popping balloons using a combination of styles with the added advantage of improving actual Frisbee skills for the next time you're down at the beach. Completing the first stage here unlocks Frisbee Golf, which fans of Tiger Woods will already be familiar with, offering a range of resorts and three different 'clubs' to get to the green and throw the disc into a basket to complete the hole.

Table Tennis is surprisingly addictive and, thanks to the MotionPlus controller, puts to rest a stream of rather shocking past efforts at covering a sport you'd think would be ideal for the Wii. This game takes a little while to get used to; or rather the sensitivity of the MotionPlus takes a bit of getting used to, since it's superbly demonstrated here.

Finally, the best two games from the original Wii Sports title - namely Bowling and Golf - make a welcome return with the benefit of the new control system. Their inclusion was essential in a way, since each could have benefited from slightly more sensitive controls and each really does play a lot better using the MotionPlus. Spinning the ball in bowling is now far more accurate and in line with what you're actually doing with the remote.

A 100-pin game mode is a surprisingly fun unlock - try to knock down as many of the pins as possible for a maximum of 3,000 points - and Spin Control can help you master the perfect spin by dodging objects that are placed in the lane. Golf is also nicely enhanced and features a curve-control that tells you whether or not your wrist is straight and therefore whether the ball will skew to one side, with a range of courses available up to 18 holes.

Now we come to the ‘mini-games', or titles which have clearly just been produced to offer a few more different ways to hold the remotes and show off the improved precision. They are each fun for a while, but we can't see them outlasting the more classic titles.

Wakeboarding involves holding the remote as you would a handle when waterskiing behind a boat, with the idea being to flip the controller up in the air and wave it around to perform tricks and accumulate points. Similarly, Power Cruising, Canoeing and Cycling are rather simplistic simulations: despite the range of courses and a 'vs' mode in each there's very little to hold the attention after the realism appeal has worn off.

Basketball is a fun enough attempt to recreate the actions of throwing and dribbling a ball and to round things off Air Sports offers three aerial activities: Skydiving, Island Flyover and Dogfight. The last of these allows you to compete against a friend with another controller and is the only one that's really worth playing.

So, with six genuinely playable titles up against four from the original Wii Sports (not counting the boxing), Wii Sports Resort would seem like good value for money. The biggest appeal here, though, is that the MotionPlus has finally been given a chance to show what it can do in an approachable environment and the much anticipated, nay demanded, ‘wow' factor is most certainly present and correct.

The extra degree of precision is apparent, particularly for experienced Wii gamers, and with such a large collection of weird and wonderful events here, each underlined by the console's trademark cartoon graphics and some typically upbeat sounds, those looking for a top-up in the party-games stakes will find nothing better.

Wii owners can finally get a proper taste of the MotionPlus with Sports Resort and we're pleased to say that it won't disappoint. Expect to see a swathe of full titles that expand on the more impressive activities, such as Swordplay, Archery and Table Tennis, but for the time being it's safe to say that Wii Sports Resort is the most essential addition to a Wii gamer's collection since Wii Sports.