Finally Hockey on the Wii

The first hockey game to be released on the Nintendo Wii will not be coming from EA, but instead 2K sports NHL 2K9. Gamespot has a Hands-On preview of the game and it sounds like it is on the right track.

"The big question with any sports game on the Wii is how the console's unique controllers are used, especially the Wii Remote. An overreliance on the Wii Remote's tilt and motion capabilities can result in unresponsive controls (as in NBA Live 08), whereas a lack of Wii-specific controls will have you wondering why you didn't just pick up the 360 version. NHL 2K9 addresses this issue by making only one control reliant on the swinging of the Wii Remote: shooting." - Gamespot

The game is also avoiding the dumbed down approach that EA has used in it's Wii Sports games. Instead virtually every feature available on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 will be in this game (minus online of course).