I got an email about 2 days ago from Nintendo telling me that NHL 2K9 is coming to Wii. I, being a big hockey fan, was really happy about this news as i’ve been waiting about almost 2 years for a NHL game to come to Wii. I’ve read through some of the features the game has and so far it sounds incredible. It looks like they’re going to be incorporating a lot of the motion sensing of the Wii into the game. These include Wiimote shooting with wristshots being a flick of a wrist and slap shot includes holding the B button while flicking the Wii Remote.

A very interesting feature is the Wii Remote Fighting and the following details are from the Nintendo site “Adding a never-before-seen layer of fun to hockey video games, NHL 2K9 features on-ice showdowns. When two players have raised their aggression enough to fight, pointing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controller downward drops the gloves. Once a fight has started, punch with the Nunchuk and balance with the Wii Remote to get your opponent off their feet.”

NHL 2K9 is due out on September 9th, 2008 so all you hockey fans out there dying for a hockey game for Wii make sure you pre-order this one

You can fully read all the features included with this game on the Nintendo website located here