It is. The Australian Open on YouTube, due to rights issues, are getting around them by replacing real players with Nintendo Wii Sports Tennis characters. I think I love this. Like many sporting ...

That’s because the tournament has put an animated overlay on some of its matches to avoid broadcast licensing conflicts, making players look an awful lot like Wii Sports characters, as reported ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Maybe attending sports events in person is too been ... “Nope. It’s a Wii character, which is hilarious.” Jiri Lehecka, a Czech player seeded 24th in Australia ...

If this were an actual Wii Sports-like tennis game ... a match last year that swapped out the players for Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny and Goofy. There was also the NFL and Disney ...

The Australian Open doesn't typically have the same buzz as other tennis majors. Whether that's because it takes place in January or there's a massive time difference between Australia and many ...

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. The animated players follow all the ...