Live games with a difference

Better than not at all? Wii look divides tennis fans

For legal reasons, the matches of Novak Djokovic and Co. are only shown in an animated live stream on the Australian Open YouTube channel.(Bild: AO Animated/Australian Open 2025, AFP, Krone KREATIV)

Tennis duels on the Nintendo Wii - those were the days! Which are now being "revived" to a certain extent. On the YouTube channel of the Australian Open, the matches of Novak Djokovic and Co. are only shown live in a game console look. The legally necessary trick divides the fans.

Want to feel like Novak Djokovic or another tennis star? The Nintendo Wii made this possible many years ago. At least to some extent. Children, parents and grandparents swung at balls in living rooms, serving for game, set and match. And if they followed the advice to tie the safety strap around their wrist, no controller would hit the screen "unsharpened".