How to Change Your Wii Bowling Ball

Changing the Ball Color

• 1

  Choose Wii Bowling from the Wii Sports menu and choose a one-player game.

• 2

  Select a Mii character from the menu. Get ready to hold the directional pad--located at the top of the Wii remote--in a particular direction immediately after the warning screen that follows.

• 3

  Hold "Left" on the directional pad immediately after the warning screen to play with a red bowling ball. Continue to hold the button as the screen fades to black.

• 4

  Hold "Down" on the directional pad immediately after the warning screen to play with a green bowling ball. Continue to hold the button as the screen fades to black.

• 5

  Hold "Right" on the directional pad immediately after the warning screen to play with a gold bowling ball. Continue to hold the button as the screen fades to black.

• 6

  Hold "Up" on the directional pad immediately after the warning screen to play with a blue bowling ball. Continue to hold the button as the screen fades to black.

Unlocking the Patterned Ball

• 7

  Gather skill points by playing several games of bowling with the same Mii character and achieving high scores. An average of 160 points per game or more is ideal.

• 8

  Earn 1,000 skill points in Wii Sports Bowling to unlock the diamond-patterned ball.

• 9

  Play Wii Sports Bowling as any Mii that has over 1,000 skill points to automatically use the diamond-patterned ball.

• 10

  Follow the instructions from Section 1 to change the color of the diamond-patterned ball.