Why Australian Open streaming matches in 2025 look like Wii tennis

If you're tuning into the 2025 Australian Open, you may notice something very, very weird about the players on the court if you're watching matches on YouTube.

They look like they're straight out of a video game, like Wii Tennis. The players' bodies and faces have been replaced with Miis, basically. What gives?

Per reporter Bastien Fachan, there's a good reason: "The Australian Open don’t own all of their broadcasting rights (fairly common), so they’re live-streaming a Wii Tennis-like version of the matches on YouTube."

This is actually the best. We need more of this instead of all the Simpsons and SpongeBob alternative broadcasts.

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