I think my skepticism about the Wii is all but gone. I'm still somewhat concerned that the system will get a deluge of mini/party/non games and the more 'traditional' games will suffer from annoying controls, but so far so good.
Despite my misgivings about allowing a bunch of 7-year-olds to play with my hard earned Wii, I took it along to my family's big Thanksgiving gathering, and Wii was a huge hit. (They even allowed us to play when football was on!) Everyone wanted to try out Wii Sports (in particular Tennis and Bowling, the best 2 on there). And it wasn't once they tried it they were like, eh that's pretty cool. They had a blast playing it and wanted to play more. That includes my aunt and uncles even. Heck, my dad likes it too though that might be more because he's somehow way too good at bowling and kicks everyone's ass, grrr. I think Nintendo sold at least a couple more Wiis after that (assuming they can find one).
Also, not a single person said a thing about the graphics (well, someone asked where there legs were in Bowling but that was it). That made me feel kind of shallow since I think they look like ass. But I'm past it (that's what the other system is for...). People also seemed to really like the whole Photo Channel thing (I guess when you have little kids you take a lot of pictures).
So in summary, it looks like Nintendo really has done what they wanted and released a system that changes the game by bringing everyone into the game.
bonesquad: Maybe Wii will last longer than DC afterall...
I think my skepticism about the Wii is all but gone. I'm still somewhat concerned that the system will get a deluge of mini/party/non games and the more 'traditional' games will suffer from annoying controls, but so far so good.
Despite my misgivings about allowing a bunch of 7-year-olds to play with my hard earned Wii, I took it along to my family's big Thanksgiving gathering, and Wii was a huge hit. (They even allowed us to play when football was on!) Everyone wanted to try out Wii Sports (in particular Tennis and Bowling, the best 2 on there). And it wasn't once they tried it they were like, eh that's pretty cool. They had a blast playing it and wanted to play more. That includes my aunt and uncles even. Heck, my dad likes it too though that might be more because he's somehow way too good at bowling and kicks everyone's ass, grrr. I think Nintendo sold at least a couple more Wiis after that (assuming they can find one).
Also, not a single person said a thing about the graphics (well, someone asked where there legs were in Bowling but that was it). That made me feel kind of shallow since I think they look like ass. But I'm past it (that's what the other system is for...). People also seemed to really like the whole Photo Channel thing (I guess when you have little kids you take a lot of pictures).
So in summary, it looks like Nintendo really has done what they wanted and released a system that changes the game by bringing everyone into the game.
Mon, 2006-11-27 17:33