Yesterday Jeff and I got a Wii. When Jeff was convincing me (and I needed convincing as we already have computers and a gaming console), he tried saying that it could help us get fit. I thought this was laughable, but, as I love gaming I relented and we got one (by pre-ordering the day before, we got it cheaper too! 🙂
Anyway, holy crap!!! It is seriously the best gaming platform ever! The controllers are completely intuitive, and come wireless with rumble and sound. Boxing is actually like boxing! The games that come by default are awesome. You create a Mii, or an avator for yourself with _loads_ of tweaking options, and then your avatar can be used in all the Wii enabled games, so you end up building a profile through whichever games you are playing. It takes only a few minutes to get used to it, and it is really, really fun. Totally recommended!
Oh, and Jeff was right. The fitness training and sports games really do make you work up a serious sweat! Who knew a gaming console could finally get to the point of being better for your fitness rather than completely detrimental 😉
Awesome. I got one as well (I went along to the midnight launch event).
I think it’s pretty excellent, though playing Zelda doesn’t involve much moving around. 😛
I love Wii Sports though.
Hi Pipka and Jeff,
this is great news! I’m hoping that with this new technology that you have purchased for ‘research’ that you guys can get this bluetooth motion sensative controller fully integrated into my favorite OS. I’d love to see the free software crowd buy lots of these to demonstrate to a vendor who can create a new technology that it can be supported by our community and that letting folks hack it for their own use is not something to be prosecuted but encouraged as a business model. I’d also like to see the wiimote be the next pointing device for X windows that adds l33t aura to our platform and hilights its ability to adapt new technology at a quicker pace that the rest. I did see a mac and win driver versions out there but they are not complete or fully integrated yet. Good luck with the wii, beware of flying controllers and dont get RSI too soon 🙂
Happy $HOLIDAY and $YEAR++
Kev
Don’t go overboard on the Wii, you might break something – http://wiihaveaproblem.com/