November has been a pox upon my free time, my wallet and my self-esteem; as such, I didn't expect my girlfriend to be too hyped on this recent splurge of games. She's got gaming in her blood, though, having grown up with two fiercely geeky older brothers. Despite her terribly sexy nigh-encyclopedic knowledge of gaming, she doesn't really game all that much. She was always afraid to be geeky growing up.
Since we got a place together I've been making small moves to get her back into console gaming. I hadn't experienced much success until last night, when she finally sat down with Wii Sports. Surprise: she's crazy good at bowling. We both suck at real bowling, mind -- hell, I even suck at Wii Sports bowling, my real life suckery having carried over seamlessly to my new Wii-based digital lifestyle. But my girlfriend is amazing. She went on to dominate golf and tennis and is beginning to really enjoy the console. With reports from early adopters pouring in from all over, it seems that the Wii is every bit as viral in its appeal as Nintendo promised.
Nintendo, please consider this my salute to your product. I've spent a little over a day and a half with the Wii and I've never seen anything turn heads quite like it. For Thanksgiving I'm heading home to Spokane, WA -- birthplace of Penny Arcade, the 1974 World's Fair Expo, and meth busts -- where I plan to expose as much of my family as I can to this wonderful little device. With a family as awkward and malformed as mine, we'll need all the distraction we can get.
So, Dtoid readership: how's your Wii experience been so far? Who are you planning to wow this week of grubbing with your shiny new consoles? Throw us some comments.
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2:50 PM on 11.20.2006
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I can count the times my dad has played Nintendo on one hand and have fingers to spare. This will be interesting.
I downloaded my first VC game, Wario's Woods. It was so easy, I can't wait for them to get more that I am interested in: SMB 1-3, Super Metroid, A Link to the Past, Donkey Kong Country, Mario Kart 64, etc.
My ONLY disappointment is the quality of the speaker in the remote...still, it's better than no speaker at all.
I currently own only Zelda, but I'm getting Trauma Center today. Anyone found a really good multiplayer Wii game yet, besides Wii sports? I'm considering Madden, but I've never played a football game before...
Next I put in Raving Rabbids and she totally got into that and was laughing and wanting to try the minigames over and over until she beat them.
Keep in mind that this is a woman who has always looked down on video games, and the last time she tried to play was MaroiKart 64, and all she could do was drive into the wall.
The addition of the mii feature is what drew her in, and the ease of the controller was what kept her playing. Nintendo I am very impressed.
Try Metal Slug Anthology
Its an really fun side scorlling shooter that is an ton of fun to play with friends and by your self.
(Release Date: Nov 28, 2006)
I might get one lader like next year
dose anyone know if there going for all the old games for the VC or just the popluar ones
Because I want to get Nobunaga's Ambition:Lord of Darkness
I just can't believe it's so accepted, but I'm very very happy.
I like the Wii and everyone who I've invited over to play it likes it as well.
PS. Hooray for the interface!