December 27, 2006
48 Hours of Wii
It's been, well more than two days, since Christmas morning, and Santa brought us a Nintendo Wii, Rayman Raving Rabbids and an extra controller. (I picked up Madden 07 and another nunchuck controller yesterday).
My wife and I have discovered that we are sadly out of shape as our arms are burning with soreness.
But it's fun.
Easily the best game system I've ever purchased.
Swinging the controller like a tennis racket, baseball bat, bowling ball or boxing gloves adds a dimension to gaming heretofore unexplored. My soon-to-be four year old daughter can really box well.
Rayman makes use of the motion detecting sensors in pretty clever ways. Milking cows, those old-fashioned tilting marble games, shooting plungers, whack-a-mole etc.
Madden Football '07 is pretty sweet. Throwing touchdown passes or kicking fieldgoals is pretty straightforward, though the tackling is a bit more complicated.
Fun.
Technology Posted by AlexC at December 27, 2006 3:03 PM
Surely there will be some new, named malady for overuse of the controller. Maybe John Edwards will have a class action suit -- keep your receipts.
Posted by: jk at December 27, 2006 4:11 PMWell, Breckboy is busy running for President and making the lame walk again.
Speaking of which, an overzealous at-bat in a home run contest caused me to kick the coffeetable.
With only a sock protecting my toes from the wood.
Posted by: AlexC at December 27, 2006 6:06 PMWHAT? THERE WERE NO WARNING LABELS ON THE DEVICE ADVISING PROPER FOOT PROTECTION? This is clearly not your fault.
Posted by: jk at December 27, 2006 6:46 PM | What do you think? [3]