My right arm is aching this morning. I believe that I am suffering from the Wii equivalent of tennis elbow. The culprit is a game I picked up a couple of weeks ago called
Warioware: Smooth Moves. I know that Morgan and I haven't been entertaining very many guests over the years, but never has that been so acute as right now.
This game is meant to be played with others... many others... preferably under the influence. The game supports 12 players and is a frenzy to play even in single-player mode. Hundreds of mini-games reside beneath the hood. I have been squatting and waving and punching and shimmying to the tune of a frenetic and catchy (EVIL) soundtrack. I got the Wii because I wanted something fun to do with people who weren't gamers. Too bad the system didn't come with neighborhood friends.
The other game that's taking up too much of my time has been the Epic known as
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. This game is HUGE. I have been playing it for 2 months and I'm still not finished with it. The save screen logs the number of hours you put into it and I'm somewhere around 59... if only I got paid for such commitment. Normally, this sort of gaming activity would be a deal-breaker with my wife, but fortunately the game is beautiful to look at and the puzzles are so much fun, Morgan has spent more than an idle hour or two helping me work through some of the more-challenging levels.
The plot of the game is pretty stock but the execution is fantastic. Rather than subject the gamer to another hack-and-slash fest, Zelda is provided with a fantastic array of tools and weapons that allow him/her to swing from claws, smash ice blocks, capture objects with mini-tornados and walk along the bottom of lakes. The first 2 hours of the story are terminal as the game tries to teach the in-and-outs of the movement and combat systems, but when the story picks up it's fantastic. I have played dozens of fantasy games and this quickly became my favorite. If you own a Wii, you should own this game.
My right arm is aching this morning. I believe that I am suffering from the Wii equivalent of tennis elbow. The culprit is a game I picked up a couple of weeks ago called Warioware: Smooth Moves. I know that Morgan and I haven't been entertaining very many guests over the years, but never has that been so acute as right now.
This game is meant to be played with others... many others... preferably under the influence. The game supports 12 players and is a frenzy to play even in single-player mode. Hundreds of mini-games reside beneath the hood. I have been squatting and waving and punching and shimmying to the tune of a frenetic and catchy (EVIL) soundtrack. I got the Wii because I wanted something fun to do with people who weren't gamers. Too bad the system didn't come with neighborhood friends.
The other game that's taking up too much of my time has been the Epic known as The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. This game is HUGE. I have been playing it for 2 months and I'm still not finished with it. The save screen logs the number of hours you put into it and I'm somewhere around 59... if only I got paid for such commitment. Normally, this sort of gaming activity would be a deal-breaker with my wife, but fortunately the game is beautiful to look at and the puzzles are so much fun, Morgan has spent more than an idle hour or two helping me work through some of the more-challenging levels..jpeg)
The plot of the game is pretty stock but the execution is fantastic. Rather than subject the gamer to another hack-and-slash fest, Zelda is provided with a fantastic array of tools and weapons that allow him/her to swing from claws, smash ice blocks, capture objects with mini-tornados and walk along the bottom of lakes. The first 2 hours of the story are terminal as the game tries to teach the in-and-outs of the movement and combat systems, but when the story picks up it's fantastic. I have played dozens of fantasy games and this quickly became my favorite. If you own a Wii, you should own this game.
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My son has been wanting Wii for quite awhile now. He comes home daily asking when do I think I'd be in the 'mood' to get it for him. Or sometimes he'll inform me as to which of his friends bought one this past weekend and how he is one of three (?!) who still don't have one. He's already used the my-friend's-mom-lost-so-many-kilos-using-the-thing tactic and has resorted to, What could I possibly do to get one? I'll do it!
Also, I heard from the kids here that Wii are kind of hard to get while the Play Station 3s are a dime a dozen. I thought it was the opposite in the states. Is that true? Just curious.
Wiis are very difficult to get in the States. I got mine the day after they went on sale and it was really easy, but I know that most stores sell them out within minutes of their arrival.
There's still a pretty good demand for the PS3, but they're so expensive (2 1/2 times the cost of a Wii), only enthusiasts are buying them. The games run $10-$20 more than Wii games, too.
Aha, so they are difficult to get there as well. I was wondering. PS3 impressed me with how pretty the pictures were. But since I probably won't be the one playing it...I suppose I had better start figuring out how to get one now to make it for my son's birthday in July! The Nintendo DSs were like this too. My son's friend had to buy a pink one because that is all they had anywhere. And no one teases him because he's just lucky to get one. Ha ha.
The PS3 is a great looking system but I think they're about a year away from putting together really fun games and getting the price down a bit.
The Wii is fun right out of the gate and it's great for people who never play games. My wife loved the old Super Mario Bros. game, but she stopped long ago. Now, she's really into Wii Sports and Warioware.
For the first time, I'm as-excited about watching others play as doing it myself. Craig is visiting us next week and I'm looking forward to setting him up with a game of Warioware :D
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