slaanesh
Certified Guru
I just got a Nintendo Wii today. Here in Australia it's launch day. I bought the basic box plus an extra Wiimote. I plan to get Zelda as well, but will hold off for a bit. The extra Wiimote came with some extra games call Wii Play.
First up, the controllers are better than I thought they'd be. Their precision is really quite amazing. It's very natural to use; just like an 'aerial' mouse.
The basic idea with the system is that you create a Mii (me) which is an avatar of yourself. You can create as many as you want and then get to select one of your avatars for in game use. It's quite clever actually.
The console uses a channels concept; eventually there is going to be internet, weather and news but none of this is functional (yet). Only the Disc, Wii, Mii, Virtual Console channels do anything at the moment.
Setup is easy and connecting to the net with the built in WiFi is straight forward. Reminded me of the Nintendo DS connection.
The Wii Sports you get with the system is a great bonus. I think Baseball and Tennis were great. In fact so were Golf and Bowling. Didn't get around to trying boxing.
Virtual Console looks neat; theres only a few games to get you going. I haven't bought one yet. The cheapest ones (NES) are 500pts which works out to be AUD$7.50. The N64 games (Super Mario Bros 64) is 1000pts, so AUD$15.00. There's also a couple Sega MD, SNES and supposedly PC Engines games will also be supported.
Conclusion:
It's awesome! I was expecting to get home and play for half and hour or so but ended up playing with it all night (5-6 hours)! It's going to be the definitive 'party console'. I'm sure drinking and swinging the Wiimote around are going to be an interesting combination.
First up, the controllers are better than I thought they'd be. Their precision is really quite amazing. It's very natural to use; just like an 'aerial' mouse.
The basic idea with the system is that you create a Mii (me) which is an avatar of yourself. You can create as many as you want and then get to select one of your avatars for in game use. It's quite clever actually.
The console uses a channels concept; eventually there is going to be internet, weather and news but none of this is functional (yet). Only the Disc, Wii, Mii, Virtual Console channels do anything at the moment.
Setup is easy and connecting to the net with the built in WiFi is straight forward. Reminded me of the Nintendo DS connection.
The Wii Sports you get with the system is a great bonus. I think Baseball and Tennis were great. In fact so were Golf and Bowling. Didn't get around to trying boxing.
Virtual Console looks neat; theres only a few games to get you going. I haven't bought one yet. The cheapest ones (NES) are 500pts which works out to be AUD$7.50. The N64 games (Super Mario Bros 64) is 1000pts, so AUD$15.00. There's also a couple Sega MD, SNES and supposedly PC Engines games will also be supported.
Conclusion:
It's awesome! I was expecting to get home and play for half and hour or so but ended up playing with it all night (5-6 hours)! It's going to be the definitive 'party console'. I'm sure drinking and swinging the Wiimote around are going to be an interesting combination.