Last night I went over to Matty's for some Wii action. It was really a lot of fun. The motion sensitive controls definitely takes some getting used to (scratch your head, it makes your character move). I think I enjoyed playing the Wii Sports games the most. The boxing game is extremely tiring as you're actually punching with both hands, protecting, and even moving side to side in some way. At least you're not actually getting hit. Though I was doing actual golf, baseball, bowling and tennis moves, I could see how eventually people will just play sitting down.

Matty also had Excite Truck, Zelda, and Red Steel. The driving game was interesting with the Wiimote (held sideways) as steering wheel. I didn't play Zelda, but it seemed seemed as painful to play as all the new Zeldas. I did watch Matty make several attempts at jumping onto small platforms though. Red Steel seems kind of like a Nintendo 64 Bond shootout game. You have to use the Wiimote and the nunchucks together to control your movement as well as the direction your body is facing. That was pretty difficult to get used to and something that I never did master while playing the game twice (I did DESTROY Matty though).

It's safe to say that I now want a Wii. It was fun to play and it will increase my physical activity fivefold. The sad thing is that I'm experiencing a bunch of Wii related soreness right now. Some might say that I'm a Wii sore.

It's crazy to think that just yesterday afternoon I was using a typewriter. Yes, a typewriter. Insanity!

Posted by tien mao in Tech at 8:28 AM