Just got a Wii!!

[NFS4]

I got a Nintendo Wii for Christmas and today (on my birthday) I finally got the chance to hook it up to my TV/surround sound system for the first time.

I don't know how Nintendo does it, but I feel like a kid again playing the Wii. From the moment I turned it on til the moment I made my Mii, I was grinning from ear to ear. I popped in the Wii Sports games and started swinging my racket and bat, and began rolling strike after strike.

I haven't even bothered to open up Mario Galaxy which I got a few days ago from Target for $37. I've just been swinging/rolling away.

My best friend stopped by to bring me my birthday gift (he got me a Wii Classic controller) and he started playing the baseball game. He stepped right in, never even having touched a Wii before and just started batting away.

He's 27, and I just turned 28 and it reminded us of our days playing the original NES. I can't ever remember feeling this giddy when I opened up my Xbox 360 for the first time. Even when I played Gears of War, I don't even remember being that wowed by the graphics.

But the Wii, with its aliased, low polygon, relatively poor graphics has me coming back for more... and I haven't even gotten past the free game(s) yet.

I now see why Nintendo has sold so many of these things!

 

[techwanabe]

Grats!

I just laid hands one a Wii first time last week and had a blast. We even got my video game hating dad bowling with us and had much fun together!

 

[Kromis]

Happy birthday, mate

 

[Soundmanred]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why they made the Wii.
They didn't make it for the fucktards who like to argue about graphics, etc.
It's fun, period.

 

[techwanabe]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why they made the Wii.
They didn't make it for the fucktards who like to argue about graphics, etc.
It's fun, period.

Basically. I think the "key" to my mom and dad liking it was the whole family got involved and had a treat time. They were majorly down on video games because my older sisters boys would hole up or hide and just play themselves.

I was surprised at the level of control you have with the remotes. I could put a spin on the bowling ball or throw it straight, slow or fast, angled or not.

 

[Dumac]

Great present; I hope you enjoy it. When the fun starts dying down or getting old, try out Super Mario Galaxy. I love that game.

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why they made the Wii.
They didn't make it for the fucktards who like to argue about graphics, etc.
It's fun, period.

You mean the fucktards that like to have fun AND enjoy good graphics?

It all comes down to preference. I personally prefer to play fun games where the characters actually have legs and don't float across the ground leaving an inexplicable trail of dust behind them. I also prefer to play games in hi-def on my $2000+ TV, not a blurry 480p mess.

If you dont agree with me, then let me know and in the future I can refer to you as the fucktard who doesnt care if the characters in his game have no legs.

 

[WraithETC]

*waits for "So i'm selling my wii ... what should I get for it" thread.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: WraithETC
*waits for "So i'm selling my wii ... what should I get for it" thread.

As someone who came from a 360, going to a PS3 is pointless. The graphics look nearly identical.

At least the Wii is something that my GF and I both can enjoy.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Matt2

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why they made the Wii.
They didn't make it for the fucktards who like to argue about graphics, etc.
It's fun, period.

You mean the fucktards that like to have fun AND enjoy good graphics?

It all comes down to preference. I personally prefer to play fun games where the characters actually have legs and don't float across the ground leaving an inexplicable trail of dust behind them. I also prefer to play games in hi-def on my $2000+ TV, not a blurry 480p mess.

If you dont agree with me, then let me know and in the future I can refer to you as the fucktard who doesnt care if the characters in his game have no legs.

Your TV must suck then.

The Wii is serious fun and that's what gaming is about.

Enjoy it NSF4. I can't put down Mario Galaxy. Can't stop playing it.

 

[WraithETC]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Matt2

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why they made the Wii.
They didn't make it for the fucktards who like to argue about graphics, etc.
It's fun, period.

You mean the fucktards that like to have fun AND enjoy good graphics?

It all comes down to preference. I personally prefer to play fun games where the characters actually have legs and don't float across the ground leaving an inexplicable trail of dust behind them. I also prefer to play games in hi-def on my $2000+ TV, not a blurry 480p mess.

If you dont agree with me, then let me know and in the future I can refer to you as the fucktard who doesnt care if the characters in his game have no legs.

Your TV must suck then.

The Wii is serious fun and that's what gaming is about.

Enjoy it NSF4. I can't put down Mario Galaxy. Can't stop playing it.

That doesn't make any sense a crappy tv would make the Wii look great. My friend reserves an old school 36" tube CRT just for it. Other Wii owners should be jealous!

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: WraithETC
That doesn't make any sense a crappy tv would make the Wii look great. My friend reserves an old school 36" tube CRT just for it. Other Wii owners should be jealous!

Sign of a crappy HDTV is how it handles SD. He got a crappy TV if it's blurry. Given how cheap it was I'm not surprised.

Gaming is about having fun. The wii is fun.

 

[Soundmanred]

That was my point, but the fucktards came out from under the bridge anyway.

 

[AliasX]

Sure, the Wii is fun. So is the Xbox 360. Online play, it counts.

 

[techwanabe]

I see the trolls have come out to play tonight. I guess some folks can't stand to see others have fun. :|

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Wii rocks, I stood in line 3 hours to get one for my kids XMas of 06, and they have loved it all year, we still play a lot of Wii Bowling.

This year, I picked up one for a huge Nintendo fanboy friend of mine who didn't have the cash or means to get one. Someone on IRC posted offhandedly that they were in stock on amazon on the Friday before XMas, and I had the sucker overnighted to get it on Monday so I could give it to him XMas Day. It's all he talks about now, lol.

It's a fine, solid system. No, it's not running an 8 core processor with the latest in console graphics technology, and it's going to get boring after awhile if you're a hermit living in a hovel by yourself playing Wii Tennis against CPU Myu, but it sells because it's a fun party system that is accessible by gamers and non-gamers alike.

The only people not enjoying this system are people who spend their lives locked in their mom's basement eating hot pockets getting their only exposure to sunlight from the solar effects in Halo 3.

While that's fine for those people, I like to sit on the couch with a beer, my wife, kids, and a few friends, and waggle the wii remote for awhile, and not completely whittle down my ability for social interaction to "F YEAH!" and teabagging strangers.

 

[rudder]

I have to go for my one year after surgery appointment (rotator cuff). I will have to tell the doctor my shoulder is very sore. He will then ask what I was doing. I will be embarrassed to tell him I hurt my shoulder while boxing on the Wii.

I love my wii. Sure there is a place for the 360 and ps3... but sitting around a tv screen doing your own thing is no comparison to playing baseball on the wii. Sure there people have no legs... but yeh I feel like a kid again too... despite the sore shoulder.

 

[shocksyde]

LOL at the guy complaining that the characters have no legs.

It's EXACTLY the same as saying "I don't like the Mario games because the main character defies the laws of physics. He can jump like 25 feet in the air! It's simply not believable! Hogwash, I say! HOGWASH!"

It's a freakin' video game. Get a clue.

 

[eelw]

While Wii Sports is great, how dare you not open SMG yet????

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: eelw
While Wii Sports is great, how dare you not open SMG yet????

LOL, I opened it earlier tonight and played it for about an hour. Wicked good game

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: eelw
While Wii Sports is great, how dare you not open SMG yet????

LOL, I opened it earlier tonight and played it for about an hour. Wicked good game

May as well call in sick tomorrow. Really fun, play it with your girl in 2player mode.

I know we're getting side tracked, but i really enjoyed resident evil 4 on the wii.

 

[Slew Foot]

Resident evil UC is a good simple 2p game. Lots of button mashing, zombie head exploding action. It is pretty short though so you may want to rent, my brother and I plowed through the 2 player missions in about 6 hours.

May I also reccomend:
Trauma center 1 and 2
Paper Mario
Mario olympics is decent for multiplayer party, kinda a cimbination of mario party and Wii sports on steroids.

 

[Dumac]

While the Wii is a great system, I do have many grievances with it. However, I have grievances with every one of the consoles this generation. Still, I can't help but view the Wii as a supplementary console. I couldn't live on gaming with the Wii alone; I would have to pair the system with either a 360 or a PS3. The Wii is the most triumphant at bringing non-gamers together, however.

My Wii had been collecting dust for a while until Super Mario Galaxy came out, and now it is collecting dust again. But I expect that the Wii will see a humongous soar in playtime that dwarfs all my other systems once Super Smash Brothers Brawl is released.

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: WraithETC

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Matt2

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why they made the Wii.
They didn't make it for the fucktards who like to argue about graphics, etc.
It's fun, period.

You mean the fucktards that like to have fun AND enjoy good graphics?

It all comes down to preference. I personally prefer to play fun games where the characters actually have legs and don't float across the ground leaving an inexplicable trail of dust behind them. I also prefer to play games in hi-def on my $2000+ TV, not a blurry 480p mess.

If you dont agree with me, then let me know and in the future I can refer to you as the fucktard who doesnt care if the characters in his game have no legs.

Your TV must suck then.

The Wii is serious fun and that's what gaming is about.

Enjoy it NSF4. I can't put down Mario Galaxy. Can't stop playing it.

That doesn't make any sense a crappy tv would make the Wii look great. My friend reserves an old school 36" tube CRT just for it. Other Wii owners should be jealous!

I use component cables to hook the Wii up to my HDTV, which alleviates the problem a bit. However, SD looks bad on my HDTV just because I got a pretty cheap model ($600).

 

[macwinlin]

Originally posted by: Dumac
While the Wii is a great system, I do have many grievances with it. However, I have grievances with every one of the consoles this generation. Still, I can't help but view the Wii as a supplementary console. I couldn't live on gaming with the Wii alone; I would have to pair the system with either a 360 or a PS3. The Wii is the most triumphant at bringing non-gamers together, however.

I felt the same way. I now have a Wii and a PS3, in addition to my gaming PC.