DISQUS

Henry @ Binary Dollar · 2 years ago

Your GF wanted a Nintendo Wii? She's cool.

henry · 2 years ago

This is wierd but right before I read your post, I read a story on the design and marketing of the Wii on the CNN money site. You should check it out. Pretty interesting.

Blain Reinkensmeyer · 2 years ago

That is awesome, i still have yet to play a
Wii Flexo! The classics are the best, and the be honest with you I never could figure out how to get the 100 lives off that turtle, your gf obviously has skills!

Blain Reinkensmeyer · 2 years ago

O btw, grab a download of super mario 3, thatll keep you busy for a while :p

mapgirl · 2 years ago

I'm not a huge fan of Nintendo games, because I'm a spaz, but someone brought a Wii to a party one night and it was lots of fun for us to make our Mii's and play tennis and golf.

The plunger shooting duck and bunny game is pretty hilarious.

Kurt · 2 years ago

The Wii is in my opinion a brilliantly executed project. However, the thing i really appreciate is the story: a decades-long arms race in which the incumbent finally is brought down only to blindside the competition with something completely out of left field. Nintendo put it all on red, spun the wheel and knocked the house down a peg or two. Fantastic.

Also, the virtual console is as much fun as the new games, I think. It sucks to have to pay $5-$10 for things that don't cost the company a dime, but I suppose that shows just how great the product is: we'll pay for it and smile while doing so.

Hazzard · 2 years ago

That is hilarious. You guys stood in line all that time and got the WII, only to go home and play a Nintendo classic. That speaks well for that timeless Mario Bros!

I bet you will like the Sports pack. I've heard it's really addictive once you get in to it.

Zachary · 2 years ago

I actually just tried this system this past weekend at a friend's house. The controllers took a while to get used to, but it was fun to have a more physically engaging video game system.

craig · 2 years ago

This is one of my favorite posts. You know what I'm talking about.

Lazy Man and Money · 2 years ago

"Your GF wanted a Nintendo Wii? She’s cool."

Your GF remembers how to do the 100 1-up turtle on the blocks after this many years... much, much cooler.

Amy · 2 years ago

Wow, your girlfriend is cool and much much cooler with skills. You must be so lucky to have her!

raising4boys.com · 2 years ago

Haha. We bought one on Sunday, too. I picked up Zelda and some extra controllers, but have only played sports thus far.

Dax · 2 years ago

I've played it at a friend's house and am thoroughly impressed (and already addicted!) The controller is brilliantly designed and works much more responsively than I anticipated. It really picks up on the nuances of swinging, tilting and twisting... even just a little. My only complaint is that they didn't include shoelace sensors (or something similar) so that you could use your feet for such potential games like kickboxing (or ANY fighting game), soccer, olympic decathalon, etc.

Jonathan · 2 years ago

Dude, can I come over? I promise not to break stuff...

J.D. · 2 years ago

Flexo, you and Nickel will have to pop in to give updates on your progress at various Wii Sports modes. My high game in bowling is something like 257, but my rating is only 1250 or so. My tennis rating is about 1915. My "fitness age" is generally about 28-30, but the best I've done is 23. My wife loves the Wii, and so do I. Don't forget it plays GameCube games, too, which you can get for cheap. I played all the way through Mario Kart Double Dash in a week. My blog suffered for it... :(

dong · 2 years ago

Props on the Wii. I got one a couple months ago (and some nintedo stock which I could sell now to pay for the wii), and am very happy with it. It's great system. Too bad I don't have enough time to play it.

Livingalmostlarge · 2 years ago

I have one and had it since it came out. And I'm a woman, who has a husband who wanted it at the last minute. I stood in line at midnight to get it. Sigh, 30 and still playing games. Okay I admit to playing it a lot, we're finally done with Zelda and I have to go buy paper mario. We also bought raving rabbits fun, super monkey ball fun.

I am waiting for mario kart, my favorite game on the gamecube. FWIW, we're DINKS without kids and in our late 20s. I think I'm fufilling DH's childhood dreams, although I must admit that I've greatly enjoyed it as well I must considering how many gamecube games we have.

I think it's a generational thing, I had a super nintendo growing up and loved mario games. Friends a few years older aren't as into it and the people we know who are a bit younger adore it more.