Played Wii Sports for the first time this weekend. I've had it since I got the system (all of... like, 3 weeks), but never took the time to try it out. Was much too distracted by the novelty of running around swinging a sword and shooting things with arrows while wearing a stylish green floppy hat.
But finally did get around to trying out the game that came with the system. And truly, it is fun. Silly fun. Something that you'd only want to play around open-minded people who understand the geekiness of bouncing around and gesturing wildly while playing a video game version of tennis. Or worrying about the follow-through of your swing with a virtual baseball bat.
It's fun. Really fun. And pretty intuitive to control. And it's not really something you can play while sitting on your ass. You want to be up and moving, even if it's just to go through the motions of stepping up to fling a digital bowling ball down a non-existent lane towards imaginary pins.
The only game I haven't tried on it is golf. And I think I'll just leave it at that. Rather not end up flinging my Wii-mote out the window while cursing the screen, thank-you-very-much.
Next up: Smash Brothers. (And yes, Torias, I'll be bringing it with me when I come to visit, unless Nintendo delays the release date of the game)
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JUST because I actually spent part of the afternoon TODAY using your sword to chop old rotten wood to see how deep a slice I can get with it, and JUST because I then used a wood axe to crush the wood to bits so it would fit in the trash, and JUST because I kept giggling while I did it, NATURALLY I'm the one who must be tipsy over games with the words "smash" and "melee" in them?
Your sword did better than I expected! It managed a couple of really nice splits in the wood when I aimed just right.
What? I used eye protection and swept up after myself.
T.H.
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