Wii Nation

Now that I finally have my very own Wii I can share my opinions on everything Wii. If you are curious of the ideas of a 24 year old female, I’m your source.

Now for some perspective. The last time I really wanted a video game console was in 1989 when I bought a Gameboy with my own money at age seven. Seventeen years later I decided I wanted a Nintendo DS Lite and a Wii for Christmas. The DS was hard to find, but my fiancé Duane found one for me in time for Christmas. The Wii was a different story. After two months of searching, we were at Wal-Mart at the right time, and here I am now, with a brand new Wii nestled in it’s home in our living room.

I had played the Wii twice before we got ours. I attempted some tennis, bowling and Wario Ware. It was fairly easy to catch on, but it sucks playing for the first time around impatient veterans. I assume for them it was like trying to show their grandma how to use a computer. Luckily, I’m a quick learner.

First things first – make Miis. I love making Miis. Duane and I decided to make each other. I think the Duane Mii looks like him, but I’m not so sure about my Mii. My best friend later came over and completely changed my Mii to look more like me (but now I think I look Chinese) . Then we made our friends. It’s hard to remember the exact size and location of our friends eye brows. After making friends we moved on to our family. That’s not as fun, so we decided to make celebrities. So far my celebrity line up includes Brad Pitt, Samuel L Jackson, Michael Jackson, Conan O’Brien, and a bald Britney Spears.

Next I checked out the weather . That is so cool! And if you still haven’t mastered geography, it can be very helpful. Then I went to the Wii shop and downloaded two free programs – the “Everybody Votes” channel, and the free trial version of the internet. The “Everybody Votes” channel is pretty neat. You get to answer questions and predict what the majority of the population will answer. They give you the results according to location and sex. Unfortunately, they don’t tell you how many people voted. The internet is exactly that, the internet. It’s fun to surf the internet on our big tv. I went to my friends Flickr account and checked out his pictures on the big screen.

I haven’t checked out the Picture Channel yet, but that will be next. I’ve been distracted playing Wii Sports. Wii Sports is a lot of fun, but it sucks if you only have one controller. We looked everywhere for controllers but to no avail. Then we finally found some controllers at Target that were bundled with the game Wii Play for an extra $10. We were desperate for controllers, so I bought the last 3. Now I have 3 Wii Play games. Neat. With our 4 controllers we’re ready to have friends over to play Wii Sports and Wii Play. I’ll be back with reviews and pictures soon. Wiiiiiii!