Playing the Wii

Yesh indeed, to the left is a picture of me hugging the box to WiiSports. This is because I was so happy to get my hands on a Wii; not because the one I have ordered has finally arrived - I'm much more interested in the PS3, and infact haven't ordered a Wii at all. The main reason I was wanting to publish this photo of me looking rather gormless was to prove to my good friend Cec that I have played the Wii before him. You see, because he is pretty desperate to get his hands on one. I think he may have actually already played it now, but that's not the point, I can still pretend I beat him!

So Cecil, this post is for you, hopefully you are not too upset.

Please note everybody: I am a good person really, just I get these occasional malicious phases where I try to be mean, but usually fail.

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Now I present to you my official findings of the Wii. After playing it for about an hour I think I have annoyed the rightful owner enough to be allowed to blog about it.

First things first, the Wii itself is pretty hot looking close up, what with the blue-glowing disc drive and everything. Kudos+4 for sexiness. I also thought it was a pretty neat feature that the WiiMote has an on button that you can use to turn on the Wii from the armchair, very handy for lazy people like me. The only downside is for the hour that I played the Wii I was on my feet and jumping around. I much prefer how the old consoles worked; you have to stand up to turn it on, but get to sit down while you while away the hours gaming your life away.
Now, as I'm not actually a professional gadget editor, and that it is 11.54PM I'm going to sum the rest up in an easy to read bulleted list. (Yes, the bullet points are for the readers benefit - in no way, shape or form am I being lazy.)


Pros:

1. Pick-up-and-play
2. Fun... That's always a good sign
   
3. The Opera Based Browser is Slick
4. Great for parties (I imagine)
5. If Wii is this awesome, how awesome will the other Next Gens be (Yes, I still haven't played the Xbox 360, I'm fighting back the tears as we speak type.
   

Cons:

1. Only played WiiSports
2. My wrist really hurts now
3. WiiMote doesn't do exactly what you want it to.
4. Actual owner of the Wii wanted me to turn it off so he could play 'Kingdom Hearts II' on the PS2. So the Wii can't be that good!

If you have other opinions of the Wii, please leave a comment!
Auf Weidersehn, mein Freund!