Does the Nintendo Wii live up to its reputation?
On our very last day in the office a gift arrived in the form of a review copy of the new Nintendo Wii. This is one very cool gaming system which will appeal to families as well as the gaming enthusiast.
This was no more evident than when I showed my wife the new Nintendo Wii. She is the last person one would find on a gaming machine but once shown the capability and the fact that one can actually exercise using the unique motion sensing controller she was interested.
But it was my 21 year old daughter who really bought home to me the appeal of this system when she not only wanted to play games but spend 15 minutes creating her own Mii gaming character for use in the Sporting Wii games.
So be sure to design yourself your own Mii, as it'll represent your player in all the games.
This is a system that is in its infancy and one that Nintendo should be credited for as it has a massive evolutionary path for the creation of new capabilities built around human motion.
This console is a showcase of simplicity which is clearly demonstrated when one first opens the Nintendo Wii. The Wii Sports which came with the pack ensures every gamer that they can witness first hand preciously what Nintendo's white wonder can do.
Wii Sports contains five titles; Baseball, Bowling, Boxing, Golf and Tennis, each one taking full advantage of the Wii-motes motion sensing, some with better result than others.
Although you can dive straight into the game first hand, there are some useful training games to go through first of all to allow yourself to get to grips with the control.
But one big no for me was the characters. Give me real characters not some Japanese Comic Book characters that bow at the end of a game.
The motion sensing include anything from basic manoeuvres to more complicated moves for your chosen sport, with more un-lockable as you progress. Meanwhile, there's also a brain training-style event to take part in, which is used to test and ultimately improve your skills in each game, giving you your Wii-age at the end.
