My first impressions of the Wii

[Thorin]

So we had an hour of play at work at lunchtime today.  Thanks to Tonnica for bringing in her Wii, Mr. Analog for bringing in his projector.

First we bowled.  Ten-pin bowling was very easy to figure out, and before the end of the first game I'd figured out how to curl the ball from the extreme side into the middle pin.  It's a nice low-impact party game that everyone can play.  Congrats to Mr. Analog for kickin' butt and scoring a 165!

Next was pairs tennis.  To serve, you make a motion like throwing a ball in the air, then a motion like a tennis racket hitting that ball.  Took me a while to figure out you don't control where the player goes, you just control when you swing and how you swing.  Congrats to Tonnica and our co-worker for kicking butt twice!

We finished with boxing.  Boxing is pretty movement-intensive, as you make the actual movements of punching high, punching low, blocking high, blocking low, and leaning left and right.  Our co-worker figured out how to do a right hook and that pretty much took me out of the fight

[Darren Dirt]

Not sure if this link is posted anywhere...

The Correct Wii to Play With Your Way (apologies for my lysdexia )