by hipn on Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:13 am
It fun as hell, especially Zelda. The new controls work very well. Wii Sports (comes with the JAP/NA system) is very fun, even for a basic tutorial like game. The wii-mote (the main controller) works very well and is extremely accurate. In Zelda, the controller is so accurate that you can shoot incoming enemies easily (not too easily of course).
The graphics on my standard TV are good. A lot better than that of the PS2, and better than the GC imo, bu at least 1/2. My TV supports component cables, but unfortunately I don't have $30-35 to buy it, and they (Nintendo) only sells them online or at Best Buy. With component cables, the graphics are supposed to improve by almost 2x. I have read on many sites that Zelda looks extremely improved on component cables compared to what it looks like with composite cables (red, white, yellow).
Excite Truck is fun, but the tutorials piss me off. When you first start the game, you must finish all 4 sections of the tutorials, and each section has around 4-5 missions or w/e. After it's done, you get to play your Excite Mode (or w/e... and that is just finishing races and cups). It's very fun, and the controls are awesome.
Also, when I picked up my Wii, the box was surprisingly small. I saw videos on the internet of the box and the Wii itself (along with the controllers) and in real life, the box, the console and the controller seem to be extremely small. The box is verrrryyy small, but it has some weight to it. Surprisingly it (the full box) weights a lot more than you'd expect.
If you could pick up a Wii, you should do it. After playing the Wii (Zelda, Excite Truck, and Wii Sports) I have to say, it will be verrrrrrryyy difficult to go back to gaming the old way (standard controller like 360 and PS2). The whole motion sensing and gyro (I think) really makes everything new and easier and a lot more fun.
By the way, my mom was never really a fan of video games, except Tetris on the GB, but today, she was watching my brother and I playing Wii Sports Baseball, and she wanted to try and thought it was an interesting way to play video games. If it were the PS3 or 360, she wouldn't bother with that controller.
