Dec 30 2008
Nintendo Wii Sport Review
Since the Wii was unwrapped, the poor thing has hardly had a break. The boys and girls (and maybe me) spent hours creating their Miis, which are little customizable avatars. They walk around the Mii plaza with each other, and you can send them to a parade, where they walk…in a parade. If your Nintendo Wii is connected to the Internet, they can “travel” to other consoles and parades. They’re cute, and you can use them in the Nintendo Wii Sport games as your characters.
There are different “channels” available on the Wii Menu: the Disc menu where you play whichever game is inserted into the console; the Forecast channel, where you can see the weather forecast; the News channel; and the Nintendo Wii shopping channel. On the shopping channel, you can buy games and other things to download.
Included in the Wii Sports is bowling, tennis, baseball, boxing and golf. Thing # 1 especially likes the bowling and tennis. I played with him long enough on the weekend that my arms are still sore! I’m not a tennis player so I wouldn’t know how realistic it is, but the bowling seems about right. I have the same problem with the ball spinning to one side on the game as I do in the bowling alley.
Over all, the Nintendo Wii Sport is a huge hit in our house!
OH my goodness, i love those Mii’s! Just saying sentences like “my mii looks just like me” or “look at my mii! he’s jumping up and down!” makes me crack up.
and LOL - thing #1 and thing #2. that’s funny and cute. Wii’s are getting adults all around the world addicted, I swear. It’s definitely a game system more for adults than kids, in my opinion!