Wii-Ha
Almost one week ago a friend of mine very graciously loaned me her brand new Nintendo Wii and let me borrow it for a week. Me and Wendy put in some time on it, how much time we did is our little secret. Here is my review of the Wii.
Out of the box this unit had everything to get it going, plus two games. Wii Sports, which ships with all the wii's, and DDR Hottest Party with 2 dance mats.
Wii sports can be very fun, but it is most fun when you have two players. Only having one controller might seem like a letdown, but it turns out you can play bowling and golf with 2 players on just one remote, you just have to keep passing it back and forth. I went ahead and purchased an additional controller as a way of saying thank you to the friend who loaned it to me, and to make things more interesting whenever we all get together to play again. The bowling has to be the easiest game to pick up, and can be very fun against a friend or two. Golf might not be for everyone, but for some odd reason I liked this one, and once again it is more satisfying against a friend. Boxing is good and definitely gives your arms a workout, but you better have a nunchuck or two to be able to play this game, and landing your punches on specific body parts can be tricky at times. The baseball game is nice, most baseball games I have every played I gave up on because there was too many things you had to be in control of. Here you either bat or pitch, all other duties like fielding and base running are taken care of, but don't think that makes your opponents too easy to defeat.
Wii Play. This game came with the extra controller I bought. Ity is advertised as being a game sold with a bonus controller, however, it should be looked at as getting a controller and getting a $10 game to go with it. Good for learning the basics of how to handle the remote, and some of the games are worth a second go round like Find Mii (finding identical "mii's"), laser hockey, the shooting gallery, and the every popular Cow Racing, but other than that there is not much else to this game.
DDR Hottest Party. Me and Wendy love this game, but there is a catch. First off, this version of Dance Dance Revolution uses the controller and nunchuck as a way to get your arms involved in the game, but it is best to turn this feature off, along with the "gimmicks" feature that is used in 2 player mode. Second, you need to make sure you have 2 dance pads, and that you feel the rhythm with your body, not your eyes. Wide range of difficulty depending on the setting you have it on, and how fast the song is that you picked. Really gets the heart going and probably gives the Wii Fit a run for its money with how many calories you can burn during your playing time.
So, final thoughts. If you are wondering which console to get, the wii is a great choice. It is cheaper than its competition, but some games are a little more pricey because of the add-ons you need to run them (nunchucks, wii fit has its own board, ddr has dancepads, etc.). Wii sports is fun, Wii play is so-so, and DDR hottest party is sure to bring out your inner dance machine.
Out of the box this unit had everything to get it going, plus two games. Wii Sports, which ships with all the wii's, and DDR Hottest Party with 2 dance mats.
Wii sports can be very fun, but it is most fun when you have two players. Only having one controller might seem like a letdown, but it turns out you can play bowling and golf with 2 players on just one remote, you just have to keep passing it back and forth. I went ahead and purchased an additional controller as a way of saying thank you to the friend who loaned it to me, and to make things more interesting whenever we all get together to play again. The bowling has to be the easiest game to pick up, and can be very fun against a friend or two. Golf might not be for everyone, but for some odd reason I liked this one, and once again it is more satisfying against a friend. Boxing is good and definitely gives your arms a workout, but you better have a nunchuck or two to be able to play this game, and landing your punches on specific body parts can be tricky at times. The baseball game is nice, most baseball games I have every played I gave up on because there was too many things you had to be in control of. Here you either bat or pitch, all other duties like fielding and base running are taken care of, but don't think that makes your opponents too easy to defeat.
Wii Play. This game came with the extra controller I bought. Ity is advertised as being a game sold with a bonus controller, however, it should be looked at as getting a controller and getting a $10 game to go with it. Good for learning the basics of how to handle the remote, and some of the games are worth a second go round like Find Mii (finding identical "mii's"), laser hockey, the shooting gallery, and the every popular Cow Racing, but other than that there is not much else to this game.
DDR Hottest Party. Me and Wendy love this game, but there is a catch. First off, this version of Dance Dance Revolution uses the controller and nunchuck as a way to get your arms involved in the game, but it is best to turn this feature off, along with the "gimmicks" feature that is used in 2 player mode. Second, you need to make sure you have 2 dance pads, and that you feel the rhythm with your body, not your eyes. Wide range of difficulty depending on the setting you have it on, and how fast the song is that you picked. Really gets the heart going and probably gives the Wii Fit a run for its money with how many calories you can burn during your playing time.
So, final thoughts. If you are wondering which console to get, the wii is a great choice. It is cheaper than its competition, but some games are a little more pricey because of the add-ons you need to run them (nunchucks, wii fit has its own board, ddr has dancepads, etc.). Wii sports is fun, Wii play is so-so, and DDR hottest party is sure to bring out your inner dance machine.
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