I’ve finally joined the Wii revolution. I’ve been very interested in the console, the new tech, the virtual console and just the utter nintendo-ness of the whole thing. A few mates had picked them up and were raving about them, a couple of these mate’s had kids, and so i kind of thought that maybe it was just a bit of a toy, but console party games are really the new board games of our era, so it did sound pretty fun in that regard. Being a big fan of the Sing Star phenomenon, especially given some booze and mates, i’m pretty pumped for Guitar Hero 2′s release on the 360 after hearing nothing but good things about it, but this Wii thing had sort of slipped me by. I hadn’t tried one yet but read and heard a lot about it.
Saving money for a trip to Spain hasn’t really allowed me an excuse to pick up a 2nd next/new-gen console, but a quick credit card points check provided the solution. There was enough for over $500 of David Jones vouchers, and so my Wii experience began. There were none available in the city store, but David Jones in Chadstone had stock.
After a little big of set up time getting onto the wireless network, then downloading a software update (that seemed AGES), downloading the internet channel and the everybody votes channel, i finally got some game time in on the new Wii. It was pretty fun and the cow racing game on the Wii play disc was just unreal. I’m yet to delve into Sports or Excite Truck yet, but they’re not far away.
I do have a bit of a gripe in that my tv sits about 2.5 metres away from the couch in the lounge, and the Wii complains a bit that i’m too far away from the sensor bar. Now i wouldn’t think that 2.5m was an unusual distance from a decent sized TV these days, but it certainly makes a noticeable difference if i move 1/2 a meter or so close to the screen. So that shits me a bit, but maybe there’s a solution out there. I haven’t really looked yet.
I can’t believe how crap the friend code system is. Maybe they have a strategic position on this sort of thing and maybe it’s to wean out child predators or something, but it’s utterly ridiculous and archaic. Actually it’s not even archaic, because there isn’t even any precedent for being this un-user-friendly on a games network. It’s just crap. But i suppose it’s all we’ve got on this platform. So hook me up, my *stupid* friend code is 4715 3659 5631 6773.
