Dear Reader:
GoNintendo - My Wii's first adventure
My aunt bowled, my cousins boxed, golfed, and played some tennis, uncles cheered on boxing matches, grandparents clapped…everyone was diggin the Wii.
I brought the Wii over to a family party to test the waters…see if Nintendo’s plan of making the Wii all-inclusive had a chance of working. A couple family members knew about the system already, and there were a few that talked about it when I would have never expected them to. They are reading the newspaper articles, they’ve seen the reports on CNN, and they are interested.
Within 10 minutes of hooking the Wii up, the party had moved from upstairs to the “entertainment room”. The room was filled with laughter and praise, everyone enamoured with the Wii. Some of the non-gaming parents couldn’t believe that you used this controller to play these games.
“You just swing it like it’s a bat? You don’t have to hit a button? That is too cool!”
Just a few of the words of praise that were being thrown around for the day. I saw family members play video games today…family that have never picked up a controller in their life. The Wii just clicks with them. With the press of a button, and a natural motion (most times no buttons at all) you are swinging a golf club, or tossing a bowling ball down the alley. No button combos to warp their head around. The simplicity from the start is the key to the Wii, and then introducing them to Wii Sports gets their attention. Everyone knows how to play these sports, and you go through the same motions with the Wii.
By the time the party was over, I had been given four checks. Four families had signed up for the Wii. I am going to do all I can to get them these Wii units at the midnight launch. I have the Toys “R” Us midnight launch in NYC, and the Nintendo World Store launch early the next morning. Both stores have said that they will have enough Wii units for walk-in customers as well. I sure hope they are right, I don’t want to disappoint these people! It was fun playing “Wii Ambassador” for the day…now where’s my commission Nintendo?!
Check out some action from the party below. I have a few pics, and a couple videos. One is an intense boxing match between myself and my cousin. This is really where you hear everyone going nuts.
Now after that long day, I am going to play some more Twilight Princess, and head to bed. I’ll be back around 12:30 pm EST as usual to get back to updates. Have a great Monday morning everyone.