Wii November 19th

[Spriggan]

Yea! Letters to the BYU Newspaper editors!  Where's Mustard when you need him to ridicule someone (this is a favorite subject of his)?

This will give them delusions of grandeur and they will incorrectly assume that they will have the same success with real swords. So, instead of running when ninjas attack, like most normal people do, they will stay, fight and ultimately lose.

Man that's funny. Sad thing is, since it's the BYU newspaper, I have no idea if this person is serious or just joking.

[Tink]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking when I read the letter entitled, "Why Recycle?" It talks about how the only reason to recycle paper is to make yourself feel better. After all, trees grow back in 30 years, so it doesn't help the environment to recycle paper. As I am reading this I'm just like, "Is this guy serious?" It just seems so ridiculous.

[Chimera]

Supposedly Wii is fun for the whole family.

This article makes me want to try it out, even more so than I already did.

[Oldie Black Witch]

Yay! The Wii is *way* fun.

You need to join us on the path that rocks. (Think Kronk).

[Chimera]

Can I have my own theme music, too? 

[Oldie Black Witch]

Sure. Just make sure you're not the one humming it.

[Spriggan]

So i'm posting this with my Wii via it's browser.  Don't care for it's zoom function, the page is either too small or too large (it looks like a browser on a cells phone in zoom, so every thing is cramed together vertically).  the browser has a nice auto speller much like Blackberries though.

edit: just found a zoom that doesn't rearrange the page, so yea .

[Tink]

I got to play a little Wii at my husband's aunt's house and I found it quite fun. I played tennis on Wii Sports. I wish I could convince my husband that we should get that game system next, but instead he's looking at the 360 or PS3. He says he doesn't want to have to move around to play. That's what I like about it. It's different.

[Spriggan]

You don't have to move around to play they wii either (all the games can be done with simple wrist flicks that require no effort at all) but it's that you can move around that makes it cool.

[FirstMateJack]

Wii is the greatest!!

We got one of them, Like Spriggan said, most people don't realize most games can be played while sitting and just require slight flicks, the tennis game does not check for power of swing. only timing. So you can swing super super light and hit it far. OF course others, like baseball, do check your power so it is best to stand.

I am a big fan of Monkey Ball and Zelda right now.. Looking forward to battalion wars.

[Spriggan]

Eh, I can hit homeruns just about everytime with just a flick of the wrist, it's actually easier in some regaurds to do it that way then a traditional swing, but not nearly as fun.

[Eagle Prince]

I have played Wii, xbox 360, and ps3.  Nintendo was just as fun as the other two, which are a lot more expensive.  An extra paddle for them is like $50, and a game is $60.  Neither of them upcovert dvds like they were supposed to.  360 and ps3 are actually kind of disappointing.

[FirstMateJack]

I've played the 360 a few times.. but only the demo for the PS3 that is in the stores. 

I will probably grab a PS3 when I get a really nice HDTV in a few years. but until then... I won't touch it unless someone I know invites me over for a game.

I think Nintendo is easily going to dominate this generation of systems, nice change from the Gamecube.

[Spriggan]

The 360 is quite nice, especially with the on-line componet which Nintendo pretty much dropped the ball on with the Wii (no on-line games until the summer in the US, and it still uses the DS's friend code system).  I think the PS3 would be a contender after a pricedrop but they're really going to have to play catchup to the other two.