[ Ventilation ] | Karma, God, or Luck - You Decide

11-22-2006 6:04 am

fuzmeister: Karma, God, or Luck - You Decide

So I go to Gamestop today to wish my buddy Jordan a happy birthday. It sucks to work on your birthday and I want to let him know I hope it gets better afterwards. As I am arriving at the store, a UPS truck is unloading boxes and Jordan says to me: "don't even ask me yet, Steve - I don't know."

He knows I'm wondering about the Wii. Wondering if they happened to get some. They happened to get three. Some lady in front of me bought two and I snagged the last. Traded in my Gamecube and some games (along with the GB Player) got $67 in store credit. Scored Monkey Ball Banana Blitz. Also downloaded Mario 64 for $10 after waiting, like, ten years to actually own the damn game. The Wii interface is awesome. From what I can tell, the controller is precise and pulls you right into the game. The emulation for the virtual console is perfect. Wii Sports is suitable as a pack-in title and seems perfect for introducing folks to the new control style. I'll be anxious to try Zelda.

The Wii was my graduation present to me - a couple months early. Either that or a gift for myself if I get this job at PTC. That is all, for now.

Love to all,
Steve

Mood: Pretty Good
Film: Primal Fear (1996)

David - ()

"From what I can tell, the controller is precise..."

This makes me wonder. Is your cursor landing on the screen exactly where the remote points?

2-HeadedGiraffe - (*(..)*)

I'm not going to ask you the obvious question (though I probably will at some point...sorry in advance).

Let me just say I'm a little jealous. Monkey Ball ought to be pretty interesting with the Wii controller (I still refuse to call it a "Wiimote"), though I probably would have gone for Zelda, myself. Mario and Metroid aren't out yet, are they? They're two that I'm really interested in, and they should be out by the time I get the system (planning to ask for one for Christmas, and if I don't get it, buy myself one fairly soon thereafter, depending on my situation).

Nathan Tyree - (Overwhelmed by existential angst)

nice for you

fuzmeister - (The Real ST)

Zelda is impossible to get, Kyle, but that is one I want.

And, Jestmeister, I wouldn't say the remote points directly where you want it to, but it feels like more of a mouse... shall I say? Precise nevertheless though.

David - ()

Okay, just wanted to make sure mine wasn't defective.

Enjoy. Sorry to hear about the lack of Zelda ><.

2-HeadedGiraffe - (*(..)*)

I was looking over the list of games currently released. There's not a whole ton that's real exciting out at the moment. Mario and Metroid are listed as TBA 2007. Now, having played the demo of Excite Truck, I can imagine some of the games just being fun to play at first because of how the system itself plays. The innovation and whatnot, y'know? By the time I get one, I'm hoping Zelda's easier to find and there's a couple more games I'm specifically interested in.

fuzmeister - (The Real ST)

Well... back in the days before I owned consoles because my parents would not let me... there were normally a max of two titles at launch. So I think we're doing pretty damn good these days.

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