Friday, April 27, 2007

Get a Wii but don't quit the gym

Alright it's been over 2 months since I got the Nintendo Wii. I would like to show my before and after pics but they'd probably look exactly the same.... shizznix! So all the hype and publicity from the Wii experiment got to me – hook, line and sinker. Although I'm NOT going to say that the results from the Wii experiment are false, it's not as a easy and wonderful as it's made out to be. Wii sports is awesome but the games are totally shallow. What i mean is there is no object. For example, in most boxing games your goal is to get beat all the fighters, get to the next level and win the championship, or something like that. Some games take you to different cities with beautiful backdrops while you fight their hometown champion - who by the way looks like the meanest ugliest person to ever come out of their city. With Wii boxing, the fighters do get harder as your skill level goes up. But you're always fighting in the same ring with the same setting... The characters change, but only within the context of the Mii (custom character building), hence everyone looks more or less the same. Lastly you keep on fighting with no goal. There is no championship, no belt, no motivation to keep on playing. Same goes with Tennis, bowling, golf and baseball. Blaahhhhh..... I don't mean to complain, Wii sports does come complementary and it's probably meant to be a starter game, but that's what i think. Anyway I just bought Legend of Zelda and Tiger Woods golf. You probably won't hear me talk about it unless there is something insanely bizzare about it, because this isn't a video game blog!

ps. I'm still unwillingly going to the gym, but it's works better than the Wii. Healthy video games??!?!? common!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Go the Dance Dance Revolution route! That will get your legs pumpin'. I too got the Wii. I enjoy the tennis, for some reason, the boxing doesn't quite throw punches and block when I want it to. I played Zelda and it rocks, until you get stuck and can't get past certain stages. I play on and off now that we have a new puppy to watch over.


-PFL Waianae Champ