Wii are family!

Sore muscles, aching limbs and sweaty shirts, this is just what I had not expected to land myself into after a session of playing the Wii. Yes, gals I got the latest Wii Sports for my kids, but the poor souls didn’t stand a chance in front of mommy dearest. Well daddy dearest too hogged most of the playtime allotted to the kids, but I guess you can’t blame us for behaving like juvenile delinquents. Well let me run you through the technicalities first and then proceed to the fun part. You need SPACE and I mean plenty of it. The Wii is not the regular video game where you sit in the couch and your wrists and fingers do all the playing. For instance, if you are playing bowling then you need to imitate the actual action, as you would do at the Bowling Alley. Floor space, air space (so that there are no objects sent flying with your golf strokes) and mind space (there is a risk of getting seizures) are all mandatory. Now let’s begin with the fun part. I have five games on my Wii Sports CD, Bowling, Tennis, Boxing, Golf and Baseball. I also got the Sega game Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz; it has one main game (single player) and about fifty party games (up to four players). Somehow the family stuck to the Sports Games and boy did we have a blast! My daughter turned out to be the bowling champion as she scored the maximum number of strikes. My son took to boxing and beat the pulp out of my husband. My husband found his calling in the tennis world and won the championship hands down. As for me, I didn’t know I could tee off so well and am willing to bet my Woods for the golf championship.

As you can see this whole experience turned out to be one family bonding session. We had so much of fun together that we have vowed to play together at least twice a week. It sure beats propping on the couch and watching the telly! Like I read somewhere about this guy who actually lost weight doing the Wii for a month. I will believe the story because you with the Wiimote you are actually moving around the floor imitating the actual actions of the game. Thus you tend to get a good shoulder and arms workout. While doing boxing my son was actually panting and sweating using the Nunchuk and Wii Remote as you would in an actual rink! We went a little ding-ding creating our profiles on the Mii. Mii is the menu where you get to create caricatures of the people going to use the games. From face cut, hairstyles, color of eyes, moles, glasses, body size etc. there is a host of options to choose from to create the perfect you.
Word Of Caution:
You do need to respect the fact that accidents can happen anywhere. Two things you got to be really careful about:
1) The Wiimote is strung securely to your wrist. In your moment of glory you don’t want the Wiimote to slip out of your grasp and crash into the T.V or the likes.
2) Take good care of the sensor; place it carefully on top of the T.V. or wherever you think it best.
The box includes:
1) Two Wii Remotes
2) Wii Console with stand
3) Two Nunchuks- to play boxing and other games
4) Sensor Bar
5) Wii AC Adaptor
6) Wii AV Cable
7) Wii Sports Disk
Any one using the Wii, do let me know what you think of it. To sum it up I would say that Nintendo has a very satisfied customer (Yes, sweets I’ve bought it) in me. My family has found a new fun way to bond with each other. Anyone wanting me to review their games for Wii, you know where to send the CDs! Happy Gaming!! The Wii costs about $310. Read all the instructions carefully before using it.