Mar 07
I had to get a Wii for the office. After playing it for the first time this weekend (great party activity) I knew it would be a fun addition.
Nintendo have done an amazing job with the Wii. They have managed to create their own genre for video games. You aren’t comparing the Wii to the PS3/XBox 360 as they are totally different beasts. You are going to buy at least two of them.
It was also fun to watch friends who have never done the video game thing get into it and participate.
This is only the beginning. It doesn’t take a genius to see the next steps, and longer future steps. Bye bye wiimote, hello video recorder watching my movement.
March 7th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Maybe the “next step” already happened… The Playstation 2 has the Eyetoy camera. Minigames software like Eyetoy Play or Eyetoy Play 2 are quite fun at a party. You can even exercise with Kinetic or dance using your legs AND arms with some DDR games (go http://www.eyetoy.com/index.asp?pageID=11 to see more Eyetoy games).
While the camera is fairly lowres and needs very good light conditions, it works really well.
I do have to say that the Wii is real fun and it’s true that it does not compare to other consoles. My daughters (4 and 6) really enjoy playing the tennis game and Zelda.