Who'd Thought?
This is really lame, but the Wii is bad-ass. Even Wii Sports, which I thought would be stupid (because I hate sports games because you're not really playing,) is awesome. No actually, it's really awesome, because you play exactly how you would in real life (minus running.) You have to swing and time the ball in baseball exactly how you do in real life. You have to bob, weave, and keep good timing in boxing, in addition to the standard jabs and punches. Even f*cking bowling is realistic, with you pulling up the ball and then rolling it just right at the pins just like in real life. What is so bizarre is that I'm not talking about mashing buttons here. You really can't even play this thing sitting down, because you have to be in the proper stances for golf, baseball, etc. standing up, and with proper room to swing, etc. You use one or both remote-type devices to play, and they are motion-sensitive. So when I say you swing the bat, I really mean you hold the remote just like a bat, wait for the ball to near the plate, and swing just at the right time with the right angle. Swing too far to the left depending on the pitch-type, and you'll hit a foul-ball. You can even get tennis-elbow from not playing properly.
Understand, me of all people would not be hyping this thing as a substitute for actually playing these sports in real life. But as something to do on bad weather days (or with me, after I have just finished running on a bad weather day) or better yet, with friends, this is pimp precisely because you are not sitting on a couch, pushing buttons. You're standing up, going through the physical motions just like you would in the real sports. I think this is the ultimate party game, really. And as a weird bonus, you get to create on your Wii the characters used for playing, using a strange application that allows you to customize the physical appearances of little avatars called "Mii"s. Make nine, and you have enough for your baseball team.
It's strange to post about something like this, but it was so different from anything I'd previously seen in video gaming that I had to say something. Classes pick up tomorrow, with intermediate Japanese up first, so wish me luck. Shalom.
Understand, me of all people would not be hyping this thing as a substitute for actually playing these sports in real life. But as something to do on bad weather days (or with me, after I have just finished running on a bad weather day) or better yet, with friends, this is pimp precisely because you are not sitting on a couch, pushing buttons. You're standing up, going through the physical motions just like you would in the real sports. I think this is the ultimate party game, really. And as a weird bonus, you get to create on your Wii the characters used for playing, using a strange application that allows you to customize the physical appearances of little avatars called "Mii"s. Make nine, and you have enough for your baseball team.
It's strange to post about something like this, but it was so different from anything I'd previously seen in video gaming that I had to say something. Classes pick up tomorrow, with intermediate Japanese up first, so wish me luck. Shalom.