How was your Wiikend?

Mine was great! Decided to get the Wii the other day...The Wii is certainly japanesey. Dont get it if all you want or care about are HD games like gears of war...The Wii is more about fun, interactivity, and different ways to play games. So far I only managed to play Wii Sports (which came with the console), Wii Play (Which came with the extra controller), and Red Steel.

Console
The console is is very small. Even smaller than a Gamecube. It sits beside my TV and most people will miss it if they don't look carefully. I think most people are right to say that is is probably a repackaged Gamecube. Sometimes the size is deceiving though. The power adaptor is separate but it is about half the size of the Xbox 360 Power adaptor. The Wii uses channels as their main console navigation feature. You have the game channel (the disc you inserted which can be a Wii disc or any GC game disc), the Mii channel for creating your Mii characters (kind like profiles of yourself and others...I already took the liberty in creating some of the kuyas), the photo channel (if you have an SD card with photos, insert them and you can view photo slidehows and more here), the shop channel (for buying new channels and games from previous Nintendo and Sega game systems), the weather channel (weather forecasts - very nice and relaxing), and the news channel (currently not working but hopefully will soon).

I've downloaded a trial version of the internet channel which alloows you to browse the internet using your Wii and your TV. Btw, the Wii connects to your broadband connection using a wifi connection. You can also purchase a network adaptor (for wired connections) but this is not available here in NZ yet. The Wii's got 4 controller ports (for 4 gamecube controllers), 2 USB ports at the back, an SD card slot at the front, and two GC memory card slots. I specially like the backward compatibility with GC games, controllers, and memory cards. It feels like you dont lose out and have to sell off your old GC games and accessories.




Wii Sports and Wii Play
Awesome game. Of course these games are not just for fun but are designed to help you acclimate to using the Wiimote and Nunchuck controller. The best ones are tennis, golf, and bowling...heck I like all the sports games. My shoulder and biceps are a bit sore...I just hope I don't develop tennis elbow.

Redsteel
Crap graphics...no doubt about that. Well it would have been good if you haven't seen HD game graphics. But that's fine...Gameplay..a bit odd. You need to get use to it. You use the nunchuck to move around. Then use the Wiimote to point at the screen and shoot. This is what I like the most...to reload, just flick you nunchuckdown. :)

Redsteel art is like XIII....some cutscenes are set in comic/cel type graphics which will appeal to some.




Almost forgot...some opponents fight with swords. This is a japanese yakuza game so it is about fighting and honour... you use your nunchuck to dodge and parry attacks and use the Wiimote to slash.

Ok...i think you get an idea of what it's like. For more info, click here. There are lots of trailers and screen shots on this site plus some concept art.

I'm going back to play...