GazTheHat

Well i bit the bullet, picked one up from a local eBayer yesterday. Saved a bit from fridays prices, but still obviously more than retail.

Had a first play today on all the Wii sports games: What a laugh!! Exactly what i was after for our family xmas. Fantastic fun. The controller works well. I was laughing, jumping around with hands up after KO's on the boxing and you defo work up a sweat. (Bit like dancemat/maracas action)

There's no great graphics, but you don't notice, you're so submerged in the controller and the action.

Bit p!ssed to see no real rally/car games coming out soon and no good ones on the gamecube, so i'll probably get a PS3. But for pure enjoyment this will win hands down.

lOOking forward to getting a copy of Zelda.

kbsub

I have one but cant open it till Christmas day , from what Ive read from other forums it really does sound great fun , do you need an exta Nunchuck for the 2 player boxing ? I bought Wii play yesterday with the extra remote
(also got Zelda )

ice maiden

We bought one on friday from ebay, and nothing has got done all weekend...what a fantastic piece of kit...and christmas day is gonna be soooo funny with the grandparents playing it....

bought zelda, gt racing and monkeyball, which are all good games...

if your thinking bout buying one....just do it even if u have to pay a bit more...its worth it!

DavidBrown

Awesome. Love it.

Only downside is that I can't tear my missus or her mum away from it to have a go myself !!

My component lead is winging its way to me and should be here by tomorrow with any luck and things will start looking a whole lot better.

Boxing is quite an energetic game too !!!

I can see how people are throwing their controllers through the screen though, that wrist strap is a must.

ice maiden

lol how many accidental damage claims are there going to be on house insurance this xmas.....

and boy do i ache today, good exercise as well lol

ice maiden

we all ached like hell over the weekend, skipping on monkey ball has to be the funniest though

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

I'm going to wait and take the inital reactions with a pinch of salt as I can see the novilty factor wearing off. Hope it doesn't though as the Wii sounds good fun.

DavidBrown

Some of the sub-games that you'd get with Wii Sports and Wii Games are a bit shallow and will tire fast, but games like Zelda look set to keep you entertained for a long while.

InvisibleMan

i think most that got it on friday have gotten bored of it as theyre selling it on ebay already....it really must tire fast....

kbsub

The ones on EBay are from people who never wanted one in the first place or already have one

Profiteering .....

ru'

eh? Surely they're selling on eBay due to the 100% mark-up they can get away with...

edit - 1 minute too slow...

InvisibleMan

well if people are stupid enough to pay double and not to wait a 3weeks....

unbelievable the bull they come out with to make theirs look a better sell.
"no timewasters as i had to queue for 8hours for something i didnt want....."
"it cost me 280 so make a bid over 380 and you might get yourself a bargin..."

wacky.banana

Had a go on my mates on Saturday while picking up ours, which is an Xmas present for my son. I completely echo the comments of gaz.

This has brought the fun back into gaming, big time! I played the tennis game (whatever that is called). What a laugh.

Equally looking forward to Xmas day and the look on my lad's face as he gets to grips with it. Some great family fun coming our way, methinks.

WB

GazTheHat

Yeah, you'll need the extra nunchuck (unless you're gonna give the other boxer the advantage of having one arm tied behind your back! )

( * actually, i don't know if it will work with just the controller...)

Gonna get one myself, so i can beat the crap out me bro on xmas day

GazTheHat

Don't give me ideas, could do with upgrading the Viera.

ru'

I still can't get hold of one of these for the GF

Swen6

I'm with you on that one, Zelda is the only reason i would want one, but jumping around in front of the telly i'm guessing will wear off.

DavidBrown

"Wii Play" arrived today with another controller and a disc containing 9 small games, like shooting, billiards and table tennis. Nothing that's going to push the technical boundaries of gaming, but a whole world of fun for a group of people.

GazTheHat

eBay

GazTheHat

Was thinking about getting this for xmas too, you'll have to let us know what it's like.

RichB

i was expecting to not be impressed but this mornings meeting round my colleagues house finished at 5pm mainly due to golf, tennis, bowling and boxing. Damn my arms ache.... lol
Impressed!

DavidBrown

It's not that great to be honest, not as good as all the sub-games in Super Monkey Ball.. but if it's not much more expensive than just buying another controller then maybe worth a punt.

Wii Sports + Monkey Ball are where it's at for group games.

Mr.Manchester

Wii Have A Problem...


And the best yet......

boxst

Already a video convertor for DivX, that's great.

Steve

DavidBrown

Amazon has Wii Nunchucks in stock £14.99 (100 or so left at last count)

NeilT

anyone playing Zelda yet? Got about 2hrs into it, as engrossing a game as the previous Zelda outings, controller works well with the aiming and firing.

Some tricky stages though that get very frustrating very quickly

Most played game for us so far is 2 player Wii Sports Tennis - controllers work just perfectly for this - worth buying an extra controller for this alone.

Be interested to see what COD3 is like

Neil

DavidBrown

Maybe I should RTFM, but is there any technique to Wii Tennis, other than moving your arm swiftly when the ball reaches you ?? Such as placing where the ball goes and how fast you return it ?

ex-webby

David,

Backhand and forehand all happen as real. Slow ball and fast ball are also real (all down to the speed - well more a quick flick - of the controller). I can also place the ball as well fairly accurately. All this can be done whilst I lay down on my sofa...... even this console won't make me exercise!

kbsub

Roll on Christmas day when finally get to play with it
All this reading about people having fun with it is doing my head in .
Mind you I will have to wrestle of my 2 kids first