I want a Nintendo Wii... I was at megamall last Sat night and saw a store clerk at InfoMax playing Wii sports on this thing. Bowling to be specific... I asked the price and what games were available. It turns out that the unit she was using was a Japanese model and couldn't play US games. Gray market of course. It was being sold for Php 22,000. While the US models were going for Php 28,000 in Toy Kingdom. Hell of a markup from the SRP of $250... Almost double...I tried the thing and it looks ike a lot of fun! The bowling was amazing! tilting your hand a few degrees results in a slice/hook and how fast you move your arm translates to the speed of the ball on release. I can get hooked on this easily... Boxing is the same thing. Moving fast means a faster punch, too slow and you'll miss a block. Golf was cool as well since you'll need the proper golfing stance to get a good shot and same with the bowling, a few degrees off axis and you'll slice your ball into the woods.
The controller is called the Nunchuck. It's motion sensitive with a gyroscope inside and senses how fast, what angle and pitch the controller is at. This translates to motion or input depending on the game being played. Zelda for instance uses the Nunchuck as a sword/shield combo for fights and the left hand controller for lateral movement. It's connected by a cable for data transfer but you can disconnect it for games that don't need the other controller. Be careful though, there have been some instances where people got too enthusiastic about thier games and the strap on the Wii-mote broke sending the thing into their TVs.
Morons...
Nintendo hit a home run with this one though (there's baseball in the Wii spots package as well) regardless of the idiots who break stuff with their controllers... The PS3 is a technology showcase for Sony, showing the potential of today's hardware but without the support of innovative games then it'll be a dud. Microsoft's Xbox360 is a good contender with some nice games but it isn't as immersive as the Wii since it uses old technology and just plays like a souped up PS2. The Wii gets you into the game unlike any console on the market today, and the flawless backwards compatibility with older Nintendo game systems (you can use the older Gamecube controllers to play games on the Wii) will help with established gamers who already have a Gamecube collection as well as budget gamers since GC games go for P300-500 on the second-hand market today.
On a side note, Wiis are region coded using the DVD region coding system. Japan is R4, US is R1. We're in R3 so games will be specifically coded to work on machines in the proper region. Unless of course you wait 6 months 'til the newest mod-chip comes out that will let you play your Wii anywhere with burned copies of games... This is illegal of course and I don't condone piracy. Piracy is bad. Php50.00 games are good though so I don't really do my part in curtailing this injustice... I'll probably just wait for the local unit to ship. Expect it around May/June. But I still want one now... This is probably the most fun you'll have with a console since Dance-Revolution and the dance pad came out 5 years ago! =)
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