Yupers, I got my Wii on Sunday (I had a pre-order), took me 3 days of enjoyment to come back to gamespot ...Gamestop opened at 11 am, while everyone opened way earlier Then I went from store to store looking for nunchucks, as Gamestop only got two in for some reason...After 3 stores, I found them in Toys R Us, they had a whole bunch...I got 2 as well as 2 wiimotes, I couldn't bring myself to buy a 4th set for $60 more But later I found out there was a shortage of nuchucks everywhere, so I was glad I snagged some. And I picked up a 24 pack of batteries!!!





So that's my system and controllers. I got the stand from Target last month and it came with the blue and black gloves (figured since the gloves are $10 a pop, I may as well pay the $5 extra for the stand...). I bought the red one when I got the nunchucks. They have matching straps, and I like that...but they don't have the extra piece that tightens like the Nintendo straps have...so I'm going to switch the straps if little kids want to play...or maybe I'll just switch them back permanently when I get over the prettiness of them matching The gloves give great texture to the wiimote...but it sinks the buttons down, but you can still get to them easily, except for the home button. People pick their favorite color....And you know which is which...so I know that the blue one is down one battery notch. The stand looks pretty, I like it a lot more than the grey stand Nintendo gives you. It holds 4 wiimotes, and 5 game cases...or whatever you want to put, I orignally had the nunchucks, but then I just put them in the basket with my other controllers. Seeing it set up, I don't mind the white anymore. Given the choice I still would've bought black, but it looks nice so I'm happy with it.



Um..games...I got Zelda, Rayman and Red Steel. I play Zelda a lot more than the other two games...cuz it's Zelda! Duh I love it!!!! It's fun! It's gorgeous, Wolf Link handles great, the controls work...and what's with Midna...she's...strange And I've been waiting for an OoT style game for years and I'm so happy with it so far Rayman's cool. I still love the bunnies, and the games varied and strange and figuring out the minigames is half the fun. I haven't played much Red Steel, I watched my nephew play more than I've played. Oddly, I've played Wii Sports more than any other game...but really that's just by default, when people come over they want to play and I play with them. It's simple, but it's fun to play, especially with non-gamers and light gamers because you know they're enjoying a game for a change And the more people love the Wii, the better! It's also hilarious to see everyone jump around...and yes, you have to be careful no one hits you while trying to return your serve Everyone likes bowling the most, as do I.

I haven't connected to online yet, (I have the adapter, remember ), and I figure I'll wait another week as to avoid any initial problems, though they sound rare...I made my Mii, doesn't much look like me...and I've played with the photo channel. Glasses for everyone!

Elite Beat Agents and Yoshi's Island kept me busy until the Wii launch. I love Elite Beat Agents. It's really fun and addicting, I have my non-gamer sister hooked She takes my DS out of my purse all the time! Some songs are annoying (Lala, Skater Boi)...Cher's Believe remains with D scores as I can't bring myself to listen to it to improve my score...but the majority of the songs are great (September, Canned Heat, Let's Dance, Walkie Talkie Man) and more than make up for Cher (bah!!!)..*side note, they're covers*. Yoshi's Island is fun too...but it sticks to the original formula mostly...yet it scored higher than TP..yes I'm one of the angry ones I got it at Circuit City and they gave me a free Yoshi case and sylus set...It's very green

So, in the wee hours of the morning, through newspaper leaks, we learned price and date, $250 and November 19. I suppose there are all sorts of problems with this like Sony's launch and it being bundled, kinda surprising....I was leaning towards October for $200 bundle-free...but I won't complain, I'm just happy to know all the details....now if only I can get a decent pre-order I think they can generate enough hype for the system to have a very successful launch, probably even overshadow Sony's *cough pathetic cough* launch.

Details were accurate from last night, but I figured I'd get all the details, so I woke up in time to catch the press conference. It just finished a few minutes ago. So going into detail...Wii Sports is a good title to bundle, nice fun intro to the system. I guess they're trying to bring all the casuals in right away. A simple pick up and play game I suppose they're banking on you showing off to your friends. Games seem fun enough, .tennis, golf, baseball, bowling...and boxing? Guess they'll use the nunchuck too, seems fun enough, I was planning to get it anyway.

Launch line up looks good, though Metroid got pushed back to next year But it's fine, I remember at E3, there were a few issues, so give it time to get fixed. Still lots of games at line up, all the better for me, it could've gotten a little crazy trying to get everything at once So looks like I'll be going with the Zelda-Rayman-Red Steel trio. I do love myself some Sam Fisher, so I'll likely add that. 30 games by year's end, sounds good to me! The Virtual Console prices seem about right. I'll get some of those too...provided I don't own them as re-releases on other systems :-P I really hope some more non-released for the 5th time games are in there soon...

And the extras. I guess this was their secret, though doesn't seem like much of one...just a reason for multimedia and interactivity with the console. Let's face it, customization is unecessary if only it weren't so much fun sharing bits of yourself with the world abroad :-P They were good to add the Mii channel (heh, very clever title). And taking your Mii with you to a friend's house is always fun...watching the virutal you beat your virutal friend beyond embarassment...but anyways. And doodling up pictures...hours of fun...What else? Oh, Opera browser, not suprising...also not too facinating, though it would be a good option if you share internet and the computer's busy. The message board channel is also great, good way to pester your friends to get online and play. Hit them up on their cells "GET ON NOW!"

Just a few more questions in general. Don't really get how every game download gets it's own channel, seems messy...Also the whole SD card thing with the VC and storage issues...and I'm surprised they didn't talk about DS-Wii connectivity, I espected to hear something excellent like, take your NES games with you or something :-P....and finally I do reserve the right to complain about color....why only white again!!! WHY!!!! And it clashes with my recent purchase:

Isn't it beautiful!!! I've renewed my love affair with the DS

So yeah, finally Wii details, gorgeous DS Lite. Nintendo has made me very happy this week. And other things have made me happy too, so all in all great week

Geez, month and a half and I haven't updated this thing.  What came over me?  I don't know, I guess I needed an unconscious break from this place.  In the past month I'd only stop by for like 10 minutes a day!

So yeah, what games have I been up to?  Psychonauts!  Wow I love this game!  I decided to pick it up when I saw there were only 3 new copies left at Walmart....and I love new things There was this little kid nearby with a game already picked out, and when he saw I got Psychonauts, he traded his game for it to...what a smart kid!  I also made friends with the Walmart dude, he talked a lot about games and next gen consoles. 

So yeah, as I said before Psychonauts is awesome!  If I would've had a PS2 or Xbox when it first came out, I would've bought it then.  Razputin is adorable, he's the most eager little thing I've ever seen in a game.  The script is really funny, the characters are entertaining, lovable and well voiced.  The game design is great too - they really take the brain theme and run with it.  You collect "figments", gather tags for "emotional baggage", and clear "mental cobwebs", just to give an idea of the depth of theme detail.  The main world is rich and has lots of areas.  When you have time, you find yourself just wandering around everywhere trying to collect all the things hidden around the camp (and there are lots of stuff!  Collectors will be very happy!).  The actual levels take place inside people's brains.  This is where the imagination of the game's creators really shows through.  Everyone's brains are strange and unique and suit their personalities.  They are also really "dreamlike" where one level will have a picturesque neighborhood with streets that twist and turn, where you're in a battlefield with planes flying and explosions sounding all around, and in a dance party in another person's brain. Sometimes they're full fledged levels, sometimes they're just tasks.  Platforming is fun and simple too, and sometimes there are puzzles or objectives to solve before you can progress.   Raz also gains new psychic abilities as "merit badges" and strengthens his abilities by raising his level (by collecting figments and shipping emotional baggage).  My only complaint is the bosses.  I usually know what to do, but if I don't do it as the game expects me to do it, it doesn't work and so I end up getting nowhere until I figure out what I'm doing wrong and adjust it slightly.  So yeah!  Terrific game, pick it up if you want to play something different.

What else?  Oh, I bought Resident Evil 0 on an impulse It was used and cheap.  I've only played RE4 out of all of the RE games, so it was highly disorienting.  The controls and the amount of puzzles surprised me a lot...also the shooting...and the loading...and the locked doors...and carrying inventory...and you get the point pretty much everything!  Still seems like a fun game over all.  I'll finish playing it after Psychonauts.

And before that I bought Big Brain Academy way back in June  and Polarium (it was $10 in the bargain bin...).  BBA is really fun, not really the complete packaged that Brain Age was, but I find the games in BBA are just more fun in general.  And while Brain Age only lets you record one score per day, BBA records all high scores, so you can easily end up playing a long time beat your score, or get a Platinum medal.  Still I miss the daily tracking of Brain Age.  I've played multiplayer, and it's hectic and loads of fun.  BBA is fun times all around   Polarium is also cool.  It's really bare bones, not worth full price, but for $10 it's a good enough amusement.  The challenge mode is awful, but the puzzles are fun.  You think you won't figure them out, but you do.  It's a good game to play when you're bored.