After spending some time playing Wii Sports and creating dozens of Miis in my brand new Wii I decided to expand my 'Wiiniverse' by borrowing a few games. Here they are:

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And I got new impressions to share.
First of all, we can easily conclude that Wii is not a graphical powerhouse. You can state it's obvious - and it is - but playing other games put that to another level of evidence. Wii Sports can be quite simple, but it's somehow elegant - it is not only a game, it conceals a whole concept of gaming that works fine.
I'm saying that because I couldn't help paying attention to graphical issues in all games. As for Mario Party 8, it looks just a little better than Nintendo 64 parties looked before (aside the horrible, unreadable fonts for the screens titles, as if they were made with that old Microsoft Word Art); as for The Force Unleashed, the empty (and sometimes out-of-the-socket) eyes and the robotic mouth movement of the characters keep bugging me; and last, as for Wario Land, the movies are ugly.
Among these three games Wario Land is the one which makes the best use of the Wii's graphical processing power. Its cartoony sty|e runs smooth and beautifully, aside being convenient too.

All that said I must reckon that these problems scratch only the surface of the games, since a gaming experience is made not only of graphics. And I can say I'm enjoying them!
MP8 is a so-so game. It uses the everlasting formula of the series, but the mini-games take advantage of the new control system. Nothing that would surprise me - it deserves the around-6.0 scores it's been receiving.
Wario Land is a great 2D plat that put the motion sensing controls to use too. Despite some of these features feel like gimmicks, there are other pretty good ones. The overall experience is rewarding, and I'm sure I'll keep coming back for the extras of each stage.
The Force Unleashed was surprisingly good for me. I thought I would have grown tired quickly of shaking controls, but that didn't happen. The way you use the controls to finish the bosses and to fight someone strong with the Force is cool (it reminds me of Dragon's Lair for Sega-CD), and it's awesome to see what the Force can do. Physics work great when you move objects around the environment and send shockwaves to knock down enemies.

That's it for now. Soon I'll come up with the promised Miis screenshots.