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Nintendo Wii - lesson learned

At our house we currently have "old" generation video game consoles - Nintendo GameCube, Sony Playstation 2, Microsoft Xbox. We have yet to purchase the latest generation consoles.

While I enjoy playing video games, the reality is that I hardly ever get around to doing it. My son is still too young to play too much, but I am slowly introducing him to some games - mostly on Nintendo GameCube (Super Mario Striker, and LEGO Start Wars II).

However, all of this talk on latest generation game console from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo has gotten me interested in upgrading our systems. The first thing you notice while looking at the latest generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony is that they are expensive! XBox 360, when you add a HD and a couple of wireless controllers, costs close to $500. Sony's new PS3 will be around $600. Nintendo's Wii console will retail for $249 with Wii Sports. On price point alone Wii sounds like a winner to me. But what has really gotten me interested on Wii is their new controller with the hand movements for game playback.

I learned yesterday that EBGames would be taking pre-orders for Wii starting this morning. Naively, I arrived to our local EBGames store at 9:58am to reserve a copy. Big mistake - apparently people had been lining up at the store since 6am. Even though it wasn't even 10am yet, the store's official opening time, the store was already sold out.

Bummer. I should have known better. Hopefully I will be able to pick up a Wii once it officially releases in November.

Cris Pierry

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Wii just got added to our christmas shopping list

It looks like we will be adding a Wii video game console to our Christmas 06 shopping list this year. While I really enjoy playing video games, time is often scarce and I rarely get time to play. This summer, in the spirit of the soccer world cup, I got my son playing Mario Striker on the Game Cube. Today, Nintendo just announced the Mario Strikers Charged game for the Wii platform with support for special moves for the Wiimote such as holding the Wii controller up to block incoming shots with your hands. This will add a new degree of fun to our game play, and from what I hear the price for the Wii platform will be right - around $170. Much easier to justify than the $600 price tag for the PS3.

Mario Striker is one of the few games that we play in our household, and to my dismay, my 6 years old son is now able to beat me on best of 3 tournaments :-( I thought it would have taken him another 6 to 8 years to be able to do that, oh how wrong I was.

Cristiano Pierry

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Quote of the week - It was an ugly performance...

"It was an ugly performance but it was what we wanted and we'll take ugly performances" David Beckham commenting on England's victory against Ecuador.

XBOX 360 - Early Christmas Present

I finally got around to ordering my xbox 360 game console.  Gamestop claims that they will ship the xbox on the official launch date of November 22, 2005.  I ended up getting the xbox 360 with the 20GB hard drive, a second wireless controller, and an initial bundle of 5 games.

Perfect Dark Collector's Edition

Project Gotham Racing 3

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Dead or Alive 4

Call of Duty 2

The other game that I may end-up getting on the launch day is Madden NFL 2006.

Now, if i only can find the time to play with the xbox when it arrives...