Diary of A Sane Man

Sometimes I lament the fact that I bought a Wii instead of an XBOX 360. It actually pains me that there will be a GTA game that I *wont* be able to play. I hate second guessing myself, but it’s what I do. [Le sigh] But every time I start to really think I made the wrong decision about it the Wii proves that I made the right decision.

The Wii is a great system. The games I own are a lot of fun and the controller is a work of art; it is so good, in fact, that I can’t bring myself to play my PS2 or Gamecube games because the controllers feel “wrong”. But where the Wii really shines is when you have company over and conversation is either winding down or needs some spicing up. Just last weekend my grandparents, sister, and parents came to town for my brother’s graduation from SUNY Albany (lucky git) with plans to go eat at some ritzy Italian joint afterwards. The problem was that the reservations to eat were at 8 or 8:30 (I forget which) and the graduation ended around 4:30 or something like that. Everyone came back to me and my girlfriend’s pad to kill time and wait for 8 to roll around, but it was a dreary day and everyone was tired and thus conversation was a bit strained.

Enter the Wii.

My grandfather is BIG into golfing. My father enjoys it but isn’t as hardcore about it. I knew I could get them playing if I just showed them golf on the Wii. “Hey guys, wanna see something cooooool?” I asked. They looked skeptical and bored at my inquiry. I asked if anyone wanted to play and they all said no. I told my grandfather he was playing with me and that was that. It was then that I thanks the Video Game God for the Wii. As my grandfather and I played golf the whole family got into it, hooting and clapping as he waved the Wii-mote around like golf-ninjas. We then moved on to bowling, but this time there was no shortage of volunteers. My family was all about the Wii. What was a room full of semi-bored, luckluster conversation had become a party. Seven people yelling, cheering, and laughing as four people bowled off against one another. It was great. Nintendo made a brilliant move with the Wii. If I tried showing them the XBOX 360 or the PS3 they would have yawned and been like, [deadpan] “Yea your games are nice. Um… back to adult talk.” But the Wii is first and foremost an entertainment system for all ages.

Forget the 360 or PS3. The Wii is awesome.

-=Grim=-

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