Thoughts Of Your Future Dictator

Waking up at 7:40 AM Sunday and sitting outside Target before they opened at 8 was well worth it, as I’ve finally acquired a Wii. There were people there since 6:15 in the morning and I was about 10 or 12th in line. I only got the Wii at Target, they didn’t have controllers or component cables when it was my turn to checkout. I’ve had three nunchuks since I happened to come across them at a Walmart during one of my previous Wii searches. I ended up finding plenty of controllers and the component cables at a Best Buy. One of the sale guys noted that for $10 more than a controller, I could get WiiPlay (which includes a controller)… an easy sell obviously.

I’ve got Wii Sports (comes with the Wii), Zelda, and Wii Play at this point, and so far I enjoy Wii Sports the most. I’m still in the tutorialish town adventure thing in Zelda, but I do like it. I haven’t played my Wii a whole lot though, when I got back to Tech Sunday I dropped my stuff and then headed off to a group meeting which lasted until about midnight. I got back and set things up, and I played 4 minutes according the the Message Board on the Wii. The graphics aren’t remotely as good as my XBox 360 games, but the gameplay is interesting and the interface is fun. I also like that the games are still $50, instead of the $60 games for the 360 (or PS3). I’m also glad I didn’t have to shell out $400 (360 Premium) or $600 (PS3) for the console. The lack of high def is a downer, but 480p doesn’t look bad on my TV. I think I’ll get WarioWare at some point, not now though, that’s enough money at once (everything total is still less than a PS3 though). Overall I’m very happy with the Wii.