The Public's First Look at Wii 282
isaacklinger writes "Time Magazine reports how it feels to play with the Wii. Overall it's a very enthusiastic review." From the Gamespot coverage: "Grossman traveled to Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto, Japan, and was shown the Wii by legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. The reporter was especially impressed with the Wii's controller. 'It's part laser pointer and part motion sensor, so it knows where you're aiming it, when and how fast you move it and how far it is from the TV screen ... There's a strong whiff of voodoo about it.'" Update: 05/08 16:50 GMT by Z : Ran into a registration screen when I tried for the original article, but eldavojohn had more luck than I. The original Time article is available for reading.
-1 Obvious Joke (Score:5, Funny)
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The jokes practically write themselves
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Wii and violence (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Controller Life (Score:4, Funny)
1)Upset gamers throwing it against the wall
Do the PS3 and XBox360 controllers have some kind of anti-throwing technology that prevents the same thing from happening to them?
2) old people trying to use it as a remote, getting upset and shaking it
Someone would have to have some serious rage issues to physically damage a device, through nothing more than violently shaking it, simply because it's not doing what they think it should. Perhaps that person shouldn't be playing video games in the first place. (And I certainly hope they never have a baby.)
3) being left out and stepped on
Again, how is this scenario magically different from a PS3 or XBox360 controller?
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Smell? (Score:1, Funny)
No, that's just wii wii.
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Takes all sorts, I guess. Didn't realise Nintendo was going after the golden shower crowd...