8 posts tagged “wii”
I told Nick (and the internet) yesterday that this, Twenty Lines, is the best boring Tetris clone ever. However, that was before I saw Tetroid 2012, a creepy, mashed-up Tetris clone for Windows PC that's actually “intended to promote ‘experimental’ electronic music, by means of an addictive catalyst”—that is, it's a cool Tetris++ clone that has a v/a netlabel release built in. So now I'm not so sure.
Anyone else playing Amazon Customers Vote this year?
I voted for the 360. I guess that was too strategic (plus I already have a Wii), so 1,000 random Amazon customers who voted for the Wii and check back tomorrow will get one for $80. Instead I might (might!) get $60 off the 360. Which I don't think would get me to buy it.
Do you have Wii Play yet? What's your top score in Tanks/Fishing/Cow Racing?
No, I heard it was kinda lame, which is sad. Plus I haven't seen a copy anywhere I could pick it up on impulse (i.e., Frys). I don't really need the third wiimote, either, though the record shows it could come in handy occasionally with Super Swing Golf.
Yet more evidence (previously) of interface newity coming down the pipe (via Patty):
The 3D desktop specifically has been coming along for so long that it's probably DOA, though. Seems like this will grow more out of photo management (like Jeff Han's demos)—adoption will come from personal uses, and people don't have as many documents as they do photos. (I didn't realize this was also presented at TED, like multitouch. That's neat.)
The intro to this video shows it's designed for a touch screen, but doubtless you could adapt this to work with good wiimote drivers. Seeing the way you can spread a pile into a grid reminds me of the Mii Channel's whistle tool.
I went with the roommate early yesterday to stand in front of Toys're Us so he could get a DS Lite. When we got there we found to his consternation a line half the length of the building. Turns out, though, that not only were they selling DSes Sunday morning, but Wiis as well—so they had plenty of DSes to go around, while by the time the line grew to the full length of the front of the building, all the Wiis were spoken for.
I, of course, planned ahead, bringing my DS to get in a little more Phoenix Wright: Justice for All. Of course, the dude (12? 14?) in line ahead of us was all, "'Sup. What game do you have?" He had an old blue DS; he'd saved up years of gift cards for a Gamecube, but now had the opportunity to skip it and get the Wii. I found it's kind of hard to explain how little he'd want to play Phoenix Wright—lots of words and stuff, not something you can just pick up—so he showed me a bit of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (maybe I should get it; I liked Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door), and he loved Elite Beat Agents so I let him play Ouendan for a round.
He wanted to unlock me some Mario Kart levels, but after he discerned that my logo was "lame" (I had used the bunny stencil, apparently—it was quite a while ago), the gauntlet was thrown. So we played head to head a few tracks, then he schooled me at the balloon battle mode. Soon enough it was his turn to go inside, soon to be off somewhere else, having a distracted day full of prior obligations that would prevent him from playing his new Wii until last night.
Meanwhile I was off to breakfast, reminded how cool Mario Kart is. That's one of the few multiplayer plays I hadn't set up ahead of time, and one of the few fun times. Funny it took a kid in a line to remind me.
We caved and bought a Wii on eBay. We got a Wii + nunchuck + Wii sports for $325 + $25 shipping. —Ben at The Consumerist
My friend code ("Wii Number") is 5157 3437 2666 1502.
They were really getting into it:
"You can save the characters you create in the Wii remote control and carry them around"?!?!
Yeah, this machine-translated version of the Japanese introduction says:
By the way, as for this Mii, transferring to Wii remote control, it is possible to carry to the house of the friend.
and shows playing the Wii Sports games with your Mii character.
