The Public's First Look at Wii

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.

Comments

-1 Obvious Joke

[rAiNsT0rm]

"Time Magazine reports how it feels to play with the Wii. Overall it's a very enthusiastic review."

Wouldn't that be....

[Anonymous Coward]

"First Look at Uss" ?

Re:A couple weeks later...

[b1t r0t]

I deal with it by calling it the "Wii-volution".

Re:A couple weeks later...

[egarff]

I deal with it by calling it the "Wii-volution".

Barbara Walters?? Is that you?

Re:A couple weeks later...

[Rude Turnip]

"...but it's sort of growing on me."

The jokes practically write themselves :)

Re:Link to Time article.

[steveo777]

The dupe will be here in a few hours. Why did you spoil it?

Wii and violence

[scolby]

So how long before Jack Thompson jumps on Wii? After all, swinging the control to fight with a sword seems like a much easier way to learn violent behavior than just pushing buttons. And just think how much more intuitive the Hot Coffe mod would've been with this thing...

Re:The Article for the Article

[apparently]

hand a dualshock to someone who hasn't played a lot of videogames and ask them to play Halo. It's incredibly awkward. You only think it's ok because you're used to it. I'm not an expert, but the awkwardness you speak of might be due to the individual trying to plug a dualshock into their X-Box.

Re:Controller Life

[cyber0ne]

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?

Ahem

[mlylecarlin]

Ahem. I believe you have made an error in this article posting. Perhaps you are referring to the Nintendo Revolution.

Smell?

[ozbird]

'There's a strong whiff of voodoo about it.'

No, that's just wii wii.

the Wii will increase sales of new TVs

[Jafafa Hots]

You sit down with your new Wii, pop in the football disc, and start to play. The game is engaging, the action fantastic, and the control exciting.

The game heats up, your palms start to sweat.

You drop back to pass... where is your receiver?!?! BLITZ!!! You're going to be sacked, where's your damned receiver?!?!?!

There he is!!!! He's open!!! NOW!!! PASS NOW!!!!

you reflexively jerk your hand forward to pass - the controller slips out of your hand, and right through the fragile glass of your new plasma screen.

Two weeks later, after replacing your TV, you decide to play some Wii tennis...

Re:A couple weeks later...

[Anonymous Coward]

So what you're saying is that the Wii just rolls off your tongue?

Takes all sorts, I guess. Didn't realise Nintendo was going after the golden shower crowd...