SPOnG’s UK Wii First Impressions

Despite currently enjoying a level of skintness I have not experienced since college, I am getting one of these. I'll sell my cats, my ass or my much loved CD collection. I'll do whatever it takes. But I am having one of these.

Until we came up with the Post-it note fix, I was getting a bit frustrated with losing control during games, but since the Post-it has been in place - the Wii has become my favourite thing ever.

Glad your enjoying it, its currently at the level of haunting my dreams... or perhaps nightmares, the prospet of finifhing zelda in a reasonable time frame is a daunting task.



Seeing as i own one and know 5 others who do as well and none of them have complained of similar problems, im betting you got a manufacturing defect more than a design flaw. I have played the hell out of rayman and monkey ball, both of which require some furious movemnts at times, and i've not droped power once.
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how many people work for spong?

how many hits do u u get in a day?


two questions i have always wanted to know.

yeah i havent heard any loose battery problems either.

apparently you must stay within 9 feet of the sensor bar to retain accuracy too, have you got anything to report on that front?

get that cd collection backed up, dee ;)

Gits. Ultimate Gits. :)

Shame I'm currently undergoing a very similar drought of cash, otherwise I'd be on the next train to Wakefield, yo. As it happens, I'm selling old games I'm no longer playing (amounts to a respectable 20+ games and three or four consoles - I won't miss them for the Virtual Console will replace them in due course) to fund my ultimate Wii-age.

Got mine pre-ordered since October, will have most fun queuing up down Southend (or Sahhhhfend) for the midnight festivities next Thursday.

EDIT: Just looked at the photos - you really did take a snap for every second didn't you, Christ! I know the power block is pretty and all, but...

So how long do the batteries last then?

Knowing Nintendo, we should expect to get a good run from them I'd imagine...

30 hours is the official estimate.

There are already silicon skins available for the controller on Ebay. These are quite likely to completely cover the battery compartment.

I went to the Birmingham Good Food Show last Saturday and Nintendo were smart enough to have a stand there with Wii Sports, Warioware, Zelda and Wii Play playing in 4 different booths. The first Wii game I laid my hands on was Warioware, and I trounced it, I'm pleased to say. I guess those controls are as natural as I hoped.
One of the Nintendo employees dropped a remote on the floor after retrieving it from a sprog and the battery compartment slammed open spilling batteries on the floor. It was then that the rep said, without a hint of irony:

"That's one of the good things about this Wii-mote. Having the batteries come out like helps break the fall."

He seemed like a nice lad who had just happily told me he used to be a PS fanboy who had "seen the light", but as much as I wanted to believe him I kinda felt it was all just a line.

I had a go on the Wii in game on my lunch break. Can't say I was blown away although I only managed two games of tennis and the golf game looked far more entertaining. But I was entertaining and looks like it will take a while to get used to.

And game at lunch time is not the best time to be playing on the Wii with loads of people coming in looking at me swinging a wii mote about.

Quite a few people where look at the machine and taking interest going "ooooo look at that..." but not many wanted to step and have a go. With one person being offered the wii mote and saying "not in public". But there was a lot more awareness of the Wii and how the Wii Mote worked than I expected.

I guess it depends on the individual. I played it at E3 in (I guess) similar circumstances to in Game at lunchtime. I was impressed immediately.

Since then, each time it has bitten me harder, but having spent most of yesterday on it. A) I love it. B) My arms ache.



I absolutely cannot see the in-store demo as the route to market for this... loads of people in our office (the other part of the company that doesn't deal with games) were pissing themselves laughing at me playing Wii Sports tennis and boxing yesterday. Now I'm a shouty extrovert and already on my way to "Pro" standings at both games - so I wasn't bothered. But I can imagine a non-gamer giving it his/her first ever go not wanting to do it in public.

I think what will happen is that adults will go to friends houses, and the kids will be playing it, and they'll give it a go, and they'll love it.

But as the guy said.... not in public.

I definately want one, i'm fed up of Sony's BS, and the Wii looks fantastic, i'm hoping to get one in the new year, since they're pre-ordered out pretty much everywhere at the moment.

Well, having recently moved over to the states, I managed to nab a Wii last weekend (I've never queued before but the Zelda withdrawals were too great so I queued up at 6.00am!). And I have to say it's the best video game experience I've ever had.
To be honest if you pick up Wii Sports and Zelda, you will be fine till new year.

I spent saturday with some friends, playing wii sports on a huge projector, and really you can't get much more immersive. To quote the guys I was playing with "It makes all of the previous controllers seem archaic". And it really does. It's like suddenly having a controller with a hugely expanded amount of buttons, but without having to remember what does what, cos the muscle memory kicks after playing for a while and you do things without realising.

I've had no such problems with either mine or my friends controllers; however the bit where the Nunchuck connects to the wii remote looks look like it could possibly loosen over time. Dunno.

And yes, my shoulder does ache from tennis, but not the same amount as after a return to the gym after a couple of weeks away, so I wouldn't worry.

I go to the gym 2-4 times a week. But this sunday, after playing Wii most of Friday and Saturday, I ached in a way I haven't for ages. It's a bizarre mix of lunging and stretching that I don't do at the gym, and I feel good for it.

My glutes ached from bowling, my arms from boxing and tennis. It feels good.

I am certain that playing Wii, rather than PS2 is going to help me shed pounds.

I came back from the gym on friday and played Wii Sports tennis for 45 mins, but once you get to pro level the computer opponets hit those turbo powered serves almost EVERY serve! So yeah, my shoulder aches a bit from catching the returns, but you're right, I don't mind that too much cos it makes me feel good about doing a bit of extra exercise that I hadn't intended to do.

The strange thing is that on Wii Sports bowling I get the exact same achey forarm as I do with real bowling! I must be using the same bad form!