Comments on: Woo! Finally got a Wii.

By: Katy

Katy — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:42:30 +0000

One drawback to the Wii Play game from your point of view is that it only has two-player games, as far as I could tell when my son’s friend demoed it for us. I will look forward to future updates.

By: Fun Link Friday » Games News and Reviews » Binary Joy

Fun Link Friday » Games News and Reviews » Binary Joy — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:31:33 +0000

[...] has finally bought a Wii, and whilst not playing games is thinking about making money by selling the [...]

By: Grey Alien Games

Grey Alien Games — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:09:38 +0000

I’m still interested in an XBox 360 (mainly for the XBLA) and a PS3 just to keep up to date so may well get one later in the year. Thanks for the boxing game tip. It could go both ways, he may end up more violent towards his little brother or he may take it out on the game, who knows. I already teach Aikido to keep fit, but I guess there’s no harm in some more training

By: u2o

u2o — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:12:44 +0000

I got my son a Wii for his seventh birthday last February (2007), we only had it for at most 8 weeks before we sold it on as my son’s interest in it dropped. He was more fascinated with my Xbox 360. So, we sold it and got him an Xbox 360, which we now have two of. It’s been over a year and he is still playing it at every opportunity, its great fun when we are playing online in the same team.

Without doubt, the Wii is a great, innovative product, but unfortunately it just wasn’t for us.

BTW: Wii Sports boxing is a great way to get fit. It’s even more fun if you record someone boxing, flapping and flailing all over the place and then you overlay an audio track, such as YMCA.

By: Grey Alien Games

Grey Alien Games — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:11:44 +0000

Ah thanks, yes I do want an additional controller! (got two boys you see + there’s me of course!)

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:00:28 +0000

We don’t have a Wii ourselves, but my 7 year old has played at a friend’s house, and really enjoyed the “duck hunt” game part of Wii Play — it may be worth getting, especially if you want an additional controller anyway.

By: Grey Alien Games

Grey Alien Games — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:39:44 +0000

Thanks for the recommendations! Zelda was on my list for sure and I’ll check out the other ones too! Ideally most of the games I get should be suitable for small kids, but I can get the odd game for adults if I play it at night.

By: Karja

Karja — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:14:18 +0000

Good move! I love the Wii I bought myself for xmas (although I haven’t had time to play much until recently). I have no idea about your taste in games but I have to recommend a few:

* Zelda: Twilight Princess - just brilliant.
* Trauma Center: Second Opinion - amazingly cool operating game. I got hooked instantly.
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympics - I don’t care what the critics say; this is so much fun in multiplayer.
* Fire Emblem: Something Something - first Fire Emblem I’ve played in years and years, and I love it! Dull graphics but awesome strategy game.

By: Grey Alien Games

Grey Alien Games — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:01:04 +0000

I used to do IT consultancy and I did some work for an author and he wrote almost EVERYTHING off as an expense because he said whatever trips he went on were all for inspiration for his novels. Even though I write casual games, I can write off a shooter or RPG because I get ideas from the interface, or particle effects, or powerup system, or screen transitions etc.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:58:45 +0000

About time you caught up

I hadn’t thought of writing off gaming expenses either. I should do that - after all, I buy them for “review purposes”. Going to ask my accountant about this the next time I see her