Sunday, April 8, 2007

Bunnies and eggs, oh my!
So it's Easter. I'm currently eating chocolate bunnies and coffee. It's the breakfast of champions, yo.

Yesterday, I finally got to play the Wii. It was at my friend Erin's house. Along with her brother (who proved to be one of the more enjoyable younger siblings to have around), we played Wii Sports and Zelda: Twilight Princess...sort of.

DIAGONSTICS TIME!

Controllers: The Wiimote was solid in your hand and comfortable to use. The speaker made noises sound rather strange, though, and the nunchuck felt like the cheapest piece of plastic ever.

Miis: This was amusing. Making a Katana Mii was fun, if a little frustrating. XD; This is where I got my experience with the Wiimote, and I proved to be surprisingly proficient with it. The main qualm came with me trying to decide what hair to put on, since I got it cut short for my Haruhi cosplay. >>;

Response: Either spot on or just terrible. There'd be times where the controller was pointing right at the screen, but your cursor wasn't there. Playing golf and tennis brought out the best-worst scenario, where waving your arm made your Mii do a twitch but nothing more. When it did work, it worked well, but that's about it.

GAME TIME!
(All opinions are given in multiplayer mode, with either two or three players.)

Bowling: Certainly the most fun of the five games. Holding down the B button and releasing at the right time can be a bit frustrating, especially if the Wiimote decides not to respond. But man is it hilarious to see the bowling ball go back into your crowd of Miis. XD Even if you can't bowl in real life, you'll do fine here.

Baseball: Is really annoying. Being the pitcher is by far the easiest job. Batting is hardly ever fruitful (at least in our case), where most of our hits turning to fowl balls. Also, when the ball hits the ground and a player scoops it up on a bounce, it's considered an out. Makes no sense.

Boxing: STAY AWAY FROM BOXING! This is an AMAZINGLY frustrating game that is just like button mashing fighters.

Golf: Really boring after a few holes. It's way too easy to slice the ball and have it fly off in a random direction. Yet, it is kinda fun in the beginning. It's not a total loss, but more of a time killer.

Tennis: Unlike Erin and her brother, I really liked tennis and found it to be rather faithful to how real tennis works. If the ball is coming to your dominant side, you stay put and swing your arm. When it comes to your latent side, you (I, at least) cross your arm over your torso and swing. The one thing that bothered me were the cheapshots that would bounce at the very edge of your court before flying off and getting points for your opponent. Reminded me of middle school ping pong where everybody would get really pissed off.

We threw in Zelda, but only for fishing, and it was kinda "meh". I can't really say anything, but that's all I can say. >>;

I essentially threw my arm out while playing, and woke up with a killer sore in my right shoulder blade. ><

...Uh...

Happy Easter! XD;
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