Weekly Geek Thanksgiving Wii Wrapup
There are reports all over the internets of super fun times had by families and friends with the Nintendo Wii during this Thanksgiving holiday. Here at Weekly Geek Headquarters we too experienced this phenomenon called "fun" as we all gathered to celebrate one more year of me not dying. In this picture you can see The Geek, White Mage, me and Caspian milking a cow in Rayman Raving Rabbids. Lots of grunting and ARRRGH-ing and laughing happened. Rayman is crazy fun multiplayer, though the majority of mini games tend to be hot seat style, the cow milking is played with everyone at once. It's the Wii version of the Mario Party button masher, with you literally making a cow milking motion with the Wii remote and Nunchuk as fast as you possibly can. As you can see in exhibit A: the results are clear. The Wii will make you and your friends look like idiots, but it will be the most fun you've had all week.
We then played some Wii sports, including a very long 9 holes of golf. The entire time we were standing up, having fun, laughing, eating chips, socializing with people not currently playing and accidentally smacking each other in the elbows (thanks, White Mage). Is the Wii going to be relegated to holidays and gatherings? Only to be pulled out and dusted off when friends come over, much like it's oft-ridiculed brother the Gamecube? Maybe. I believe Nintendo is capable of creating games that make the system worthwhile year-round, but at this point there is still the possibility of Gamecubeitis, where every three months or so a new great game is released, we play it for a month and then wait for the next one. As far as party systems go, the Wii wins hands down. Even just Wii Sports is worth the price of admission. It will be hard to have people over in the future and not play Wii Sports. Fun times are being had by people. You should participate. If you don't already have one, go pick up a Wii.
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What say you?!