Wii or Wii not?

Pooka · 03-18-2009, 03:36 PM

Contemplating buying a Wii... particularly to buy the Wii fit, and the music and the Scuba experience... etc... figure there is something for everyone in the family on it and I have a personal trainer in my living room that I can visit periodically throught the day as childrens allow...

Tell me your experiences... anyone had any scuccess with Wii fit?

Why should I or shouldn't I buy it.

Clodfobble · 03-18-2009, 06:39 PM

Our older kids like it. Mr. Clod injured his arm trying to beat his bowling high score. That's about all I know.

ZenGum · 03-18-2009, 07:15 PM

Tragic case of nintendonitis.

sweetwater · 03-18-2009, 09:17 PM

We have one, and I have to admit that we enjoy it. Activities are scored, and the top 10 places are displayed with the Mii and the score, so we compete against each other and ourselves. I work out at a gym, but am too klutzy to do a public aerobics class. The Wii Fit lets me work on my own game, while learning steps, in my own home. Exposure and practice with yoga has given me a genuine interest in learning more of it in RL. Wii Fit will chart progress and notice if you skip a day or two - a polite comment will be mark it. Funny but effective! I'm not a group groupie, so it works for me.

dar512 · 03-18-2009, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Tragic case of nintendonitis.

Excellent!

lumberjim · 03-18-2009, 09:32 PM

wii dont have the wii fit...but wii is vii cool

ZenGum · 03-18-2009, 10:04 PM

Wii. Otherwise your bladder will explode. This will piss you off.

Seriously, WTF were they thinking with that name?

Flint · 03-19-2009, 06:24 AM

How best to PURCHASE a Wii system? Possibly with the Fit attachment and necessary controllers as part of a package deal? Do any particular online or brick-and-mortar retailers put Wii packages on fantastic sale at various times? Your advice/experience please... . . . P.S. lol@nintendonitis

glatt · 03-19-2009, 07:28 AM

Wii got the Wii for Christmas. Came with Wii Sports. Not Fit. Don't have Fit. Can't comment on Fit other than to say wii want it. I have to say that I love regular Wii. I can play my hardest against the kids, and still not always win. When I'm in the back yard, kicking a soccer ball around with them or whatever, I have to go easy on them because they are just kids. The Wii levels the playing field and they cream me as often as I cream them. Good interactive family fun. They love it when they beat me fair and square.

Since wii all got good at Wii Sports, wii've been looking for new games to play. The strength of Wii is the motion control, so wii look for games that really use that. Most don't seem to. Most/many games are just regular video games that have also been released for Wii and you just sit on the couch pushing buttons.

Mercury Meltdown was the second Wii game we bought, and I would recommend it. You tilt the controller to tilt the virtual board on the screen and make a blob of mercury roll around and do stuff. It's fun.

jester · 03-19-2009, 08:15 AM

Wii were going to buy the Wii fit for Christmas for my older son & his girlfriend, but they were out. However, we bought some kind of adventure game with the same attributes - they love it. Of course, it sounds like a herd of animals are running thru the house once they get started.

Happy Monkey · 03-19-2009, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Wii. Otherwise your bladder will explode. This will piss you off.

You laugh, but...

Flint · 03-29-2009, 01:22 PM

Is the Wii for $249 and the Wii fit for $89 a good deal?

wolf · 03-29-2009, 01:26 PM

Get the Wii. Do it. Do it. Do it.

And Legend of Zelda: Twlight Princess, which totally rocks.

The sports things were cute, but I go over to my friend's house to work on my game of Zelda. Nearly, nearly to the end. I'm digging it.

The Wii Fit sounds awesome. I was going to the the Yourself Fitness for PS2, but never got around to it.

Flint · 03-29-2009, 01:36 PM

I love the Zelda universe. The last game I played all the way through was Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

We have a piece of fluorite with the triforce in it.

DucksNuts · 03-30-2009, 04:53 AM

I bought our wii as a package, with wii fit, wii sport and controllers.

Im still on the fence about it though, I like it, the kids prefer xbox at this stage. 4yr old isnt up to movement and button work, whereas he doesnt have any problems with xbox, 6yr old still prefers the xbox games at this stage.

03-18-2009, 03:36 PM	#1
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	Wii or Wii not? Contemplating buying a Wii... particularly to buy the Wii fit, and the music and the Scuba experience... etc... figure there is something for everyone in the family on it and I have a personal trainer in my living room that I can visit periodically throught the day as childrens allow... Tell me your experiences... anyone had any scuccess with Wii fit? Why should I or shouldn't I buy it.

03-18-2009, 06:39 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Our older kids like it. Mr. Clod injured his arm trying to beat his bowling high score. That's about all I know. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-18-2009, 07:15 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Tragic case of nintendonitis. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-18-2009, 09:17 PM	#4
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	We have one, and I have to admit that we enjoy it. Activities are scored, and the top 10 places are displayed with the Mii and the score, so we compete against each other and ourselves. I work out at a gym, but am too klutzy to do a public aerobics class. The Wii Fit lets me work on my own game, while learning steps, in my own home. Exposure and practice with yoga has given me a genuine interest in learning more of it in RL. Wii Fit will chart progress and notice if you skip a day or two - a polite comment will be mark it. Funny but effective! I'm not a group groupie, so it works for me. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

03-18-2009, 09:32 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	wii dont have the wii fit...but wii is vii cool __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-18-2009, 10:04 PM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Wii. Otherwise your bladder will explode. This will piss you off. Seriously, WTF were they thinking with that name? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-19-2009, 06:24 AM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	important question left out How best to PURCHASE a Wii system? Possibly with the Fit attachment and necessary controllers as part of a package deal? Do any particular online or brick-and-mortar retailers put Wii packages on fantastic sale at various times? Your advice/experience please... . . . P.S. lol@nintendonitis __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-19-2009, 07:28 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Wii got the Wii for Christmas. Came with Wii Sports. Not Fit. Don't have Fit. Can't comment on Fit other than to say wii want it. I have to say that I love regular Wii. I can play my hardest against the kids, and still not always win. When I'm in the back yard, kicking a soccer ball around with them or whatever, I have to go easy on them because they are just kids. The Wii levels the playing field and they cream me as often as I cream them. Good interactive family fun. They love it when they beat me fair and square. Since wii all got good at Wii Sports, wii've been looking for new games to play. The strength of Wii is the motion control, so wii look for games that really use that. Most don't seem to. Most/many games are just regular video games that have also been released for Wii and you just sit on the couch pushing buttons. Mercury Meltdown was the second Wii game we bought, and I would recommend it. You tilt the controller to tilt the virtual board on the screen and make a blob of mercury roll around and do stuff. It's fun.

03-19-2009, 08:15 AM	#10
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	Wii were going to buy the Wii fit for Christmas for my older son & his girlfriend, but they were out. However, we bought some kind of adventure game with the same attributes - they love it. Of course, it sounds like a herd of animals are running thru the house once they get started.

03-29-2009, 01:22 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Is the Wii for $249 and the Wii fit for $89 a good deal? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-29-2009, 01:26 PM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Get the Wii. Do it. Do it. Do it. And Legend of Zelda: Twlight Princess, which totally rocks. The sports things were cute, but I go over to my friend's house to work on my game of Zelda. Nearly, nearly to the end. I'm digging it. The Wii Fit sounds awesome. I was going to the the Yourself Fitness for PS2, but never got around to it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-29-2009, 01:36 PM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I love the Zelda universe. The last game I played all the way through was Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. We have a piece of fluorite with the triforce in it. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-30-2009, 04:53 AM	#15
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I bought our wii as a package, with wii fit, wii sport and controllers. Im still on the fence about it though, I like it, the kids prefer xbox at this stage. 4yr old isnt up to movement and button work, whereas he doesnt have any problems with xbox, 6yr old still prefers the xbox games at this stage.

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