Freezing my Wii off
[Teagan - I know you’re only 6 but you can read and you know how to use the internet. If you’re reading this blog post before Christmas of 2007, if you don’t stop right now, you’re going to get into trouble.]
Ok, with that out the way…
I had an early start this morning and counted my blessings for having grown up with a grandfather that was a Virginia State Game Warden. He taught me how to dress for a cold morning. While others stood shivering and stomping their feet trying to stay warm, I was as toasty as could be while standing 6th in line outside of Toys-R-Us.
Jill, one of my wife’s co-workers, tipped us off yesterday that Toys-R-Us was getting a delivery of Wiis that would be available for sale this morning.
I snuck out of the house early and found a handful of extraordinarily friendly people already in line. One woman was buying the system for her husband who’d given up on getting one this Christmas. Two other women were picking them up for their kids. I was most pleased by the story of a recreational therapist though - she was buying one for a child, a patient, who’ll be spending this Christmas at Shelter Arms.
Me? I’m picking one up because Anitra and Teagan have been talking about getting one for a while.
Although we love our Xbox 360 and play a number of family-friendly titles together like Viva Pinata, Carcassone, and Beautiful Katamari, the number of kid-friendly games are pretty limited. What’s more, many of the children’s games on the Xbox 360 either suffer from terrible control mapping, making things way too complicated for kids, or are just flat out unengaging and not fun (Meet the Robinsons, Ratatouille, and The Bee Movie Game come to mind).
Because Wii would like to play as a family, we decided to become a multi-console household. Of course, we made that decision at the same time everyone else in the world decided to buy a Wii, which made finding one a little complicated.
Mission accomplished.
just wait until after the kids go to bed and watch yourself trying to perfect your tennis serve
December 21, 2007 at 03:12 PMTripp Fenderson
My wife and I get pretty competetive when it comes to some of the games on the Xbox. I imagine that it’s about to get worse.
December 21, 2007 at 03:35 PMWelcome to the Wiination. Have fun and don’t put an eye out.
December 21, 2007 at 05:48 PMTripp Fenderson
Anitra and I were playing some games on the Xbox last night and started wondering out loud…
“Maybe we should test the Wii before we give it to Teagan. You know, to make sure it works.”
“Yeah - we should probably get a handle on the set up process too - so that when she wants to play on Christmas morning, getting her up and running will take no time at all.”
We didn’t. We left it in the box but our willpower is slipping already. I hope we make it through the weekend.
How sad is that?
December 22, 2007 at 08:07 AMWhat?? You don’t give a kid a bicycle still in the box. You put it together, grease the chain, shine it up. Same thing with the Wii.
December 24, 2007 at 05:10 PMI kept telling Becky we needed to test ours too, but she didn’t bite. The result of which is, I can barely lift my arms this morning after playing Wii sports into the early morning hours last night.
December 26, 2007 at 08:44 AMHaha I remember when they first came out! That was nuts! I myself bought it a little later and didn’t have to wait. But I do agree that you should set it up! =)
February 05, 2008 at 11:52 PMAwesome...being warm while others is cold leaves me with a warm fuzzy feeling (pun intended)
. My nephew just got a Wii and we all were playing it Christmas day...I can’t get a hang of the bowling yet lol, but its truly a great family console like you stated.
February 07, 2008 at 03:05 PM