haven't written in this blog in like a million years. Probably because I've been playing Wii so much and not been looking at stuff on this sight! That is the whole point of this site, isn't it? To find out what the good games are and then buy them? And then play them? So, if this site does it's job, then we wouldn't be online here so much. So, thanks Gamespot! And, my Wii searches the internet, so I can just read about stuff on IGN from my Wii and not use Gamespot at all! Thanks Nintendo!

So in the past 6 months, give or take, I've played through Twighlight Princess twice.. great game. That's about it. thanks.

...and I know it's not like seeing the reall Wii, but that thing is TINY!!

The have an endcap where you can buy Wii accesories, like the controller gloves, and they also had a little metal carrying bow for the console itself.  It took me a second to realize what I was holding in my hand when I picked it up because it was so tiny!  I thought I was just holding some case to hold some games, but then I realized that it was to carry the console.  DAAANNNG!!  It's really, really small.  I mean that.  All of the pics we've probably all seen do not do it justice.  You won't believe it till you see it!

And the Wiimote is tiny too, about the size I expected.  It's really thin too.  I'll have to pick up some of those rubber sleaves eventually, to keep the thing from getting too dirty.

Good times.  Just 2 more weeks or so.  Can't wait.

The Wii launches in less than a month from now and, needless to say, I'm pretty excited.  I got my cash ready, but I don't have a pre-order or anything.. so I may not be able to get one on launch week, but probably before 2007.  Yeah, I'm thinking that if Nintendo is shipping about 4 million units before the end of the year, I should be able to find one at least somewhere.

So yeah, times a tickin' and the launch dates of the PS3 and Wii are growing ever closer.  Anticipation is almost more exciting than actually playing games sometimes.  So, it's a good time.

... It has won over my wife.  That's right!  My wife actually wants us to have a Wii.  It's amazing, I know.

For those of you who don't know her, she is not exactly the type of person you would call a "gamer".  Sure, she played the classics when she was a wii little girl  (he he), but she gave up gaming back when the Berlin Wall fell. (News Flash:  The Berlin Wall has fallen and the U.S.S.R is no more... so get out of your bomb shelter).

But!  BUUUUUTTTTTT! (excuse me) Today.  I announce...!  That I showed to her.  FOR the FIrst TIME.... duh duh DUHH!!!  Her FIRST Wii Video...  AAAAAAANNNNDDDD>..... (drumroll PLEASE...)  ...................................................................................................................................................................................................

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SHE LOVED IT!!

Ok, so maybe she wasn't jumpin' from her chair and knocking on all the neighbors doors and calling all her friends and stuff, but she SMILED!!  Whooaaa hoooooo!!!!  That says A LOT!  Serious, man.  I just about DIED!!  WOW.

Ok, joking aside (and now I'm being serious), my wife's reaction to the Wii game compilation video that I showed her strengthened my belief that the Wii is going to do really, really well.  For the whole video she was really quiet and I just let her watch, commenting myself every so often to point out something minor. ... ... but let me tell you.  When she saw Mario Galaxy, she said, "That Looks FUN!!".  I said, "It's Mario!"... she said, "yeah, that looks REALLY good!" (meaning, for the first time, she might actually want to play it!)  She's seen me play Windwaker... no such reaction.  But Mario is the man, apparently.

And, when she saw Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, that's when I knew that we had a hit on out hands!  She really, realy likes those types of games (and thought the Japanese girls were cute) and she was amazed at the technology behind the Wii controller.  The first time she saw it in the video she was like, "they can do that now!??!  That's REALLY amazing".  I told her Wario Ware was sort of like a party game, kind of like "Catch Phrase" or "Outburst" or any of those games that you play with your family.  She "got it" at that point.  I told her that this was the direction that Nintendo was going in (without neglecting the "core" gamers of course) and she seemed to be happy and understanding of that.

OK, well.  I'm totally stoked.  I'm excited that I will be able to share with my wife, in some degree, the fun that I have playing games.  It is about "we" after all, isn't it? (ahhh, how sweat..)

I also told her that we could play Dr. Mario again and she was happy about that too, but I think she's more of a Tetris fan.  I guess you can't win them all.

It's kind of got a hint of System Wars in it, but it is just a dang good read.  I feal so enlightened.

http://thewiikly.zogdog.com/article.php?article=34&ed=3

I put it on my favorites.  Wow.  This all seems to be true, what he is saying.  I knew my gut reactions were that Nintendo would do something really amazing and come out on top ever since E3 05 (even though that hasn't happened yet), but I never figured it was so.... calculated.  That was a really, really good read.  It makes me want to get an MBA and go into business or something.

Those of you who might read this and are too lazy to click the link, it talks about Nintendo's strategy going back to the DS in 2004 and how they've been influenced by two books:  Blue Ocean and ......... i forget the other.  Anyway, if you're too lazy, then stop being lazy and just do it.  Read.  Lots of great quotes from Reggie, Iwata, and Shiggy.  And the article even made the much scoffed at quote by Yamauchi (the one about "people don't want bigger games, with better graphics, involving stories, and more epicness, etc").  Now THAT QUOTE EVEN MAKES SENSE.

Trust me.  This is a must read. (especially if you're the type that likes to hang out in System Wars, which I don't.  I just like it for the incite into Nintendo's brains).

I was already planning on buying Wii Sports eventually, so basically the Wii is launching for $200.  Perfect.  I simply cannot wait for this console any more.  It's driving me nuts.  And if Zelda doesn't come out on launch day, oh well 'cause I'm going to be busy with Metroid Prime 3 anyway.  And, I'll be able to mess around with Wii sports as an alternate game.  Not to mention VC.  And Mario came wait till 2007, that's fine too.  Because after Metroid Prime 3 it's Zelda, and we all know how long most of us will be playing that game!  And after Mario, then SSBB!!!  Seriously,...

To all you winers out there:  GET OVER IT!

Alright, I'm there.  At least I have the bare minimum to get the Wii at launch if it is the highest price that it could possibly be.  This is a good thing.  It's kind of late as I write this, so I'm kind of tired-like.  Don't have much to add.

Just... yipee.. I'm getting a Wii.. you know what that means to me.. fun... it's fun... sooooooo fun... yaaaahhh.. (a little song I guess.).

So, it took a while to save up this much money.  It's not like I'm super poor or anything.  It's just that most of my earnings go into things that matter.  Ya know, like rent?  And food.  Oh yeah, food is important, believe me when I say that.

Anyway, I got a $50 Walmart card, and two $100 bills tucked away nice and neat in a safe place, just waiting to be spent on a Wii on launch day, or at least somwhere in that neighborhood.  Of course, when you add tax, I don't have enough for a Wii at the max price possible, but that's when I use my magical credit card device thing and get one anyway.

Oh, and what about games you say?  I am willing to get a Wii even if I don't have any games for it. (sound familiar?)  Yup.  Even if I don't manage to save another $50 dollars between now and launch day (November 9th), I will still get the system.  Why?  Because I will have it and I will get a new game in short order... and I will still be able to get at least a couple good ol' classics for real cheap to tie me over.  Actually, playing Super Mario World again or Street Fighter 2 would be a REAL treat man.  I'm telling ya.  Nothing like those games.

Anyway, I've expended enough energy on this most wasteful of space blog entry.  If you read all this and comment on it, then you deserve a cookie... so here it is:

This is why I want a Wii.  And I know you can find some of these games on an emulator, but I am willing to pay (it's the legal way) to be able to play these on a TV.  It just doesn't feel the same on a PC monitor with a keyboard.  This is the second most compelling reason why I want a Wii (my first being the new Metroid and Zelda).  So, without further adieu, here is my all-time list of Virtual Console must-haves.  Although, I may add some later that I might have forgotten.

Super Mario Brothers 1
SMB2
SMB3
Super Mario World
Duck Hunt
Punch Out
Contra
Super Contra
F-Zero
Mario Kart
Street Fighter II Turbo
Final Fight
Smash TV
TMNT
TMNT: The Arcade Game
TMNT III : The Manhattan Project
TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Super R-Type
Super Scope 6 (assuming it will work with the wii-zapper)
Simcity
Actraiser
Star Fox
Vice Project Doom
Super Tecmo Bowl
Captain Skyhawk
Excite Bike
California Games
Summer Games
Paper Boy
Castlevania
Top Gun
Gradius
Bad Dudes
Double Dragon
Battle Toads
River City Ransom
Metroid
Super Metroid
Zelda
Zelda: A Link to the Past
Zelda Oot
Dr. Mario
Mario 64
Super Off-Road
Bionic Commando
Super Spike V-Ball
Baseball (?)
Bonk's Adventure
Sonic (most of them)
Megaman II
Bubble Bobble
Adventures of Lolo
Dragon Warrior

...more to be added later?  Perhaps.

I just leveled up, due to my monotonous posting and checking in vain for any new Wii information.  Well, I guess it wasn't all in vain, because now I'm a "Blaster Master".  At least this may remind me to download Blaster Master on the Virtual Console, because it's an awesome game.