I remember how happy I was that I was able to pre-order a Wii back in October of 2006 and I was playing it the day after the launch! I was one of the lucky ones who were able to get one right away. Immediately, I bought at least 4 of the launch games. I played Excite truck forever..Wii Sports was a family time practice.

Flash forward 2 years.... I have 37 Wii Titles sitting on the shelf. No one is using the Wii Fit. The kids are in the other room playing the DS and the PS2.

I am playing Xbox 360 and PS3..earning achievement awards and downloading new levels on previously completed games.

What happened to the Amazing Wii Console that shook the industry and my Family?

Several factors are responsible.

1) No matter what you think, part of what makes a game amazing is the "Eye Candy". I saw some of the Titles that were coming out for the Xbox and PS3 and started to become envious. I wanted to see cool graphics! Come on, what can the new gen offer me in the way of eye candy ?? Wii is still stuck in the Game Cube era....There, I said it ...its true. Yes, it has more power than a game cube, but it lacks the teeth of the Next Gen Powerhouses.

2) Wii Elbow. Wii is a lot of fun! Swinging the remote like a sword, fishing, beating a drum or boxing. How long can you play? How long before it starts to seem like,,, Gee it would be easier if I just had a controller? Some Games are better in Wii style..Especially shooting games. But , Games to me are relaxation. ITs a take your mind off work and kick your feet up kind of thing...not, I am ready to workout!

Also, there are many games that still have not mastered the Wii controls...so they come out very unnatural, if not unusable.

3) Wii Junk- Wii games that are just totally Junk...never should have been released at all because they are the worst of the worst. I have not seen so many bad eggs released for a single console ever! There are great games still out there ...but you have to be selective and watch what you buy!

5) Stuck in the family room! The Wii needs a lot of space so that you can move around with the remote and chuck..sometimes you can get away with small motions, but other times it requires some open spaces. This makes the Wii the lease mobile of the Next Gen consoles. I like to play in my office ...having to go to the family room and play is just too limiting.

6) The big Wii Limitation - Memory....Why...Why in this day and age would you design a system with only 512mb of memory? I can't download from the Wii Store anymore, until I remove some of the games from the Console to my SD card. So why is this a problem if I can just simply move it? Because this console is a next gen console thats why...it was not put out in 1996 it was put out in 2006! I should not have to be playing with moving stuff in and out of memory..My PS3 and Xbox have built in Hard Drives...I understand that you want to keep the cost down, but you could have designed for the possible Add-ons right?

I am playing Tales of Vesperia and I thought I was doing quite well! I was level 43 and ready for the boss "Belius"...but no matter how I tried...I could not kill the monster and its shadow. Finally, after the thrid defeate, I threw the controller down. I looked online and found that I had to target the Lamps and put them out to defeat the Shadown Belius

Well....this did not work for me either. In the midst of battle, I could not target the lamps. By this time I was ready to hang it up....my hands were getting cramps and I felt like I was missing the point of gaming ....to enjoy myself.

Along comes my Youngest daughter..."Let me try..." OK, why not, I thought.

I told her what button was the button to block and what was to strike and how to use effects. I already had the game saved , so no problem if she screws up.

Bang she light all lamps within a minute...the shadow was gone and I grabed the controller and finished up Belius.

My Daughter comment....."This was what you had trouble with? Hehehehe!"

Yes, I was owned by a ten year old!

Looks like I have not blogged for a bit. Years past fast when your not watching the clock. I am finishing up Tales of Symphonia so that I can play Tales of Vesperia...I also want to be readyt for the Symphonia II for the Wii. I think Tales of symphonia is a great game, although Collette is annoying and she has "Man Hands"(They are wicked huge)Atill I have managed to do most of the side quests and I am ready with two separate games that should result in two separate endings. (In one, Zelos was killed...in the other, I think I will have to kill Kratos.) I hope to finish this up by Halloween. I have to study for a Microsoft test next month, so no gaming. (These test seem to get harder as I get older) I look foward to December...Test free and ready to play!!

Update on Present Platforms:

PS1 (current game playing ...none)

PS2 (current game playing ...God of War)

PS3 (Gran Turismo Proluge and PAIN)

GameCube (current game playing ...Tales of Symphonia)

Wii (None)

Xbox360 (Castle Crashers...Tales of Vesperia...soon)

I bought super swing golf ...will let you know what I think later...

12/27/06

Super Swing is definately worth the 50$  The characters are interesting . It plays pretty well, although putting on the green is a pain (Everything seems to curve at the end) ..Be prepared to be frustrated, as some of the Computer Charactures that you are up against appear to be blessed by the Golf Gods

I am one of the lucky ones that got to pre-order the Wii via Amazon. I also pre-ordered a few games:

Carbon Need for Speed

Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Bltiz

DBZ Budokai 2

Still waiting for Zelda to go preorder.

Was playing Burnout 2 ...Very impressed with the crash engine....Nice play.

This is a great all around racer...and I enjoy crashing it up a little!

Gamespot give this game a 5.7...but if you look at the user scores, they are much  higher.  I read the reviews of both the Users and the Reviewer. From a purely technical aspect, the reviewers are 100% right. the game is repeatitive and is button mashing...as the original versions.

From the user aspect, Its just plain fun! You can come home from a hard day at work, pop on the cube and wreck a city...hardly any thought invovled. A game does not have to be revolutionary to be great! I have played it for about a week now...and I would have to give it a 7.5. If the controls were a little more responsive, I'd give it an 8.0.