I've always liked gaming, but consoles have always been a sort of 'nope' for me. I never felt that the consoles where an irreplaceable thing, that you couldn't have has much fun with a good computer game. And it was mostly true. Simcity, Civilisation, Starcraft and the recent MMORPG are just a couple of title off of my head that I find more enjoyable on a computer than on a console (if they are even available).
Well... What I experienced monday changed all that...
I got to try the new Nintendo Wii.
I have heard of it and was intrigued, so when I had the opportunity to try one, I took it... I have to admit, I was surprised... very surprised.
30 sec was all it took me to understand the basic of the tennis in Wii Sports. I lost, but it was fun... a lot of clean simple fun...
The Wii-mote change the entire relation you have with the machine itself. The idea of movement instead of buttons tend to make the game feel more natural. You don't have to think about which button to hit, you act, and the character on screen follows you. It's a big step up the learning curve. A First Person shooter is the perfect example for this: you don't to explain the controls, you just point the Wii-mote at the screen, and shot!
It's so simple, my mother actually liked trying the thing this morning...And she never played any video game before...
I'm not sure I'm going to actually buy one, but I am sure to keep an eye on it...
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