Ok I got my Wii through the post today, even tho it is for christmas day/birthday I had an hours play. Still.. anyhoo.
Outta the box:
The wii is extreamly small, even though I did expect it to be small it is much smaller in real life. The "Wiimote" and "Nunchuck" addon are also very small, but this allows them to fit into your hand with easy and hopefully giving you abit more needed grip (or not causing some mighty fine WiiDamage.com).
Wii Sports is free with the consol, which is a nice suprise to be given a game to play straight away
Theres also the boring cables and power supply (which is around 1/3 the mass of the consol, but nowhere near as big as the 360's BEAST!)
You also get the sensor bar which is also smaller than I had anticipated being no longer than 30cm (12inches).. I didnt measure it but its not longer than that.
Turning it on:
The first time you turn on the Wii (besides being enchanted by the blue lights around the auto loading DVD drive) you are sent through a quick setup wizard; time, date, consol nickname.. the usual.
Once you turn it on and get the cursor on screen everything feels smooth and fresh, the little rumble when you mouseover a link is pretty sweet too.
I only had a quick blast at Wii Sports
(Bowling, Boxing, Tennis, Baseball, Golf)
All the controls are extreamly easy to pick up and play, nothing difficult (except the timing on baseball) It does feel alittle strange but I noticed the more you do it how you would actually do it (or as much as you possibly can) with the Wiimote the better it is.
Bowling:
This is pretty good, quite alot like real life without the brused toes. It took me around 5 attempts to get used to bowling like this and it was fun.. but im not sure for how long.
Boxing:
This was my second favorite part of the game, it's quite good exercise (as much as a computer game can be without being lame) and its really fun punching someone in the face without having to feel any pain
Tennis:
Didnt actually play :/ just realised haha
Baseball:
This was my favotire part, possibly because I like baseball and never get to play it because its not really a UK sport haha but its not too easy either. It's all about timing and actually trying to hit it in a good direction. As when you do hit it, and it feels good it usualy ends up being caught by a fielder, but neverthe less it was great fun.
Golf:
This one probly took the most getting used to, After I realised how to actually hit the ball and not have practise shots (which I now just realised that the bar on the side is the distance you have to hit it, and it would be a good idea to have a practise shot to see how much you have to hit it :/) ok, well that changed my mind about it, it seems slightly easier thinking back but still not the easiest.
Overall the graphics arn't great, but the comic look of the characters kinda makes up for this.
IMO the Wii is the truly first consol which has pushed gaming past the controler, its allowing you to do the things you wanted to do as a kid (running around with a stick for a sword, chopping the heads off goblins (flowers)) The graphics may not be up to the other new-gen consols like the X360 and PS3 but it doesnt matter, I feel once I am into a game I hardly notice the graphics.. tho they help sometimes its usualy about gameplay and from my first impression the Wii will have great gameplay.. If they can keep thinking of new idea, else we might end up having many games basicly the same.
