Wii Wished You a Merry Christmas

I have heard that the Wii is highly addictive (as opposed to simple addiction). Have you noticed that you are spending increasing amounts of time on the Wii?

 

Don't worry, this too shall pass.

We got one back in July, and I was hooked on it for many months, particularly the Wii Fit balance games. But in the end, I'm more addicted to PC than I am to the Wii.

 

Mario Cart is a fun game, and my teenage daughter got Wii Sims Kingdom this Christmas and is enjoying that. I find Wii Fit to be a bit too nagging, but my wife likes it!

I've found, having had a Wii for over a year, that it's much like any new toy, we played it a lot in the first two months and then usage backed off a bit, although the 13-year old of the house still uses it pretty much every day.

Jim

 

Turn up the volume!

I have had a wii for a while and its great! Its just there are so few games that really shine on the wii. I keep going back to tennis and bowling and sometimes wii fit.

 

My neighbour got a Wii for their, um kids, they were doing the bowling. Dad was diligent to make sure the kids used the safety strap on their turns, early in the game it was dad's turn, he takes the control, throws the ball down the lane, and the control into the LCD screen on their TV.

 

I lost about 10lbs using wii fit but have since stopped using it. Not because its boring but I just don't have the time. I would like to lose 10 more pounds. I really need to set aside some more time to work out.

 

Similar statements (feeling guilty) have issued forth from other addicts (cigarette, alcohol and drug addicts uniformly get to a place where they feel guilty about the addiction) in the past, but the really committed addicts keep coming back for more. The question will be whether you keep coming back for more.

 

I recently started using Wii Fit, too; so far only lost about a pound, however I'm finishing up the Christmas goodies I got which usually results in a couple pound gain.

 

i adored the legend of zelda game for the wii. so much fun- that may have been the coolest use of the controller setup i've seen yet.

we borrowed wii fit from a friend, and i found it a little too easy. the novelty was cool, but i used it for one night and was ready to return it.

 

$400 would go far towards a gym membership. It's $300 just for the Wii and then another $100+ for the fit add on. I think I'll pass. I was never much for video or computer games anyway.

 

I keep thinking that the updated version with higher-rez graphics and more predictable actions is right around the corner. The interactive concept is awesome, and I love to see it. I'm now ready for V2, however. I agree with Evan that the graphics are just so yesterday. And so often when the thing does't respond the way you just moved, you end up thinking that you aren't quite as involved as you thought you were!

 

We also got the wii and wii-fit for Christmas. So far my daughters and I have been spending approx an hour per day on the wii-fit. Given that both are teenagers, I am finding it is one thing that we have in common and I now seem to be spending more time with them, and it is good family fun that we all enjoy. We each spend about 20 minutes, then take a break and let the next one do their 20 minutes, generally on the same exercises so we can compare our performances. If we can keep this up, we should keep the exercise up.

The girls are looking for some other games. My eldest's boyfriend works for a games retailer, when he is not designing his own, so she is asking him which ones are the best.

My only concern is that when I restart my work driven globe trotting next year, I may drop off the committed group, so will have to put my mind into using the wii-fit whenever I am at home. Certainly more entertaining that the rubbish shown on TV.

 

I have a PS3 and can surf the Internet through that. If you could do that, you wouldn't have to move from the couch to satisfy both addictions.

I bought my PS3 mostly as a blu ray player and media player, but do play games once in a while. I wish it had some of the Wii type of games with the Wii controllers. It's the usual trade-off problem: the PS3 is a much more serious computer platform and is a great blu ray player, but the Wii games have more appeal to non-hardcore gamers like me. I spend a lot more time playing OpenArena on the Internet than playing console games.

Tom

 

I got a Wii & Wii Fit for my wife and I earlier this year, and so far we have used the Wii Fit every day (at least to check in for weight/etc). My wife usually does some exercising (15-30 minutes) each day and has lost ~10 pounds. I do lots of exercise outside but still manage to get 30 minutes or so several days a week.

We like the mix of balance, strength, and aerobics - the Rhythm Boxing gives you quite a workout if you really get into it!

There are other exercise games for the Wii, there's one by Jillian Michaels which does use the balance board, but the new "My Fitness Coach" doesn't, both of those are more like an exercise program where you don't have to stop after each individual exercise and navigate the menus to pick your next activity.