So I picked up a Wii on the morning of the Australian launch. Didn't really get a chance to play until three laters, but hey, presence of social life is nothing to complain about...

Of the 5 games I was supposed to get with the preorder bundle, NFS: Carbon and Open Season were out of stock. That left me with the bundled Wii sports, Raving Rabbids (got the last copy), and most importantly, Twilight Princess.

There are a 100 other in-depth reviews if you care, so I'll keep things brief.

Wii Sports does well to showcase the wii's capabilities, and is good with a crowd. So is Rayman, it will need a crowd who is not too reserved about doing silly motions.

Twilight Princess has been quite impressive. I've yet to finish the first dungeon, but the impression I'm getting is that it's a like Ocarina of Time, but with a hell a lot more polish, and none of the things that made that game an annoyance to play. Oh, and they've kept that feature from wind waker, where Link will turn his head and look at clues and interesting things.

The graphics are impressive, and the control scheme is very intuitive. Nice thing about the wiimote/nunchunk combo is that you can sprawl on a bean bag in a very relaxed position. No more stiff shoulders from sitting up clutching a controller. The Nunchuk's analog stick works really well. Slashing with the wiimote does not get tiring. Aiming ranged weapons is a simply point (and maybe lock) and shoot. You can press 'A' to advance _all_ dialog, an major peeve I had with Ocarina.

Oh, and to those who whinge about the lack of voiceovers for the conversation, go play Tales of Symphonia. You'll probably never want to play an RPG with voiceovers again.


I'm looking forward to getting this hooked up to the 'net. But I don't really have any games that are online multiplayer, so no hurry.

It'll be interesting to see more DS titles that can talk to the Wii as well.