"Wii after 6 months" editorial...

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"The Joy of Simplicity" The Wii was definitely a breath of fresh air to me. opening up the box for the first time and setting up the console felt like a completely different experience from all the other consoles i've purchased. whereas their packaging is cluttered and junky with annoying cardboard folds and foam, the Wii's packaging is simple and conveniently placed in two trays. "The Joy of Simplicity" not only manifested in the packaging itself but to the console, controller and ultimately the games. The Wii would be simple by functionality and by design. Nintendo have clearly and effectively communicated that vision for the Wii product. it's this focus that was lacking with the GameCube. :"It Ain't D-Day, It's Wii-Day" I got the Wii the day it came out. iif it wasn't for that call from EBGames they were taking Wii pre-orders...i would be stuck for months without a Wii. it's because that i preordered Zelda:TP, Wii version that i was on their call list. originally i was going to get Zelda, then wait and buy the system a month or two after launch thinking that demand wouldn't be as high as the PS3, and Nintendo originally were going to ship around 1 million units at launch and many more units after, so there would be plenty to go around. that wasn't the case. the only other system i've ever preordered was when the Nintendo 64 came out, but back then i never had to wait in line like i did for the Wii. I was 4th in line, but that grew to be 15 by the time i left the store. "An Unlikely Hit" as charming as it was to see Wii Tennis in action at E3, Wii Sports wouldn't have compelled me to buy a Wii just for that game alone but Wii Sports and Zelda on the same day was enough to convince me to get a Wii sooner rather than later. what's surprising is that i was probably expecting to get bored of Wii Sports in less than a week but i ended up playing it for about 3 weeks. i played Twilight Princess for a little bit, but i didn't really start playing it until mid-December because of Wii Sports. "six months later" i don't play my Wii as fervently as i did during the winter, but i still play it the most out of all my systems. i have about 9 games: Wii Sports, Zelda, ExciteTruck, Trauma Center, Wii Play, Wario Ware, Elebits, Sonic, and Super Paper Mario. i think the Wii is off to a great start. The games are fun and different enough from the competitors, but they aren't the greatest games i've ever played. there is more improvements that need to be made with the motion controls and hopefully the visuals will keep improving and presentation could use more interactivity. These six months have gone by pretty fast. Has the hype been worth it? You bet, the hype is well deserved. Has the Wii changed my gaming habits? not really. the number of hours i spent playing games hasn't changed. i just spend more of that time on Wii. Our lives? (for the better or worse?) definitely for the better. well you know Wii makes you more fit so that can't be a bad thing