Wacko Jacko!

I went to my sister's place this weekend, and found that she and Howard had bought a Nintendo Wii. So I played all of the games that came with Wii Sports. While playing the baseball game, there was a "M. Jackson" who looked very much like Wacko Jacko. My sister tells me that that one of Howard's friends created this Mii.

The resemblance is astounding. What's also funny was that I scored two home runs with Wacko Jacko, and eventually won the game under mercy rules (I was up 9-1 by the end of the second inning).


Oh yeah, the Wii is very fun to play. The boxing game also gave me a good workout. My right arm is sore.

More Wii control

Here's another video demonstrating how Nintendo Wii's remote controller will supposedly work. The controller should work well with action-oriented games. However, like I stated before, a "music conductor" game would quite possibly be the most boring game in the world. Other things I saw in this clip that I don't think will be fun to play:

• Chopping food and cooking -- Um, no. It's not like you actually learn how to actually chop things really fast. If you really want to cook, just step into your kitechen.
• Dentistry -- WTF? How is that fun?
• Swatting flies -- Why would you want to "play" something on a simluation for what would be a chore in real life?

Other concerns:

• Driving games -- Who drives with a stick as a steering wheel? Either use a wheel, or a standard controller. None of this "pretend-this-stick-is-a-wheel" crap.
• Control using a motion sensor could be finicky. One false flick of your wrist, and your character jumps off a cliff...
  

Other than those, things should be cool. The controller should be great for most sports games, which is probably why Nintendo plans on releasing the system with a sports compilation game. I also imagine that the nunchuk control would make the system good for first-person shooters, solving the problem of console controllers not being on par with the mouse/keyboard combination PC users have thus enjoyed with such games.