I was gonna put "first impressions inside" but that sounds pretty lame. Anyway, went to a friend's house yesterday who got one on launch day and got to try the thing out.

First thing I noticed was how small the thing was. Nintendo wasn't kidding when they said three DVD cases. It was shiny and glossy and pretty smexy. I have to say it looks a lot better in the vertical position than horizontal, 'cause the stand makes it have that sleek slope and everything. The blue light you always see in commercials and pics isn't always on, though. Only when you put in a game or have some update/message waiting for you.

The Wii remote is also really tiny. All the pictures make it look huge, but the thing is so small. Luckily, it's pretty comfortable. The A button and B trigger all feel relatively good.

The nunchuk is also pretty small, but there's not much to it. It also has motion-sensing capabilities like I'm sure most of you know, and it has the analog stick, and has the C and Z buttons/triggers where your fingers go. The analog stick feels pretty good. Not sure if it's better than the GCN one, I'll have to compare them again. I did wish that the C button was a trigger like Z instead of a button. It feels a little too small and weird with Z right below it.

Anyway, tried out Wii Sports first. I never imagined a tech demo would be so fun. Tennis was awesome, and the rumble is just right in the Wii remote, as are the sounds coming from the speaker there, too. I was owning bitches in tennis pretty quickly.

Baseball is pretty fun, too. You can throw different pitches but you bat the same way all the time. Kind of basic but fun with friends.

Bowling was awesome, probably the best one there. Really the most addictive.

Golf was all right. Not all too exciting after you shoot a few holes. Seems more like a single-player thing than a party game.

Boxing has the most potential to be like the best game ever, but unfortunately the controls aren't really that responsive. If you punch too much it won't sense all the jabs you're doing, and sometimes you end up throwing different punches than what you wanted. Dodging is pretty fluid, though, as are the slow-mo effects. There's got to be some boxing game just waiting to be in the works that could really take potential of the controllers. Overall, tennis, baseball, and bowling I could definitely come back to, with golf and boxing every now and again.

I didn't really have time to browse through the Wii Channels and the Mii features, so I can't say how those were. The only game my friend had was Red Steel.

I only played five minutes, but damn are the controls hard to get used to. Not fluid like you'd expect. From what I've played, it sucks really bad, but apparently the controls take getting used to from what he said, and I've read that across reviews everywhere, so I might give it a second chance considering I only played it for like 10 minutes. The graphics are pretty good...the screenshots make them look like crap, but it's not bad at all. Still, here's hoping to Red Steel 2 having quick turns and not a huge aiming box for better and tighter controls.

Someone else came over and brought Zelda, but we had other plans and never got around to it, which was disappointing. =/

Anyway, I want a Wii now, but don't have enough cash, so I might just ask for it as a Christmas present. But I needs mah zeldas now =O

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