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  • toasty
    Sir Toastiness
    • Jun 2004
    • 6585

    Getting a Wii

    My wife, who hates video games with a passion, has decided that she loves the Wii and has to have one. Far be it for me to complain. Not the edgiest games in the world, but I played one at a bar a week or so ago, and I have to say, it was a hell of a lot of fun. Wii + wine = a really great time.

    Took some doing, but finally managed to track one down on craigslist for not too much over retail. It's amazing to me that, a year after release, they are still in such high demand that people can ask for and get such a premium for them. I tried buying one in a store, and that proved to be an exercise in futility. I called an EB Games, and they told me they were expecting a large shipment any moment. I work down the street and it was basically lunchtime, so I went on over to grab one. No more than 20 minutes later, I arrive and they tell me, yeah, they had them, but they were already sold out. Crazy stuff...

    Any of you wii owners have any game recommendations that are wife-friendly? I've finally got her to embrace a video game system, so I can't follow that up with Madden or something. Gotta stick with pick-up and play sorts of games that rely heavily upon the motion sensing of the wii remote...
  • res0nat0r
    Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
    • May 2006
    • 14475

    #2
    Re: Getting a Wii

    I think that Rayman Raving Rabbids is cute and pretty fun:
    Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies are off wandering through an enchanted forest when they discover a mysterious tent filled with a series of captivating paintings. As they look more closely, they notice each painting seems to tell the story of a mythical world. While focusing on a painting that shows a medieval land, they are suddenly sucked into the painting, entering the world, and the adventure begins. The gang must run, jump and fight their way through each world to save the day and discover the secrets of every legendary painting.

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    • FlashLight
      Addiction started
      • Jun 2004
      • 477

      #3
      Re: Getting a Wii

      i think that playing as a doctor might be fun
      Trauma Center: New Blood,

      but rayman is definitely a ton of fun, i played it on the PC and it was fun, cant even imagine what could be with wii.

      My g/f told me last week that she is thinks that we should buy a wii, whats happening with these women?
      I take Viagra and Prozac together. If I can't get it up, I don't care.

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      • Jenks
        I'm kind of a big deal.
        • Jun 2004
        • 10250

        #4
        Re: Getting a Wii

        wii sports ftw.

        christy and i have toyed with the idea of getting one as well for cheap drunken partytime fun. lemme know when you get yours set up toasty, gotta check it out.

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        • tiddles
          Encryption, Jr.
          • Jun 2004
          • 6861

          #5
          Re: Getting a Wii

          wario ware!

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          • toasty
            Sir Toastiness
            • Jun 2004
            • 6585

            #6
            Re: Getting a Wii

            Originally posted by Jenks
            wii sports ftw.
            ftw = for the wife?

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            • toasty
              Sir Toastiness
              • Jun 2004
              • 6585

              #7
              Re: Getting a Wii

              btw, for those of you keeping score at home, ended up picking up the following wife-friendly games yesterday:

              Wii Play (to get the extra controller)
              Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
              Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
              Sonic and the Secret Rings

              Almost got Rayman, too, but decided I didn't want to blow my wad right out of the gate. Will be picking up RE4 for myself here shortly to get in the proper mindset for the Halloween season, though.

              Picking it up at lunch, hooking it up this evening. Very excited!

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              • shosh
                Banned
                • Jun 2004
                • 4668

                #8
                Re: Getting a Wii

                my wife wanted a damn wii too and after we got one she had to get rayman. she got hooked on it and played it until she finished it. now shes hooked on trauma center.
                i play madden on it and i like it for that. other than that its fun to play sports for party games and shit

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                • res0nat0r
                  Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
                  • May 2006
                  • 14475

                  #9
                  Re: Getting a Wii

                  super paper mario looks fun, i havent played it yet though. cant wait for mario galaxy. wooooo...

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                  • srbbnd
                    Platinum Poster
                    • Jul 2005
                    • 1088

                    #10
                    Re: Getting a Wii

                    DDR for the Wii
                    www.bestfilmsofthe20thcentury.com/

                    www.forwardthinkingproduction.com/

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                    • toasty
                      Sir Toastiness
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 6585

                      #11
                      Re: Getting a Wii

                      Wii = huge hit @ Casa de Toasty

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                      • beanzncheez
                        Banned
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 4442

                        #12
                        Re: Getting a Wii

                        My kids are interested in one and I was going to go buy one but the mother-in-law said she wants to get the kids one so she said she'll hook us up with the game system, extras and at least ten games so I'm not complaining. I see these all of the time available at Fry's and Costco. Don't know why they're selling out everywhere else.

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                        • toasty
                          Sir Toastiness
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 6585

                          #13
                          Re: Getting a Wii

                          I saw them a decent amount over the summer, but now that it's starting to get to the point where people are shopping for Xmas, they seem to be back in short supply, I think. Oh well, what do I care, I've got mine.

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                          • beanzncheez
                            Banned
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 4442

                            #14
                            Re: Getting a Wii

                            Our luck she'll go buy it way too late and then I have to tell her yet again, "Told you so."
                            Women. Jesus.

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                            • toasty
                              Sir Toastiness
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 6585

                              #15
                              Re: Getting a Wii

                              You should alert her that if she sees one, she ought to snap it up. Check this out:

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