I've been off here for a while so knowing this is an older post, I wanted to
give you my thoughts on the Wii.
Having played my sister's Wii and my dad's, I got hooked, especially on
baseball and boxing, so I bought one. Starting the Wii is simple enough, if
you have the patience. There are seven buttons, four on top, three on the
bottom, and whenever you point at a button, the Wiimote vibrates. The game
button is in the upper left corner, so find that button and push a. That
loads the game cd--no matter which one's in. Then, since each procedure for
getting each game is different, you'll need some sighted assistance on
getting it to work. For sports, you basically press A until you hear two
tunes--the second in a slightly higher key than the first--almost like a
fanfare. Then you press a and b together and then select games. Baseball,
if I remember right, (I've only had the thing for three days now so I'm not
sure,) is the second game down on the left, and I think that bowling is
below that. I think exploring the WII and learning where things are at can
be almost as fun as actually playing the game, and it spreads your enjoyment
of the games out a bit if you have the patience for that kind of thing.
Anyway, baseball is totally accessibleonce you start. I've scored multiples
of home runs and struck out the computer player. Sighted folks are a bit
harder to play against because they learn to predict how and when you swing.
Bowling? I have gotten four strikes in a row in that game, and if you hit A
it switches ball curving on and off.
Tennis is my favorite. My sighted brother in law plays me often and I whip
him often as not.
Boxing can wear you out fast, but again it is accessible. I played my
brother in law once on that game, and beat him even though he's a blackbelt
at taiquando--haha!
Party games 1 has some good games too. I especially like Shuffleboard, and
though it helps if you can get a sighted player to help line up the shots,
it's not necessary to win, especially against the computer. Ski ball and
hoop shoot are fun too, but not as accessible as you just have to play by
trial and error until you find the right places to throw and shoot.
A game I won't recommend is neighborhood games, as I haven't found one yet
that was playable. I wish I'd have bought the musical rhythm game instead,
but my kids like the neighborhood one so I don't feel too bad about getting
it.
Ken Downey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Peterson" <b-peter...@hotmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:13 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii...
Hi all,
This is my attempt to start what will hopefully be an informative thread
for those who, like me, are considering adding the Nintendo Wii to their
collection of Mainstream game consoles. While I do understand that many of
the features of the Wii are not likely to be accessible to us, internet,
online play, that sort of thing, I am wondering if loading the console and
playing the games might not be accessible enough for us. I've heard a few
different theories on this. Some say it is and some say not. So I'm
curious. There have been a lot of games for the WII, even setting aside
the Virtual Console and the fact that Game Cube games are playable on it,
that really intrigued me, so I'm wondering if it'd be worth saving money
for. I suppose what I really ought to do is go to my local electronics or
Best Buy store, someplace like that, and try one of those in-store demos
and see for myself. And if I can talk one of my folks or a friend into
taking me I may do just that. And then of course there've been the
occasional news stories, usually on the Today Show, that seem to suggest
that playing the Wii has actually proven benefitial to some people's
health due to the fact that it actually gets them up and moving. And I
have to say that really sounds like a lot of fun. I'm actually considering
playing sports games because of the Wii, where before I could have cared
less. So I'm wondering if there are any folks on here who own or have had
a chance to play a Wii and what their thoughts are on the matter. As I
said I understand that a lot of its features may be inaccessible to many
of us but beyond that I'm still curious.
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