Mii and the Wii

My neighbor, Carol, has recently bought a Nintendo Wii. At first I thought the games on them would just be gimmicky and very similar to the PS2 Eyetoy. Don't get me wrong, the eyetoy has some great games, but the Wii surpasses them on every level!

My favorite game is Wii sports. The baseball games on this are totally great, and the tennis games come in a close second, in my opinion. I'm rubbish at bowling, so thats last on my list :-p
The golf is probably the hardest, and the boxing doesn't quite float my boat.

With the Wii, you also get to create your own character, or Avatar. Here is mine :-


Handsome devil, don't ya think? :-) I decided to put a hat on him, because I made him just after I came back from snowboarding, also there isn't the right level of 'hair loss' to create a the right image (Its either William Hague i.e a little hair at the side, or a full blown 'Britney Spears' There is no 'Monk chic' level of hair) Anyway, I think it captures the essence of me (or should I say Mii?)

This is Carol's Mii...


For fun, and to scare the kids off the Wii, I decided to conjour up a Michael 'Jesus Juice' Jackson Mii. Uncanny eh? :-D

There is an option on the sports game to do a fitness check every day. It puts you through your paces and then scores your fitness level. I started off with a fitness level of about 83, but now I'm down to 29 - its very addictive!

There is a Wario game, which is just weird. Wario is basically an evil Mario character on acid. You have to do lots of, frankly, bizarre tasks. I imagine you also have to do lots of drugs too to truly appreciate it.

Carol has Mario Kart too, which I haven't played yet, but it is one of my favorite Nintendo games

Well, Im off to do my fitness!