Before I begin…a search on Galaxies brought up Galaxy Zoo, a place where astronomers need your help classifying astronomy stuff. It’s like Mahalo, but now the monkeys have black monoliths.
Push-ups? Argh! My stomach just got in knots. If there’s one thing that I have learned with the Wii, it is producing more and more games that I am not the best in the family at. I used to be able to ride my wave of experience, only being challenged occasionally by my brother (unless it’s a first-person shooter, where he reigns supreme (sUpr33m, I guess)).
But with the cool revelations at E3, I may have to gather up more courage to play around my friends. The balance board, the coolest peripheral I have seen, has a scale function in addition to a BMI calculator. Because that’s what video game players need, a program to diagram body weight and body fat.
But push-ups? My 3 year-old will school me!
There’s a soccer head-butt game, too. This is in addition to a gun holder to align your nunchuck and wiimote into a gun mold. Should be pretty cool to use on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. In the game, it seems like Samus will fight her dark side, much like Spider-Man and Venom. I learned way back when when the first Starfox was announced that sometimes cool 3D games look horrible when photographed. The Arwings looked like a bunch of triangles (which, frankly they were) and, compared to beautiful 2D pixels of Final Fantasy, why should anyone use this new 3D technology? But when you sat down to play the game, sweetness ensued.
The new Mario-Kart looks more like a Crash Racing game than one with turtle shells.You’re supposed to be able to play online. That’s what I’m looking forward to in Mario Strikers.
But a steering wheel? How many peripherals do you need? How much white plastic can a house hold? (Especially for Mac fanatics.) I’m assuming this will use the tilting of the controller like Super Paper Mario.
Zipping around from planet to planet, galaxy to galaxy, is Mario in Mario Galaxy. And, in the great tradition of raccoon tails, frog suits, and stone statues, Mario gets to dress up as a relative to Bumble Bee Man from The Simpsons (Spider-pig, Spider-pig). I’m getting more of the humor in Mario. Crazy plumber.
“Check Mii Out” sounds intriguing. You put your Miis up for a vote against the world. (Like a “Hot or Not”, but with rounder heads and more elevator music) I love the voting channel already (I went 10/10 on predicting the world’s voting trends, and then the aliens came (seriously)), but this is why I created the Booyor Mii. Online vs. offline presence. It’ll be even more interesting as the kids get older.
And the classic:
I will sit back now and stare at my screen.
Here’s a Yahoo! Exclusive video of Force Unleashed. All the extreme Force powers without any of the moral obligation. The power to bring down a Star Destroyer and strip a TIE is no match to a mind trick…I guess.
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