Nintendo Wii Fanboy

playing the Wii would require that it works. After buying one from Circuit City a couple of months ago (and verifying that it worked), it refused to work on Christmas morning.

It looks like it powers up (green light, blue light around disc slot) but you can't insert a disc and the fan isn't spinning.

Amazing how these things can break just by sitting on a shelf.

If anyone reads this and has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.

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Why isn't there an option that says "No, it's my Wii and there is no chance that my family will get its hands on it" ?

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I spent this morning playing some good games of Mario & Sonic Olympics with my siblings. 'Twas great fun. :)

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Wii Sports, turns at Mario Galaxy, and Rock Band are in the works.

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a cousin brought the wii over, the whole family is gathering around, young and old, waiting their turn at wii sports

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Guitar Hero 3, Zack and Wiki, Lego Star Wars, Mario and Sonic, and planning on Galaxy.

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Got the sister Rayman Raving Rabbids and we've had a ball playing that one. My mom, brother, sister and I all gathered around the tv and played it. Got my mom thinking of getting a wii herself in order to work out.

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I had an exciting Christmas Eve at my mom's side of the families party. They played dogs2 and Big Brain. Needless to say, they need new games. BTW Big Brain Academy is a good way to finally realize how dense your friends and family are lol.

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I got Link's Crossbow Training and the Zapper this morning
Various members of my family spent most of the day playing it.

My Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle, and two (girl) teen cousins all had fun playing it (as well as myself, of course). I really doubt any of them would've enjoyed it nearly as much if it wasn't for the Zapper. I'm not even sure they would've bothered trying it in the first place if it wasn't for the Zapper's appeal.

Surprising my Grandfather did very well playing it and actually spent the most time playing it. In fact, he has actually played it more than I have at this point. He didn't want to give it up!

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option F, i didn't feel like tearing it down, bringing it to my aunt's house, setting it up, tearing it down, bringing it back home, and setting it up again.

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today was a mix of wii sports, guitar hero 3 and the newly aquired jenga and the simpsons game

i play wii with my family almost every sunday, we play resident evil umbrella chronicles and mario and sonic at the olympic games alot also, just not this time.

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My son has been playing Super Mario Galaxy all morning, I'm waiting for him to get bored so I can give Ghost Squad a go, doubt that will happen soon!

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my family were addicted to my wii back when i first got it last year, but the novelty has kinda worn off and none of them can be bothered with it now. Unlike me they have social lives and would rather go out drinking than play games.

Their loss!

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as some have previously stated. I'm traveling and didn't take it with me....though I did get three new games for X-mas. HP, PM, and Lego SW.

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The in-laws are savvy enough to have bought a Wii last year - but they have hardly any games, and the Wii is mostly for the grandkids to play. We bought Grandma "Dancing with the Stars" and popped it in for some post holiday meal activity.

After some good-natured cajoling we had three couples playing. All the guys are gamers, but the wives are not. But the wives enjoyed DwtS. It took everyone a dance or two to figure what to do ("What button do I press?" "What's the locomotion?"), but then we were all progressing along nicely.

The wives quickly tired of playing and retreated to the kitchen for gossiping. One guy and his young teen daughter kept playing. She really enjoyed the game and they played for probably an hour, getting several 10s and unlocking several levels.

While the game is definitely not for hard-core MP3 & Zelda devotees. It looks to be a big hit as a casual party game that is appealing to female non-gamers, and can get a group of people laughing at each other. As one of the guys put it: "It's like Guitar Hero, only gayer."


We bought my 4 year old daughter the Disney Princess game. While she's still too young to play on her own, she loves to watch my wife or I play, and she can wield the magic wand a bit. The game is relatively simplistic, but it has the PRINCESSSES!!! So it is a big hit with the little girl. I treat it as a good way to spend time with the kidd-o, and a good rest-time option of something other than throwing in a DVD.


Finally, two of us snuck out of the party and went to play GHIII at a guy's house who got a Wii for Christmas. Fun times. When his wife and kids got home from the party, his 8 year old daughter wanted to play. I had him shift into Easy Practice mode at Slow speed. While she didn't hit many notes, she did enjoy playing, and got to participate. This really impressed me - GHIII is able to be played by people of wildly varying skill-levels.

So that's my Wii Christmas story. For me, the Wii really shined at what I bought it for - a console the family and friends can gather around for an evening of entertainment.

- Jasen.

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We had Christmas at the in-laws and I didn't bother bringing it because it would be too much work. I did find the NES they had in the back room and after stealing the AV cables from the VCR I hooked it up. We played some Duck Hunt (did you know you can control the duck with the controller?!) and some Super Mario Bros. I put in mike Tyson's Punch Out and played a little but my wife made me turn it off so we could go home. I guess I should buy it on the virtual console.

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Brought it to the in-laws only to find that they had gotten a PS3. The college-age crowd was playing it for about a half hour with nobody really sure how to play some of the games. I then brought out the Wii and soon EVERYONE was playing including 90 year old Oma. It was funny to see the 50-something old adults cheering louder than kids would, although the entire place did erupt when Oma bowled a strike. Not bad considering the left hand was holding onto her walker and the right hand did the swinging!

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I'll take "Played it constantly last year, but Rock Band stole the show this time around."

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