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Wii Warm Up: Karting

Posted Apr 27th 2008 10:30AM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

Okay, so it's here -- Mario Kart Wii's North American launch day, that is.

Who's getting it (or got it already)? What are your initial impressions? Have you played online?

And, folks in Europe and Japan (and even Australia!), have you noticed a difference in online play? Has it been lagging more since North American players joined that fray, or are things still smooth? Have you been schooling a lot of Mario Kart Wii "noobs" in races and battles?

Wii get, part deux: Because launch day was about more than consumerism

Posted Nov 20th 2007 12:45PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: News

When Alisha asked for "Wii get" stories from the Joystiq network staff, I wanted to tell mine. Most of my friends don't love video games with the same intensity that all of us do, so I never bothered to share the experience with them. Sure, they would listen if I did, and might even find certain parts amusing. There would really be no point to it all, though, because they just wouldn't get it.

While reading over all your stories yesterday and taking part in your memories, I felt the joy of the Wii's launch day bubbling inside me again, a whole year later. I decided to tell my story as well, only it turned into an epic tale of not only launch day, but my thoughts and fears before and immediately after I got my Wii. So, with that said, I humbly present to you my Wii get story. I hope that you enjoy it, but even more than that, I hope it's something you can relate to.

As the Wii's hype grew and grew in the months before its release, I knew that I had to have one on launch day. Gone were the days where I could sit back, relax, and wait for my birthday or Christmas to come while my parents dealt with the hysteria of finding a console to spoil me with. This time, it would be all up to me.

Continue reading Wii get, part deux: Because launch day was about more than consumerism

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