Nintendo Wii Fanboy

For the next two weeks or so, we're all probably sitting around and waiting for the release of WarioWare Smooth Moves. Well, we are, but you might not be. So, in the meantime, what will you be playing this weekend to take your mind off of the wait? Or, are you to be out on the town, tearing it up in the usual 'I'm 21 or over and am therefore going to overdo it this weekend' fashion, celebrating the new year?

For us, we don't plan on doing much gaming since we have to find ourselves a new employee to join us in the Wii Fanboy dungeon and enjoy the daily tire iron beatings the Joystiq staff subjects us to. Oh, how we love the feeling of cold steel hitting us over and over again ...

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Yes, you read that correctly. We are without Wii this weekend. It is sad, we know, but such is the nature of the holidays. See, we're incredible procrastinators, so we still have to pick up Christmas gifts for our relatives. That activity is sure to eat up tonight and a majority of tomorrow, leaving us time to wrap and prepare said gifts for our travels on Sunday, where we'll be visiting relatives. And our relatives aren't all that into gaming!

So that means we can't bring our Wii (it's sad, but there won't even be a TV where we're going) and instead are packing our DS Lite in the hopes of finding somewhere quiet to get our fix. Still, not everyone is as unlucky as we are, so we assume a lot of you will be able to get your game on this weekend.

What are you playing? Perhaps you're going to tear up some mud in Excite Truck or save a few lives in Trauma Center: Second Opinion? Or will you and the family be playing some multiplayer Wii Sports? Let us know!

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Another Friday and another question must be asked: What are you playing? For us, we plan on getting tons of time in with Donkey Kong Jr. on the Virtual Console. With few desirable releases available to us this week, we're forced to get our fix with some multiplayer Wii Sports and rock the Virtual Console. We plan on doing the usual thing, gathering some friends together and having a ball with our Wii.

What about you guys? Still hung up on Zelda or do you perhaps have your teeth sunk into another title and have yet to beat it?

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Obviously, the biggest release this week is the latest adventure starring Sam Fisher. How many of you have picked up Splinter Cell: Double Agent? If no Splinter Cell, then what will you be playing instead? Maybe some more Zelda or a multiplayer jaunt through Wii Sports?

Personally, we have a great night of Wii Sports planned ourselves. Getting together with three other buddies, we plan on getting some Tennis in, as well as the group favorite that is Bowling.

It's the first time we get to ask you guys now that the Wii has released, so, what are you playing?

For many Americans, today feels a lot like Friday and, as far as our employers and government are concerned, it might as well be. With tomorrow being the day we celebrate Thanksgiving by stuffing our faces (more than usual) with turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and various delicious types of pie, we felt we'd ask what you're playing a little early. For all of our non-American readers whose country's past does not include Pilgrims and Native Americans coming together in peace, well ... be sure to rub your next exclusive holiday in our faces.

So what will it be? A little multiplayer Wii Sports with the family? Is your family interested in seeing what this Wii is all about, or is your obsession with gaming like some kind of contagious virus to them, forcing you to play Red Steel alone in the basement?