GBAtemp visits...
GBAtemp member TheStump and myself went to the Gold Coast leg of the Australia wide PlayWii tour today to sample Nintendo's first party offerings.
The PlayWii tour has just recently kicked off and offers the public a chance to play Wii Sports, Wii Play, Zelda, Excite Truck and Wario Ware Smooth Moves.
Upon arriving mid-morning we were surprised to see that Wii stations weren't busy at all. In fact the Nintendo attendants would often play the games when no one else was stepping up to play. Throughout the few hours we spend there, there was at most two people in line to play any particular game. Even the Zelda station was not busy at all and we had the pleasure to pull up a chair and play through it a few times.
This could be seen as a bad sign for the Wii in Australia but take into account the event was fairly low-key. Only a handful of people there seemed to actually be Nintendo fans, the rest were just passing people enticed by the Wiimote waving.
This was my second time playing the Wii and I can safely say that it is still a lot of fun to pick up that controller and start swinging. TheStump and I had a game of Wii Sports Tennis first up and I have to admit...I suck at it. I suffered another defeat after having lost as well at the Wii Party I went to last week. I may be bad at the game, but it's still great fun to play.
Out of the Wii Play compilation of games Billiards was the most satisfying to play; due to the brilliantly designed controls. Cow racing and tank battles were also fairly fun. However unless you're playing with friends I can imagine the Wii Play games getting old rather fast. Good thing it comes with a free Wiimote!
Although not many people were playing the Wii, quite a few were standing around watching. I heard people around me asking how the controller worked as they were genuinely surprised that you could play video games by swinging a controller. Nintendo's plan seemed to be working as there weren't just kids having a go of the console, people of all ages came to take a peek.
I've covered my impressions of most of the games on show last week
here, but if you have any questions about any game or the tour feel free to ask in this thread.
(the 'busy' Wii tour)