Hatsdown to Nintendo

My mom got me a Nintendo wii from Hong Kong. I will like take this opportunity to thank my Hong Kong cousins for helping me to get the console since the Nintendo Wii is not officially launched in Hong Kong yet and one really needs to know his/her way to get himself/herself a wii in Hong Kong. Anyhow, I did a quick testing on Nintendo's latest offering. Like many consoles in the past, you need to plug in a AV cable and power cable into the console before turning it on. However, for the wii, there is one more thing that you will need to plug in before you begin your wii experience and that, my friend, is the sensor remote. The sensor remote is the device that console pick up the position of the wireless wii remote controller. The unique thing about the wii remote is the is able to pick up the user's wii remote in a certain radius and hence it allows the software designers to create games that allows the user to really get involve in a game. For example, Wii sport is a game compilation of simple sports game like Tennis, Baseball, bowling, golf and boxing. In the Baseball section of Wii sport, the user can play the batter or the pitcher. While the user is playing as the batter, the user is asked to hold the wiimote like a regular baseball bat and they are asked to swing at the right time in order to send a "barry-bond" out the stadium. Anyways, this is definitely fun but tiring at the same time. However, Nintendo has really done something new this time because I am feeling kinda sick of the similar sequels that is released by many game publishers on many consoles and the pc. I hope they can look at Nintendo as an example and look at improving the gamer's experience as a priority instead of making the same old thing once more.