Have your parents played Wii?

pizzaluvr · 11-26-2006, 11:32 PM

my friends dad played it...

ronin89 · 11-27-2006, 01:36 AM

Yep, both of my parents have and they love it. My mom loves playing bowling, and my dad loves CoD3

tsowaiman · 11-27-2006, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by dalinkwent817

I was wondering if anyone's parents have played Wii. I thought it was great when my girlfriend's mom actually wanted to try Wii bowling. (She played 2 frames, and after a few mis-throws, she ended up getting 2 spares!!) She even called up one of her friends right after to talk about it! Nintendo is obviously moving in the right direction, since her mom had NO INTEREST in video games whatsoever.

I think you can convince your parents to buy one more WII for you and you guys can play online game at home.

SoloSebo · 11-27-2006, 02:32 AM

Hehhe most of my family if not everyone is a non gamer..
But i got my family to play and they had fun

everyones has a different sport they like to play

Example:
My Fiancee likes to play Baseball
My Father likes to play golf
my mother likes to play bowling
my sister tennis
and me Boxing

I start everyone off on Tennis since to me its the simplest one to play and its quite fun. I need to get more Wiimotes :0) so i can really get a party started.

Wii is something different to have my mom ( which i begged for hours and days to play the wii ) when she started playing tennis she didnt like it so much then i showed her bowling and she was getting strikes and spares like if she was a pro she moved from 0 - 300 the first shot!

Im really looking forword to other games for right now nothin intrests me besides Zelda Redsteel. eveything else looks like they do not make good use of the wiimote. i would like to get a good multiplayer game for more party like games like wii sports any sugestions??

Link_of_Hyrule · 11-27-2006, 02:36 AM

Yep everyone in my family played it and loved it even my grandparents!

tophermike · 11-27-2006, 05:50 PM

my wife and i played it together for about 5 hours the first night, then over the holiday i took it to my parents house and EVERYONE loved it. my mom was rockin the bowling and dad liked tennis. my uncles boxed and my aunt got a fitness age of 32 (not bad since she's 50). the best was when we let grandma take a shot- she tried baseball and hit 2 home runs!

Nintendo will dominate this round of console wars due to the fact that all of those people would never play video games, but just about everyone that was over last night said they will go buy one within the next 6 months.

ABC · 11-27-2006, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by specialsauce

It's funny watching people who would never have interest in video games loving the Wii.

And that's what I love so much about this damn system. Sure it has many shortcomings, but the fun and "wow" factors far exceed the faults.

King Wiired · 11-27-2006, 05:58 PM

my mum saw the advert for Wii Sports, and was like 'wow that looks good! sure me and ya Dad will be playing that!' s'all good

MetroidZ · 11-27-2006, 06:03 PM

None of my parents will be touching my Nintendo Wii. Maybe my dad because he only loves retro games i.e. 2d Mario etc. so might just get some on the VC.

Saku · 11-27-2006, 08:08 PM

My parents haven't played it but they really think it's cool. Actually, on Thanksgiving I took it (and played Zelda) to the house we had Thanksgiving and all the parents were so intrigued by it! Haha. Parents won't admit it but I think they really want to try it.

rich-69-50 · 11-27-2006, 08:18 PM

lol both of my parents are non-gamers. hated it when i played on the gamecube, although my mum likes the sound of wii...

Sillyhat · 11-27-2006, 08:39 PM

I haven't even played it yet. I've been looking for it since the day after launch in stores and haven't found anything.

Sillyhat · 11-27-2006, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tophermike

my wife and i played it together for about 5 hours the first night, then over the holiday i took it to my parents house and EVERYONE loved it. my mom was rockin the bowling and dad liked tennis. my uncles boxed and my aunt got a fitness age of 32 (not bad since she's 50). the best was when we let grandma take a shot- she tried baseball and hit 2 home runs!

Nintendo will dominate this round of console wars due to the fact that all of those people would never play video games, but just about everyone that was over last night said they will go buy one within the next 6 months.

For the baseball game does it matter how hard you swing the bat, and does it actually register where you are swinging it, like if you swing it low or high does it measure that?

ABC · 11-27-2006, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tophermike

the best was when we let grandma take a shot- she tried baseball and hit 2 home runs!

Hahahha how funny is that. My Grandmother played and her second swing was a homerun.

xbandaidx · 11-27-2006, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sillyhat

For the baseball game does it matter how hard you swing the bat, and does it actually register where you are swinging it, like if you swing it low or high does it measure that?

You know, many people report "you dont have to swing hard, just a flick and stuff will work". When I got my Wii I tested it out. When playing Tennis for example I saw that when I swung the Wiimote faster, the ball flew faster. So yes it does register that, but its all game dependant I believe.

Its not like on Zelda if you swing the wiimote really fast and hard the boss is gonna die in one hit. All game dependant.

The Baseball game your asking about actually can tell how Im holding my Wiimote before I swing. Believe it or not the Wii Sports game was the perfect bundle because it truly shows off the 'awesomeness' of the Wii and what it can do.

F33nx · 11-27-2006, 09:09 PM

my dad is a huge gamer/nintendophile, and he is looking forward to playing when i bring mine home for christmas. i was going to bring it for Thanksgiving, but ran out of time (bombed out of my place at 6am thursday, waaah) and holy crap, i was basically told to not come home without it again