:-)

[Stoke]

After a month of hard searching, there is now a Wii at my house....:yup:

[RagingSamster]

What games did you get? Trying to talk the Mrs. into one of these using the fitness angle (lol)

[Stoke]

Just the Wii Sports disc that came with it and the Wii Play disc that came with the 2nd controller we bought.


For now.

[SilverTalon]

I'm not trying to imply anything about Stoke here....but this looked interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Fit

Given the work out that boxing can be, a game actually devoted to exercise would be very nice...especially for those of us who could probably use a bit more activity in our lives instead of sitting on the computer for hours and hours on end at work and home.........

[Stoke]

I have boxed one time. After recovering from the semi-heart attack, i decided not to do that again..... for now.

[SilverTalon]

Ha! Wait until you get to the point that they fight back. :) During the school's Spring Break where 12 monthers have to be there but nobody else does I brought in the Wii and we spent the better part of the afternoon in the shop playing around with it. Now, we have a lot of guys in the shop who, to be diplomatic, need some exercise...but we have a handful that are actually "in shape" too.

One of these somewhat in shape fellows was quite good at boxing...winning the early rounds in literally 15-20 seconds of match time. By about the 700-800 difficulty level he was taking much longer and he was almost completely red from the blood flow/exertion (impressive, since the guy is Vietnamese). It's definitely the most intense of the Wii Sports games, but it's a great workout too. :)

I usually warm up with a couple rounds of the batting practice one where they throw you 20 pitches. Swap sides (since you don't need to be accurate), then do a boxing match or two. :) Nice, quick and easy...though I highly advise against drinking and doing it...when you dull the "hmm...getting tired" messages from the body, you can wake up the next morning to not being able to move. :p

[Stoke]

Mrs Stoke regularly kicks my ass in Bowling. But I wtfpwned her at tennis.

[SilverTalon]

I highly advise against playing boxing with Mrs. Stoke. The danger of cross-over violence is simply too great.

[Stoke]

My friend who got his Wii about a month or so ago - which really prompted my search to get one - gets his ass beat about twice a week by his wife. He says its better to let her take out her pent up frustrations against him in Wii Boxing than IRL.....

[Stoke]

Another day....another bowling ass whipping.....

[SilverTalon]

Silly Stoke...just accept that she's better than you and move along. :)

P.S. - Get that sound byte we discussed.

[Stoke]

I destroyed her at golf, tennis and 9-ball pool though to make up for it....

[SilverTalon]

But without the bowling crown, a hollow victory at best.

[Stoke]

soon.....

[SilverTalon]

Again, did you challenge her to power throw? :) Trying to knock down 100+ pins at once is fuuuuuuuuuuuuuun.

[Stoke]

not yet

[Stang]

Well who wouldnt loss at golf you fall asleep playing and watching that sport :).

My finger gets a good workout on 360 from pressing the gas tab but now I can work on my arms as we have gotten the steering wheel :). So slowly we are reaching the fitness levels.