11/08/08

When I said 'next up', I meant, 'The blog after the next up'.

Between last blog and now, I had the opportunity to once again introduce someone to the Nintendo Wii, and specifically, Wii Sports. He's a not-young guy, but he's had a bit of experience with games thanks to his own offspring.
I started him off playing tennis alongside my mother, who has a bit of experience with it. The atmosphere created was one of merriment, with every point won or lost punctuated by amused comments and bursts of laughter. It took a while for him notice my calls of, "Stop pushing the buttons." But eventually he learned, and the incessant tapping no longer danced across my eardrums. Eventually, mother had to leave to perform the prerequisite housework, and I took the gentleman to the fighting ring.

That is to say, Boxing. The atmosphere was a little more subdued, but the laughter was still there. I demonstrated as best I could how it worked, then started the game, intent on simply blocking till he had gotten used to it. He then proceeded to pummel Mii, until I went down. Apparently my blocking could use work. After a little more look at how to control the character, we went onto another round.
For the next few rounds, I had no intention of being passive, and KO'd him each time, even with a single knockdown once. By the end, I had come to the conclusion that he had simply been flailing his arms too much, and had never really blocked properly. We'll have to work on that next time.

After that was a bit of bowling. Here, difficulty was mostly found in the combination of motion and button presses. After a bit of repeated instruction, he was able to play effectively, and outdid my score in one of the alternate play modes.

At this point it was getting late, and alas, an end was needed, however, the gentleman has, on several occasions since then, professed that he thoroughly enjoyed playing, so I am hopeful he will come back for more, and perhaps eventually I'll to see how he goes with something more complicated.