Wii Have Liftoff

At the E3 Convention today in Los Angeles, Nintendo released a lot of interesting info about their upcoming video game console Wii. (Seriously... don't make fun of the name. I like it. It's like Google or Yahoo.)

Titles such as Super Mario Galaxy, Excite Truck, Duck Hunt (!!!), Red Steel and Madden NFL Football 2007 were on display.

The most interesting thing I've read so far involves the Madden game. I cannot wait to see how that enhances the franchise. Football games need a kick in the ass and the new Wii controlls just might be the boot.

Although I haven't had a chance to play it, the boys over at IGN.com have, and they seem elated. They say,

"Although we were very timid to play the game, our hesitations were put to ease as soon as soon as we got to throw the first pass. We found out pretty quickly that the control for this incarnation of Madden football is where the game shines. Made to be as easy as possible, the control scheme never felt contrived or difficult, but rather felt natural and simple to pick up on. Once we started playing the second time around, we found that we were completing passes and finding holes, even if we had to create them ourselves. Madden '07 makes good use of the motion sensor as it is used in nearly ever aspect of the gameplay, from kicking the perfect field goal to making the game winning pass. We can't express enough how much fun the control scheme was; We were elated to put ourselves in the place of the quarterback, only to snap the ball and throw the passes by ourselves. Even the most hardened Madden fans will find something to love with the Nintendo Wii's control scheme."

Awesome. I cannot friggin' wait to play that. Check out their full Wii recap (so far) for more information.

Here's a video of the system's capabilities:



One of the most interesting concepts is that the wireless-controllers will have speakers in them. An example of this is when playing Zelda when you draw the controller back to shoot an arrow, the controller makes a sound effect when you shoot and the television makes a sound when it hits the target. Awesome.

I'm really excited for this system as opposed to Sony's PlayStation 3 and the already available Microsoft XBOX 360. Nintendo seems to be the only company out of the three that isn't just releasing a new processor in some new plastic to make a quick buck. Although Nintendo 64 and GameCube might not have been as commercially successful as their competitors, they are aweosme systems. With all these new inventions, Nintendo is bound to grab a big share of the video game market with Wii.

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