I need a wii wii

I had my first play with the nintendo wii this weekend, and what can I say It's really good fun.

Thanks to Glenn, my little leprechaun gadget fiend friend, who always gets the newest games and gadgets straight away (ie spoilt bastard :)). I had a few hours play on his wii, he had wii sports, wii play, raving rabbids and zelda.

Okay first impressions are ooh this feels really weird, followed by wow this is so cool why has it taken so long for someone to come up with this idea.

The controller is great it's really responsive, a big concern of mine was whether it would actually feel right, this was put to rest as it does feel and respond well.

The unit itself is tiny and much like the ds lite it feels very "apple" like in its design and packaging, that's no bad thing.

The mini games are great the graphics are very simple and stylized but lets face it it's all about the interface and the wii-mote rocks. It's worth buying one just as a bowling simulator for parties at home. You really do have to use your body particularly your arms to play some of these games, I don't think it'll be long before the first blimp sized yank files a lawsuit for making him tired or giving them a heart attack

I will definitely be considering one of these as a second console if Diane considered such a thing feasible in this house. Actually that's rubbish as we've already got 4 games machines in use already. So let's just make it 5.

Just remember to keep tight hold of the controller or you might end up like the picture above.

Playstation 3 Delayed.

Grrrrr I'm mildly annoyed by todays news. Why?

Well once again European gamers get the shaft from the big electronics companies. The PS3 won't be under any british xmas trees this year.

We won't see it until April 2007 and that's if it doesn't slip again it's already slipped twice. It plays right into the hands of Microsoft here as the 360 will get a xmas boost with no other hi-def rival.

Nintendo may well be laughing as well with the launch of the Wii in Europe for xmas. Although to be fair, Nintendo have often treated UK gamers as second class citizens as well.

With Gears of War coming at the end of the year and Halo3 looming next year it looks like King of the Geeks - Bill Gates will be winning this console war.

I'd probably opt for the Xbox 360 just for Halo, thats if Mrs L was willing to loosen the purse strings. The little kid in me (oo-er) is also dying to get my hands on that Wii with it's natty Buck Rogers controller wand.

Xmas it's so exciting.