Just Simply Holly

OK, it’s only been hooked up a few hours but OMG, we’re having so much fun playing the Wii and all the different games that game with it! I’ve always enjoyed video games, I used to be completely addicted to Centipede when it was in the arcades back in the 80’s, and more recently I was really into the OODLES of Pokemon games that my son has for his Game Boy. But he’s grown past Pokemon and he’s now into games that I totally don’t understand. No, not the shoot ‘em up kind of games where you’re stealing cars and killing people, more like the fantasy type games. Since I don’t understand them, even though I tried, the days of hanging out and playing video games with my son, as well as my daughter, have been over for a few years!

That was until I won my Wii! It arrived today while I was taking my son to school, and I waited for my husband to get home from work so that the two of us could hook it up. What I was expecting was for me to read the directions while he haphazardly listened, but instead he read the directions to me and I completely hooked it up on my own. OH YEAH!!

It’s been up and running ever since we hit the power button! First I hopped on and set up my Mii, then I checked out one of the games that came with it that’s called “Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree”, this is definitely the perfect game for ME! I love things that make me use my brain and I know I’m going to love this game. As much as I liked that game, I wanted to try them ALL! So I then moved on to the Sports Pack that came with the game. These are the games that you see on all the commercials, the bowling and baseball games. It also has tennis, boxing and golf. These are the games that really get you up and moving! I was totally thrilled when I scored a 111 on my first game bowling and then I hit a home run playing baseball! All 5 of the games in the sports pack are going to give the four of us HOURS of family fun!

But alas, I had to give up control so that my husband could play for a while! He had been chomping at the bit watching me play! I “thought” I was proud of my bowling score until he played a game and whooped my BUTT! He beat my 111 by almost 50 points…LOL! And although he had a difficult time when he was at bat let me tell you, he’s going to be the strike out champ in this house! He then turned over control to our 15 year old son.

None of us had ever played a Wii before, so everything we do is brand spanking new to us, but you’d never have known that watching my son play tennis! He kicked butt and won his first set! But, as much as he thought the sports games were cool, what he REALLY wanted to check out was one of the other games that came with my Wii Bundle, which is The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess. This is exactly the type of game that he LOVES! And let me tell you, having him out here in the family room playing and laughing and just getting into a game is really cool to me! And his reaction just now when I asked him if he was going to like this game was AWESOME! My daughter hasn’t been able to play yet because she’s not home from her last track meet of the year, but my husband is on his way to get her, so she’ll get her chance soon! The other games that came with our Wii are Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Chicken Shoot.

I’ve already been to Buy.com checking out the other games that I REALLY want! I was checking out their Weekly Deals and about fell out of my chair when I seen that We Ski can be pre ordered right now for just $26.99! Check it out, it looks like a totally awesome game!

Of course, with my upcoming trip to California and the fact that my MP3 player totally took a dump a couple of weeks ago, I could snag up one of the MP3 players that they’re offering in this weeks Weekly Deals so I can listen to some of my favorite songs to help keep myself from freaking out when I’m flying home!

I’m just so glad that I won my Wii, it’s just what we’ve needed to bring us together for more family time! My daughter is home from her track meet and she’s played 3 holes of golf and is on her first game of baseball. Although she’s no where near as good as the hubby is, she’s pretty darned good, she’s been throwing 93 MPH fastballs and is on her second strike out!

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