When the Nintendo Wii first shipped out on November 19, 2006. I was very intrigued by this whole motion control thing. A very good friend of mines picked one up and I decided to go to her house to check it out. After about and hour of playing Wii sports. My conclusion was, 'It was cool but so damn exhausting!' I was wiped out!

I am not in the best shape of my life, but did I really want to incorporate all that waving around manically just to get some game play in. Hell No! It's a cool concept an all but people like me don't really want to shake a controller round just to make my character on screen shoot a fire ball. I just want to sit down, chill and used the controller with mapped out button commands like a normal gamer. The Wii reminded me back in the day when Nintendo released the Power Pad for the NES. Basically it was this big mat that you put on the floor and you and a friend would run in place on colored circles that made the character on the screen move. My sister wanted this so bad that she bugged our dad until he broke down and got it. It came with a game called World Class Track Meet,
Yep, track... as in running. I hated running. But the game was easy as hell if you used your hands! LOL!

If I was 10 again when I was skinner and healthier. I would love the Wii. But I'm not. I just can't stand moving around all crazy like just to play a game. I own a PS 3 and I hate using the SIXAXIS motion in certain games. Especially when it "required". If I hate shaking a controller up and down what makes you think I would want to stand up and use my whole body! Now, XBOX 360 and Play station 3 are getting on the motion band wagon with Project Natal & "The WAND" respectfully. Though the WAND is not the official name. Nintendo has also incorporated a new attachment to their Wii-mote called Wii Motion Plus so that player can have a more range of control with there Wii-mote.

Project Natal uses a set of cameras and you use your body to control what is happening on-screen. The Wand uses both a camera and two controllers or "wands" to control the action on-screen. So it is incorporating both the Wii-mote (sort of) and the Natal Cameras. That Is a lot of moving! I am just too old and lazy for all this motion. I am also too grounded in holding a controller that I am not really comfortable going all 'motion crazy like' just to play a game. This motion stuff is good for the next gen of young gamers but I will pass on this. I know all of this incorporates being active and having healthy life**** But if I am going to lose weight I will just do it the old fashion way. Diet, exercise and watching those stripper pole workout DVD with Carmen Electra. Ok, so the last one is more eye candy then anything else. ^_^