Wii Bowling - Perfect Game!

[Mehen]

[Jessterw]

Well since I've had it for just over a week now, I figure I should fill everyone (who doesn't already know) in on my wii story...

So it was the night before the 1st of April and the wife was walking around Walmart with her mom and very pregnant sister (I'm sure some can guess why). Trina happens to notice some people milling about and finds out that a shipment of Wii consoles had come-in and were to be placed on sale at midnight.

Sometime thereafter I get a call from her and after some crying on my part, we decide that we just can't fit one into our budget this month. Woe is me I lament before letting her get on with the walking.

When she arrives home a few hours later there is some joking about her having bought one as there always is with these sort of things.

The following day rolls around and I'm rather relaxed for it being April 1st. Of course we've never really played any April Fool's Day pranks on each other, but I do know my wife and her mother are both pranksters at heart. So when she calls to tease me saying she actually did get me a Wii, I call BS and laugh it off. Would have been nice, but I can wait till we can truly get one.

Fast forward a few hours and I've endured at least 30 minutes worth of calls from my wife and mother-in-law about the Wii. They're truly enjoying all the taunting. I'd blown it off, but they're so thoroughly enjoying themselves that I start to wonder if they were actually telling the truth, knowing I wouldn't believe them.

Dan seems to think there may some truth to that, but he and Damian and everyone else thinks it's just damn cruel. I of course and trying my best to not get worked up about it, but even I am laughing my arse-off about it.

It's admittedly a perfect joke for the day.

Eventually Trina comes home and makes a joke about having the Wii with her. She of course doesn't and the joking continues. A bit later she has to run out and deliver some tax papers to a friend's. I actually start to wonder if she is just going to get it from her mom's house, where they've been hiding it all-along.

She comes home a little later, once again with no Wii... or so I think. There is some joking and she makes me come and get our youngest out of the car. I offer the suggestion that if she truly had the Wii she would have brought it with her finally. After some taunting, we start heading inside and it's at that point I notice a Walmart bag on the floor under the front passenger seat.

Now, at this point I remember their earlier joke that they should have borrowed an empty Wii box and given it to me; however, once I pick it up I can tell there's definitely a Wii in there.

Whew...

Amusingly, they had originally planned to wait for my birthday to give it to me, but decided they'd been cruel enough for one day. My mom thinks they should have waited till then or Christmas... I think she's just mad I haven't moved back towards 'home' yet

[gt40]

God bless the female unit

[Helevitia]

Finally got one.

My buddy and I decided that we were going to stop by Best Buy after lunch. He wanted to pick up a game for his PSP. My usual routine is to ask if they have a Wii, but the answer is always no. This time the answer was yes! Sweet!

I just so happened to show up right when they received a shipment. When I left, they had 4 left. I am sure they are gone now. So anyway, tonight, I bowl! Oh and some Zelda and some Super Monkey Ball

[Jessterw]

I recommend the Prince of Persia game. There's some quirkiness to it for sure, but it's also highly enjoyable.

[VJ]

Just curious: can you stream audio/video from a networked PC to the WII?

A colleague here also bought a Wii (and Wii play), and is enthusiastic about it. I'm also pondering it, but it seems more like a multiplayer tool (and that is currently a bit difficult to organize).


Jörg

[Marshmallowman]

media centre stuff for wii, you can stream from a pc or use a sd memory card

http://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/wiimediacenterx/