What’s missing from Wii Sports

Posted onCategoriessports, technology & science

Here are some things that I think can be improved in Wii Sports.

  • Stats! The message board is not a good place to view my personal best scores. I’d like to see a table of all Miis on the console and their best scores in each sport.
  • A way to turn off the strap warnings and things that slow the game down. I know they’re necessary, but once my Mii has acknowledged them, don’t show them again.
  • It would be cool if some functionality could be unlocked when you get to a certain skill level in all of the sports. I know bowling pros get a different color ball, but what about the other sports?
  • Tennis – when you’re not playing against the computer, there are some unhittable service returns. It’s not quite fair.
  • Baseball
    • It’d be sweet to pick the players on our team from our pool of Miis.
    • I know the minimalist nature of Wii Sports is what makes it cool, but some more action on the baseball players would be nice, especially fielding. For example, if you hit a line drive to first base, the fielder should step on the base.
    • It’d also be cool to be able to position yourself in the batter’s box.
  • Golf – If there’s one of the sports that a movement that is counter-intuitive, it’s golf. Maybe it’s that I don’t like golf in general.

The Wii, unboxed.

Posted onCategoriesfamily, nerdery

[wii]

I waited 2 months for this reaction. I was very excited about the Wii and so were the kids when they ripped off the wrapping paper… The pictures just didn’t capture the moment.

Some thoughts now that we have a week of Wii under our belts, er, straps.

  1. For me Tennis is the most fun out of all of the Wii Sports. I have some seriously sore upper body muscles. I’m up to a 590+ something rating, but I keep getting waxed by the computer. I need to find the right technique for that unhittable shot that my brother-in-law kept laying on me.
  2. Out of all of the Wii Sports, bowling got the most action. We looked up the Wii easter eggs online and were able to do the 91 pin training trick. That was pretty cool.
  3. My kids are fascinated with the concept of a Mii. I think they’ve created about 30 of them so far. All the family on both sides, friends — and the most recent additions — Chuck Norris and the cast of Charlie Brown.
  4. Wii Play is OK. My kids spent a lot of time fishing and blasting everything that moved in the shooting game. The Cow Race is cool and funny, but got old after a while. I couldn’t get anyone to really play the tank game with me. I thought it was fun.
  5. Now that I’m home I’ve set up the wireless features. Pretty sweet. Did the first update. I was a little surprised how long it took.

1/2 UPDATE: Finally got up to Pro status in Tennis. It’s much harder now. Still fun.

My Top 10 NBA Haircuts

Posted onCategoriessports
[mike miller]
10. Mike Miller, Memphis Grizzlies — Nice girls high school basketball headband thing there, Mike.
[louis amundson]
9. Louis Amundson, Philadelphia 76ers — Now featuring the “get the hair outta my face” sumo-esque ponytail.
[anderson varejao]
8. Anderson Verajao, Cleveland Cavaliers — Ahhh, it’s so cute.
[adam morrison]
7. Adam Morrison, Charlotte Bobcats — Nothing says “I don’t care about my hair” like Morrison’s. The ‘stache, well, you know.
[mikki moore]
6. Mikki Moore, Sacramento Kings — Gotta love the dreds.
[ben wallace]
5. Ben Wallace, Chicago Bulls — He should go with the ‘Fro full time.
[chris kaman]
4. Chris Kaman, Los Angeles Clippers — Whee!
[joakim noah]
3. Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls — Big hair. Will it match his game?
[scot pollard]
2. Scot Pollard, Boston Celtics — Pollard has a new do every year. The former Jayhawk is always keepin’ us in suspense.
[walter herrmann]
1. Walter Herrmann, Charlotte Bobcats — the Sprignaturemoves.com #1 NBA haircut award goes to none other than Walter Herrmann, the Fabio of the NBA.