Will my bf be able to play Wii?

[Kire]

My bf, Xeno, has to play games relatively close to the tv because of his legal blindness due to his albinism. Will you be able to play Wii games at a relatively close range? Some reports are already saying no...UK based Arena Magazine said that "you need the on-screen gaming area to be as large as possible to properly read your body's graceful movements." I hope that's not true.

[John Mora]

Re: Will my bf be able to play Wii?

You can strap binoculars on him, maybe.

[H2SO4]

Re: Will my bf be able to play Wii?

Sadly, I think you need to be fairly far away. The Wii is going to be similar to EyeToy, and for EyeToy you need to be at least 8-10 feet away for it to work.

[Kire]

Re: Will my bf be able to play Wii?

lame.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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My "living room" is small, with my couch sitting maybe five feet away from the TV. I hope that isn't a problem, especially since, unlike the EyeToy, the Wii doesn't have to see the Revmote within a border.

[John Mora]

Re: Will my bf be able to play Wii?

lame.

Aren't you guys Nintendo non-fans to begin with? Is this really gonna burn your biscuit?

[Kire]

Re: Will my bf be able to play Wii?

Try bi-albino-poor-african-american-jehova's witness. Yeah, he had a rough childhood.

I buried that hatchet a while ago. I like games that are fun. I have nothing against the company itself, just its fans. While the majority of the games on the DS aren't fun to me, I'm still interested in the Wii and a few DS games in the future. Mario basketball looks cool, and I love Phoenix Wright. Other than that, it's collecting dust.

I have a gamecube and I liked Celda & Resident Evil 4, but other than that it was a dust collector. Yes, I tried and rented games for it, I just have different tastes then most when it comes to what I like on a handheld, which is usually a portable console experience.

It's all about the games. 95% of the DS games I've played aren't fun, or get stale within days. Wii has some cool potential. Now I'm just waiting to see if anyone will fulfill that potential.

[The Dark Jester]

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Probably one of my favorite GC games was Gotcha Force.

It was like Virtual On meets pokemon sort of. It was great.

[Perversion]

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It never even occured to me that black guys could be albinos..

If I'm not mistaken, black abinos look kind of jaundiced. There is an albino reggae singer named Yellowman for obvious reasons.

[Kire]

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Jaundiced? Yeah, he's blonde, but his eyes are hazel. I don't think albinos really do have red eyes. They just reflect light in pictures a lot so I think that's how that misconception came about.

[Maijo]

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Don't any of you ever play Super Smash Bros.?!?! Anybody?!?

[Kire]

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Nah...in fact a friend brought it over and we got pretty bored of it quickly. There's too few attacks per character, and it just gets real old quickly to me. I'd say it's still a good game and a good rental, if not incredibly overrated. I'm more of a Tekken guy myself.

[Maijo]

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Yeah, don't they only have like 20 or so unique attacks per character?

[Magus]

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I wish comparisons between Smash Bros. and fighting games would cease.

[Crimson Knight]

Re: Will my bf be able to play Wii?

My bf, Xeno, has to play games relatively close to the tv because of his legal blindness due to his albinism.

Dude, me too. But I think can stay far away enough to see what's going on. If not, there's always the more traditional games. And binoculars.