I bought my husband a Wii for Father’s Day and it arrived yesterday. (I can’t say enough good things about wiitracker.com here. By signing up for their RSS feed, I was able to find a console by itself, without a lot of extras like T rated games that we don’t need/want!) Since then, it’s been a non-stop Wii fest. My oldest son has quickly become an addict and my husband, who’s never been much of a “gamer” is actually doing *exercise* with it. He did a few rounds of boxing and we were surprised at how intense it is. We’re hoping to locate a Wii Fit soon so we can do some more physical stuff with it since we both need to become more active.
I’ve already figured out that I am going to have to put limits on it because otherwise my oldest son would stay on it all day long. Not too bad on days like today when you can’t really go outside because it’s rainy and miserable, but not something I want to get in the habit of doing! It was wonderful to have today, though…he got in some physical exercise AND it entertained him.
This is our very first gaming console, and though I’m concerned about the overuse of it, I also think that the physical activity aspect of it is great. Sure, there are some games that you can park your butt on the couch and play, but that’s definitely not all there is to it. The Wii gets two thumbs up from this family!
Jamie Stamm
May 28, 2008 at 11:38 pm
We love our Wii, too, for both the physical activity aspect and the fact that it’s fun for all ages – we had my 76-year-old Granny bowling with us the last time she visited, and my 2-year-old already can play Wii baseball. We also are looking for a copy of Wii Fit – my parents have it (we bought my Dad a Wii for his 50th birthday – never imagined I would by purchasing a video game console for my parent), and my mom said it’s tons of fun, as well as providing a good workout.