I had planned to get a Nintendo Wii after Christmass. It was to be my one gift to myself this year, an expensive luxury item that won’t get the value for money out of.
It’s now April, 4 months later, and I don’t have one. So frustrating. I should ordered it in some shop, somewhere, but it just seems so much hassle. I know that I’m not going to get the time to play it. Arg. Time to get it… not sure it balances out the time I’ll get to play it!
But then I saw this video:
[I feel all shiny and cool right now. This is the first time I’ve added a video to one of my blog posts! I bet this won’t make the RSS feed though.]
A two year old playing Wii Tennis. Pretty funky!
Only last week I introduced my daughter Alice (who’s nearly three years old) to Google Earth on the Desktop PC. With screams of “I want to do it”, she grabbed the mouse and started shoving it forward and backwards, getting pretty frustrated that the map wasn’t moving (she wasn’t get the click-and-drag concept). Yet, the way she was trying to control the mouse, reminded me of this video. It’s pretty cool to able to think that your toddler could potentially play the same computer game as you and, as a parent, not feel guilty that they aren’t getting any exercise.
Come on Nintendo, give me one please?
Update #1: Seems the video embed code doesn’t work nicely on LiveJournal, so if you want to see it, come on over to thedeadone.net to see it.
You do need one. Just do it. I’ve had my kids, my mom, my sister, my friends, my friends kids, and my friends mom playing my Wii. If I didn’t take it personally I’d reckon they only invited me over for the Wii….
It’s about a hundred times better than a girlfriend.
The problem is… where the hell can I get one? I’ve dropped into Game/any store that might sell it, every time I’ve gone by and the answer is always “out of stock”.
Tried power city? Friend of my gf’s just walked into the one in Dun Laghoire and bought one. Most people wouldn’t think to go there I’d say.
What day of the week did you go to Power City? One of the guys in here claims that if you go mid-week to many of the stores, they may have it as they normally get delieveries in on Wednesday. But by Saturday, the time I can get to the shop, they’ve already sold out! I’ll try Power City on the weekend if I get the chance.
As far as I know she went on Monday or Sunday. I’m not sure, sorry.
Is there anywhere online, in Ireland, that you can order it?
iv tried absouloutly EVERWHERE 4 1..but i jus cant seem to get one iv called friends askin them to look out for dem bu i havnt had a call back wi good news! do you know where i can order 1??
I got one in Smyths two weeks ago. But I prebooked it a week earlier. You could try in one of those Smyths stores, particularly on Friday as that’s when uncollected pre-orders are sold generally.
I have one that is brand new and not open….i want to sell it because i know there are other people out there who want it. I can sell it to whomever wants it. just email me at [email protected] if you are interested. we can use paypal for the transaction so you have security in purchasing it.