So I bought my Wii and Zelda last night. I felt like a 7 year old kid all over again. Unpacking the box was such a joy simply because the innards were divided into two trays. Slide tray 1 out, then tray 2--that's it. Everything was layed out in front of me just waiting to be grabbed and with no fuss. Kudos to Nintendo for preparing a well-thought out, and accessible package. If I were to repack it back into the box, I don't think I would have a problem. On the other hand, it was kind of a bitch to repack my GameCube back into it's box to be traded-in.

Hooking up the Wii was fun. Putting the little plastic fixture underneath the console stand so the stand would be more resistant, fitting the Wii on top of the stand, placing the sensor bar on top of the TV(I admit it's a bit tacky but there's always the sensor bar stand which in the future I may use), inserting the batteries in the Wii remote...that kind of seems like alot of work compared to previous consoles but it was a fresh experience.

With trusty Wii-mote strapped to my wrist, I finally turn on the power button on the console. Ah, the familiar blue beam beckons me. I wave the remote around and the hand cursor appears and starts moving. It feels intuitive just like a mouse. After going through the basic system settings, I am in Wii Channels. I click the Game Disc channel. My first impulse would be to pop in Wii Sports right? Strangely, nope--on to the next channel.

I spent a good half-hour on the Mii channel trying to make a painstaking recreation of myself. Surprisingly, the Mii character does kind of resemble me. It may seem kind of goofy having Mii characters represent me. I'd rather prefer having my face digitally mapped to the character but creating is always fun. I like my Mii.

Next up--Photo Channel. I take out the SD card in my camera and load it in the front slot. Zoom out and the pictures look like they are funneling into a tornado. The slideshow seemed boring with boring background muzak to accompany it. I view video of some footage from The Cramps concert I attended to earlier this month and recent pictures of me posing with my Wii. Photo Channel also lets you tag your pictures a'la Mario Paint, and make a game out of your pictures by turning them into jigsaw puzzles. You are timed of course. If you succeed putting them back together, you are awarded with the ability to segment your pictures with even more jigsaw pieces. Sounds pretty retarded I know.

Next up--Wii Shop Channel. This channel required me to update my Wii. This was the only unpleasant part of my experience as it took about 5 to 6 minutes to update with several abrupt disconnections. I borrowed someone else's Wi-Fi access point so maybe that's why it took a bit longer to update than it should. I got to check out the Virtual Console area where twelve games were up for download. The NES had Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Zelda 1, and 4 other games. The SNES had F-Zero, and Sim City. Genesis--Altered Beast and Sonic 1, and finally Super Mario 64 for N64. I didn't have any Wii points on hand to purchase any. Well, this should give me an excuse to stop writing now and go get me one of those Wii cards. later!

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