Games
Nintendo's Toronto Wii Preview Event
By Eli Green November 16, 2006 - 01:30
This
Tuesday, I finally joined the ranks of people who have had the chance
to get their hands on the Wii remote and Nunchuck attachment and
really give them a try. Nintendo held a Holiday Preview Event at the
Atlantis venue at Ontario Place, in downtown Toronto, and I was glad
to be on the invite list, along with my assistant videographer, Mike
“Sock”. It was a bit of a chilly day, but we were feeling warm inside as we went in with very high expectations, and came out truly
satisfied. With a room packed with the majority of the launch titles
set to release on Sunday, and very short lineups during the press
event, I had quite a bit of time with a number of games.
Getting
to play on the Wii for the first time is a very interesting
experience. Though any game on any system takes a little time to
learn, some games, the Wii Sports titles in particular, take mere
seconds to adjust to. Playing Wii Sports Baseball really is as simple
as a flick of the wrist. One other game I had been waiting to get my
hands on, and was excited to see at the event, was Rayman Ravin'
Rabbids. Even playing the game with backward hand settings (using the
Wii remote in my left hand instead of my right), I was still able to
play just as easily as having the controller in the correct hands. I
really can't wait to get my hands on my own Wii console on launch day
and play the games in my own home.
We
got quite a bit of video footage at the event, so take a look at our
Wii Preview Event coverage to see just how things went.