Wii unboxing!!!

January 21, 2007 · Print This Article

Well, after much thinking, deliberating, and hesitating, I finally decided to just pay a premium and order a Nintendo Wii from a reseller on Amazon.com. It’s been totally worth it from the first second I held it in my hands. I met Curt out in Sagami Ono who generously let me use his APO to have the Wii delivered too. Once back in Shinjuku I met Mike for the official, sacred and reverential unboxing of the Wii which we recorded on video below. … Although it was fairly simple to setup, it took a long time as we very carefully and extremely accurately mounted the Wii sensor bar on my Aquos. Once that was down, the Wii had no trouble connecting to my wireless network and updating itself. The Wiimote I bought in Tokyo synced flawlessly with it, and then we were in business. We began with a little Wii Sports Tennis action then went on to bowling and finished with an intense boxing session.

…Mike as well for a little more Wii Sports action, which I mostly observed as I ate dinner. Mike in the meantime had bought a second nunchuck allowing us to go head-to-head in boxing.

…Then finally tonight was the first official Wii party with Mike again, Brady, Wendi and her British gal pal, Jen. This is totally what the Wii was made for, groups of people having major laughs and fun playing Wii Sports to various levels of success. I think it’s fair to say a great time was had by all. The Aquos and Wii were large financial expenditures, but they are already totally worth it. I’m sure tonight will be just the first of many, many Wii parties.