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The Dog Ate My Wii Control

Just a quicky to let you know I have found a fault with the new [tag-tec]Wii[/tag-tec] from Nintendo …

Yes it’s fun , yes its small and yes it is certainly going to sell well when launched there is going to be 20 games available with more anticipated soon in the new year. It comes with the sports games straight out of the box which look to be pretty good fun.

You can operate this wireless control device with one hand which is another big plus , it makes rumbling noises and even has it’s own built in speakers.Since it’s wireless their is no risk of the kids catching the wires and pulling everything on top of them and no need to sit 3 feet from the screen to make it work.

You must be wondering what could be wrong with such a techically brilliant piece of modern technology?

Well as you might know the wii is motion sensitve so you can control the action of your sword or light stick or whatever just by waving it around. This leads to some pretty exciting game play.

Things were going so well? I was swinging my virtual? baseball bat and hitting it all over the ball? park? when disaster struck..

You see the thing about waving your arms all over the place apart from risking knocking your coffee across the room from the table is that the family pets are expecting you to throw something ..

I expect you can guess what happened next the dogs started barking and the was all hell let lose as they then tried to grab the wii control assuming it was sort of dog chew a stick.

Well I am afraid to say in all this excitement my hand was getting warmer and warmer and the next thing I know my slippery hand has just slung the wii remote across the room.

I bet that wasn’t? in Nintendo’s testing program? ?

Well there’s a mad rush across the living room and there is me and 2 Bishon Frise? dogs in a? chase to grab the wii remote.

Well in my book it was? cheating they ganged up on me and? the younger one put a neat block on which left me floundering and the next thing I hear is the crunch of dog on plastic and that was the sad end to my [tag-tec]wii remote[/tag-tec]..

I had owned this toy? just a few hours and the dog? had already eaten it..

It has to be said before my wii remote went to that? home where all those sadly busted? tv and video remotes seem to eventually? end up, it was? fantastic fun !

This from someone who’s last games console he actually paid for himself? was a? SNES so as you can see I keep up with the latest technology in the video gaming world.?

Ok I confess? the kids have got a PS2 and a zillion computer games and are crazy about MTG (magic the gathering… I know before you say it’s a card game) and occasionally I will challenge them at soccer, Formula? 1 or even? something else but I am certainly no expert.

? If you want my opinion for what it’s worth at around $250 it is much cheaper than the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 but since I have yet to try those I can’t comment how it compares. May be I will get the kids one soon and see how that works out..

But before you part with your hard earned cash on the Nintendo wii make sure you banish the dogs, cats , kids (yes they will get a go? eventually).

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