Wii, 2 Weeks Later

It's been about 2 weeks since I got my Wii, so it's about time I checked in with an update. Rather than take the time to produce a thoughtful and concise writeup, I'll just present my thoughts in point form. They teach us in the workforce that bullets help to bring across a point faster anyway. :)

• I'm surprised how much I like Madden 2007. This is a great example of how intuitive Wii controls can make a game-there's just something about flicking your wrist for a pass rather than mashing a bunch of buttons. The rumble is just about useless though, and drains the batteries like you wouldn't believe. Thank goodness you can shut it off.
• Call Of Duty 3 has been getting rated as average to bad (GameSpot's review is one of the more favourable) but I think it's actually pretty good. Wrestling a rifle from an enemy soldier got really bad marks, but I didn't have any problem with it and I am by no means a proficient, skilled player.
  
• The wireless connection seems a bit wonky. So far I seem to have to make some minor change on my router to re-enable an otherwise lost connection (best seems to be to toggle MAC address filtering). Nintendo suggests that it's a low signal problem, but my router is about 3 feet from my Wii. I'm wondering if it's because the router lets IP addresses expire and the Wii's not compensating. More research required.
• In most of the Wii Sports games, I tend to use motions similar to those in real life. The exception is golf-I seem to get better results by using smaller motions. A golf swing doesn't work for me, but moving my wrist like I'm trying to skip a rock across a lake does.
• Favourite Wii Sports game: baseball, without a doubt. Followed up by bowling, golf, tennis, and with boxing bringing up the rear.
• No Wii-related injuries to report as of yet, although I did notice that Wii Sports + my weight training on same day = general bad feeling in shoulders and arms. One or the other, not both on the same day.
  
• GameCube Wavebird wireless controller works great, as do GameCube games in general. Not being familiar with the Wavebird, it looked pretty bulky to me but it turns out to be very comfortable. I'd recommend one of these over the Wii Classic Controller...at least for now. If Wii games begin to support it in the future, it'll be a tougher call.
  
• Good luck getting a hockey game! Nothing for Wii or GameCube for 2007; NHL 2006 was made for GameCube but you'll never find it brand new. I settled for NHL 2005.
• Speaking of GameCube games, you can't save 'em to Wii main memory or SD cards. You have to shell out for GameCube memory. It's pretty pricey too, so I wouldn't just pick it up on a whim unless you plan on using GameCube games.
  
• Polling my friendly neighbourhood Walmart, last weekend was the first weekend that they had Wii peripherals in stock. Picked up a second Wii remote, and the aforementioned pricey GameCube memory. Initializing the second remote was dead simple. Why can't everything be this easy?

All in all I'm really pleased with the Wii thus far. I just hope God Of War 2 doesn't make me pick up a PS2 as well. My SO'd kill me.