Put Out Of Action With Your Wii?
Chris Evans
Jan 25 2008, 11:27 AM
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I just caught a little bit of this on the news last night on the way home from work in the car, so I thought I`d have a little look around on it today, kinda made me smile a little but in fact I didnt realise that its actually quite a wide spread thing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../22/nwii122.xml

Any of your suffered/suffering with "Wii syndrome"? and what games where you playing?

The main games "Wii syndrome" is being blamed for is Tennis, Boxing and Baseball it seems, theres also a few funny clips on youtube if you have a hunt around, however you`ll see that there is a possible "good" side affect of playing with your Wii`s ............. weight loss!! ... I`m getting one laugh.gif

Not sure I fancy "Wii syndrome" tho, dont want that to stop my guitar practice!

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Crazyfret
Jan 25 2008, 12:24 PM
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Lol I can see why. Playing anything for 10 hours is excessive and your body needs a rest to recover.

The thing is tho playing these virtual 'games' is no substitute for the real thing imho.

There is no way a white box can ever give me the same feeling of joy when I hit a golf ball of a imaculate fairway with the sun on my back. smile.gif

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Bogdan Radovic
Jan 25 2008, 01:59 PM
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I own Wii..Its spreading fast here..When I bought it my girlfriend had to have one for herself too..Also some of my friends..Its so fun to play especially in multiplayer...I like the engaging way of gameplay and you really have the feeling that you are doing something skillful in a game (like in tennis) thats makes you better than the guy next you...And its not the fast fingers this time..Tenis is strait fun , boxing is great too (very very fun and fisicly engaging)..You really get a muscle aik (like you been to gym or something) after a play session..There are lots of games comming out all the time since the Wii is best seller..Also its not expencive so in my oppinion if you need a console this is must have wink.gif

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Something else to consider about the Wii injuiries.....most people are not very active. In fact alot of people don't engage in any type of physical activity other than walking back and forth to the refrigerator.

So of course if someone out of shape suddenly decides they are going to bowl or box for 10 hours they can expect to experience some Wii syndrome.

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Jan 25 2008, 03:11 PM
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I wish i had a wii to injure myself with sad.gif..... they are really fun!

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Bogdan Radovic
Jan 25 2008, 05:03 PM
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I don't think its normal to play wii for 10 hours..Also with a little bit of warm up your good to go wink.gif

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My 4 year old accidently hit my 6 year old over the head with the hand unit while they were playing baseball ohmy.gif

So even if the units are strapped tight by the wrist it's still not safe unsure.gif

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My wife and I wanted to get a Wii a couple of weeks ago, but it seemed like we had a better chance of finding a cure for cancer than we did of finding one of those things, so we bought a 360 instead. I'm quite happy with it, but the wife still wants to get a Wii when we get our taxes.

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Bogdan Radovic
Jan 25 2008, 11:34 PM
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QUOTE (MickeM @ Jan 25 2008, 05:26 PM) *
My 4 year old accidently hit my 6 year old over the head with the hand unit while they were playing baseball ohmy.gif

So even if the units are strapped tight by the wrist it's still not safe unsure.gif


Yeah once happened to me..You have to have a lot of space for playing and keep the players apart to avoid it in the future..

QUOTE (Sabbz @ Jan 25 2008, 05:54 PM) *
My wife and I wanted to get a Wii a couple of weeks ago, but it seemed like we had a better chance of finding a cure for cancer than we did of finding one of those things, so we bought a 360 instead. I'm quite happy with it, but the wife still wants to get a Wii when we get our taxes.


Yeah it was the christmas/new years rush I guess...You should be able to find one now wink.gif Also check it out on ebay..They are avalable there just watch out for region code (PAL,NTSC).. smile.gif

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Some guy wanted a Wii so bad that he broke into my house and stole mine yesterday.

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QUOTE (swingline @ Jan 25 2008, 05:35 PM) *
Some guy wanted a Wii so bad that he broke into my house and stole mine yesterday.


ouch - that sucks sad.gif

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QUOTE (swingline @ Jan 25 2008, 04:35 PM) *
Some guy wanted a Wii so bad that he broke into my house and stole mine yesterday.



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damn man that sucks sad.gif mad.gif

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QUOTE (swingline @ Jan 25 2008, 11:35 PM) *
Some guy wanted a Wii so bad that he broke into my house and stole mine yesterday.


Wow thats crazy !!? Braking into someones home to steal a gaming console... sad.gif Bad news.. sad.gif

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Ive got a wii and its immense, though i mainly only play Guitar Hero 3 on it

Rock Band is also being released on the wii anytime soon wink.gif

Though i dont know what i'd do if mine got stoled :|

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Bogdan Radovic
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Is rock band going to be on wii?? I remember reading somewhere that there was no chance for that sad.gif

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