Whiling the summer away with Wii Ski

[billski]

So my kids gave me Wii Ski for Father's day. Not as good as skiing, quite a bit warmer, but it will entertain me for a few days. Greg, have you tried the moguls challenge yet?

 

[Greg]

We haven't picked up Wii ski yet. Eventually, probably, if for no other reason than to continue the brain washing of my 5 year old.

 

[billski]

We haven't picked up Wii ski yet. Eventually, probably, if for no other reason than to continue the brain washing of my 5 year old.

While I can smoke them on mountain, they blow me away on Wii. The tree crashes aren't near as dramatic as I expected. I expected to die. But instead, it gets me back up and lets me finish, only losing 5 points for a tree crash.

It appears the game was written by a non-skier/boarder. On the slalom race, for example the "finish" line has a "Goal" banner above it. They also have some of their other terminology mixed up. I can't recall the other fubars, but I'll pick it to pieces in a few days and let you know.

 

[Philpug]

worth getting Wii for it?

 

[billski]

worth getting Wii for it?

I wouldn't run out and buy the Wii hardware just for this game alone. I'm not a gamer, I lose interest after about a dozen hours at play, so I'm a really bad reviewer. I don't know what they paid for it,but for $25, it makes for amusement for a few weeks, after which time, you'd probably master it. we've only run it at Novice and Intermediate skill levels, so I don't know how much more there is. Apparently there is a balance board they recommend you get with it, but they didn't. The scoring is rather odd. there seems to be a "par" time, by which success is judged.

We mostly have the sports games for Wii. They are a lot of fun at first, and a lot of fun at a party - races, competitions, etcetera. The ski module seems at par with the rest of the sports modules.

Let's put it this way, a Warren Miller movie on wide screen trumps this big time.

 

[Philpug]

The golf look good too.

 

[billski]

The golf look good too.

Golf is very frustrating. You have to pretend you are holding a pole, so what I do is grasp my other wrist, while holding the control in the other hand, then swing. My 11-year old swamps me at golf. I clearly don't have enough patience for that sport. I'll stick to flailing down hills...

 

[frozencorn]

Take part in a home run derby with whatever baseball game is on hand...after 10 pitches you're exhausted.

 

[billski]

The designer doesn't quite grasp the sport's terminology. I clicked on "Freestyle", fully expecting to be able to do some jumps, rails, and so on. It's actually "free skiing", which is rather dull. I couldn't find a real freestyle course. Now that would be fun. Version 2.0 I suspect....