When I arrived home yesterday afternoon my long awaited Wii was sitting by the door. After a 15 minute set up I was creating Mii characters for the whole family. I couldn't get the WiFi working, but will today. The real test of the system happened last night when my sister and her boyfriend came over ... the three of us were joined by my wife in a 3 and half hour Wii playing session. Amazing! Too much fun.
Innovation is a strange thing in that most think it has to come in the form of new processors and millions of pixels. This thing's innovative features are that it sucks you in with its personality and engages users with its novel controls. The game of the year? Bowling -- who would have thought it!