Oh, Wii!

I told myself that there was no way I'd ever pay those inflated on-line prices for a Wii. Sure, if I saw one in the stores, I'd get one, but what was that chance of that happening?

Today, for the first time since I had my first Wii craving, I walked into a Best Buy with no thoughts of even looking for a Wii (on the slim chance they had them) - I was there to buy a new DS game and that was it.

And as I trundled over to get Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (DS), I was brought up short by a display... of Wiis. At the base $249.99 price. And I had promised myself...

Of course, I wanted a Wii for Wii Fit and to try to get into shape, and we've already joined a gym for that (which is very much more expensive, in the long run, than the Wii, but probably much better exercise, too - I've lost 4 pounds in just over two weeks and I'm still sucking down milkshakes and cramming candy bars in my face. Never underestimate the calorie-burning of swimming!). AND I signed up for the 'health fair' at work to try to win one (I'll laugh if I do now). So, basically, I was kinda over it, or at least resigned, and not looking... and that's when it appeared.

Now, the graphics on the Wii SUCK compared to the XBox (we did buy Lego Star Wars, just to compare (and to have all 4 versions of it that we can use...) - we'll definitely be getting Lego Batman for the XBox). But the little games, the sports things and whatnot? Great for that (I won at bowling, we'll see if we ever play that again!). I can see us getting a lot of use out of it for that. So far the games we have are: the sports games it came with, Lego Star Wars, Carnival Games, and Boom Blox. Any others I just have to have?