::A Geek in Korea::

Now that my cousins are done with their intensive final examinations, both of them came over to play some Nintendo Wii. Their mother came over too. Since the last time I had the boy over to play a few games, he has declared that all he wants for Christmas AND his Birthday is a Wii. His mom, my wife’s Aunt, came over to check out what her son had been ranting and raving about for the past two weeks. She wanted to see if he would have fun with his older sister before she’d agree to purchase one too.

I’ve been telling them that the Korean launch is a few months away, and the last thing they should do is import a Japanese Wii just to play for a few months. I’ve got an American Wii, as I’m willing to pay some cash to get American games I can read and play. If he got a Japanese Wii, they’d be stuck with Wii Sports and not much else. As long as he is willing to come over and play on the weekends, he’s welcome to up until the Korean launch. I got him into the Nintendo DS, and now I’ve got him hooked on the Wii. I really want to make sure he doesn’t jump in too soon and regret it.

The cousins came over for some Wii Sports. The boy wanted to play some Boxing because he had lots of stress. I retain my boxing championship convincingly, but he was able to beat his older sister, his first victory. She liked Tennis more, and they played fairly well as a team too. Except when they were smacking each other with the remotes by mistake. I lost the Baseball games I played, and only barely squeaked by in Bowling. Clearly, our living room is too small for the chaos that is Wii Sports.

I think there is a strong possibility that he’s going to end up with a Korean launch Nintendo Wii. My wife seems to be looking forward to Wii Fit more that I realized. She mentioned it as a future accessory that will enhance the console and help with raising their physical fitness. We also told them about the Virtual Console, and the other perks of the system. Right now it’s prohibitively expensive to track it down since it is import only. Once it hits Korea and catches fire in popularity I think I’ll see one at their house. If Korean Wii Launch hits around Lunar New Year next year (which would be the sweetest time ever), every child in Korea is going to want one with their Lunar New Year money. If they bring over their remotes, I’ll be able to play some Smash Brothers Brawl with more players. Awesome.

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