Bowling

Bowling was also a big hit due to the fact that we all go out to bowl at the bowling alley every couple of weeks. Bowling took a little getting used to since you actually do have to press some buttons as opposed to simply swinging the wiimote like you would in tennis. However, the biggest surprise of the night came when our littlest player scored a strike on her very first bowl! The family room roared with cheers and laughter and immediately I realized that this was what the Wii was all about. To be able to incite this much emotion from people who have never even truly picked up a game controller in their life is an enormous accomplishment.

My own father, who actually had played video games way back in the old days and even became a fairly respectable Pac-Man player, had this to say regarding Bowling: “I liked it very much. The wireless remote made the biggest difference along with the fact that you could adjust the position of the ball, control the speed of the ball and even the curve of the ball and you do it just as if you were holding the ball at the bowling alley.”