Driving in the mountains is just like playing Mario Kart

As we were driving through the mountains last week, Maddie kept commenting how it was just like playing Mario Kart on the Wii -- which was my Mother's Day gift (along with some very pretty roses that Maddie picked out for me).

I am a gamer -- I've had every Nintendo system that ever came out (except a few of the weird GameBoy variations) and I play Nintendo DS every day.  Maddie is following in my footsteps, but Pete was never really into these things until the Wii entered our home.  (My Christmas gift the year it came out -- Yes, Pete stood in lines and tried to get one for me.  Poor guy!)  Now we all play together and I think that Mario Kart has been the best game so far for family fun.  I highly recommend it for the gamers and non-gamers in your family as it is so much more interactive than having your kids sitting around playing game by themselves and it's not violent (yeah for non-violent video games!)

Anyone tried the Wii Fit?  I'm so curious as it seem like something that would be right up my alley if it functions well.

Comments

[Toni]

I bought Wii Fit over the weekend and love it. LOVE IT! I used it twice and could definitely feel how the balance exercises had worked my core. Woo hoo!

[Sue]

Wii Fit is great! I am a former personal trainer and I can't say enough good things about this "game". Yay Nintendo for getting us off our butts!

[Brandie]

We just got Mario Kart this weekend. We do like it! But we haven't all played together yet.
We got Wii Fit Wednesday and we LOVE it! I play and my 8 year old plays. My husband has commented he'd like to play, but he hasn't actually done it yet.
I think it was worth the money - although there are a few things I dislike about it - they are minor and overall I think it's about as good as that sort of system can be!

[Cyndilou]

Love love LOVE my Wii Fit (and Mario Kart, for that matter) -- I've been getting up a little early every morning to do the yoga exercises. I could do them on my own but never seem to have the motivation that early, plus the Wii Fit shows you your actual balance, and gives you ides on how to combine it with different strength training exercises to increase the workout. GREAT stuff!

[Pete]

Nintendo is truly revolutionzing the videogame industry with the Wii - its design gets the whole family involved, tech-shy senior citizens are drawn to its simplicity, and its low price relative to its competitors makes it affordable for a much larger group of consumers. I fully expect Sony and Microsoft to put out Wii knockoffs within the next year.