This is the feedback thread for the MNers taking part in the "My First Wii Challenge" with Nintendo and Mumsnet. You may recall we asked for willing volunteers to try a Wii for 4 weeks and to add their feedback to a thread on Mumsnet. They've been adding lots of feedback already but this is now the 'official' feedback thread.
The families have been playing the following games: uDraw GameTablet with uDraw Studio, Pictionary and Spongbob, Mario Kart, and Kirby's Epic Yarn. They have also just got Wii Play Motion and Just Dance Jnrs.
We have some challenges and feedback questions for you - do let us know how you got on with set up of the Wii and also try the challenges and see what you think and let us know. Do state the ages and genders of your LO's when posting your reply.
General - please let us know how you got on with the following:
- Getting the Wii set up for the first time
- Connecting the Wii to the Internet (using wifi, if you could)
- Creating a Wii Mii for each family member
- Setting up iPlayer (if on wifi)
- Adding additional Wii Remotes
Kirby's Epic Yarn - Challenges - let us know your overall views on the game as well as trying these challenges:
~ Create a beautifully furnished room as a family, using the soft furnishings picked up throughout the game
~ Mum and Dad (or another adult) play together (as Kirby and Prince Fluff) followed by the children - the pair with the best score wins
Just Dance Jnrs - Challenges - let us know your overall views on the game as well as trying these challenges:
~ Each family member to assign a dance to another member of the family. The family must then hold a dance off. The family member with the highest score wins
~ Family forms two teams of two. Each team must perform a perfectly synchronised routine and the other team must score them secretly. After each team has performed their routine the scores can be opened. Each family should decide on some things to award extra points for, such as enthusiasm, the best faces pulled while dancing etc.
~ Each family member teaches a routine to a non-family member. Points don?t matter here - it's the taking part that counts!
Mario Kart - Challenges - let us know your overall views on the game as well as trying these challenges:
~ An adult (eg Dad, Grandma) and and child race 3 times and record the best of 3
~ Race a match blindfold: families divide into pairs, and one must race blindfold while the other directs them
Wii Play Motion - Challenges - let us know your overall views on the game as well as trying these challenges:
~ Crown each member of the family king or queen of one mini game. The challenge is to find one game that each family member excels at
~ One sibling teaches the other how to play a new mini-game (if possible)
uDraw - Challenges - let us know your overall views on the game as well as trying these challenges:
~ Create a drawing of a designated family member in under one minute
~ Create a drawing made entirely from the stamps provided in uDraw Studio
~ Play Pictionary in teams - adults vs children, mixed teams..who wins?
~ Create teams and each team creates a Dood - the team whose Dood gets the highest score wins
If you already have a Wii, please do let Nintendo know what you think of these games and of your use as a family of the Wii - add your views here or try some of the challenges and you'll be entered into a prize draw where one lucky winner will receive two Wii games!
Thanks and good luck
MNHQ