Comments on: Our Wii has changed our lives

By: fun

fun — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:31:33 +0000

Wii will work you up into a sweat. If you do the boxing, do the endurance/weight training test. I have played quite a bit, so if you ain’t sweating you ain’t working too hard. You will sweat. I bought it at Walmart for $250.00 so we got it for super cheap. We did have to buy the controls for it, but we have fun & liked setting up the Avatars. When I bought it a few months ago it was fun & glad to do it. It was well worth the money. My hubby & I like bowling. My hubby has a heart condition so he has to be careful & it’s just enough, so he doesn’t over-do it. My hubby is only 39 it’s a shame & it’s not by his doing as far as the cardiac issues are concerned.

Thanks & I would recommend the Wii over the X-Box. My friend’s hubby has the X-Box & it’s broken. He rarely played it & he is steamed over this! She wanted to get the Wii when Comcast was offering it, but for some reason they could not offer the Wii because they were out of of it.

By: NtJS

NtJS — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:14:21 +0000

Mrs. !? Did you see this?

These look awesome, but convincing the wife to get one will be the real challenge, that and allocating the funds…. Oh, well. We’re getting super-close to our HDTV goal tho!

By: Autumn

Autumn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:34:18 +0000

Great post! I have been pining over a Wii for months now, but still haven’t made the plunge. I think it’s time!

By: Zombie Money

Zombie Money — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:19:17 +0000

No Wii for me but many of my friends have one ans several of them have actually bought it for their parents. Def a game system that covers many age levels.

By: Christian Personal Finance

Christian Personal Finance — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:03:58 +0000

Debt is like wetting the bed……

I found this quote about debt and I love it…
“Borrowing money is like wetting your bed in the middle of the night. At first all you feel is warmth and release. But very, very quickly comes the awful, cold discomfort of reality.”…

By: MMJ

MMJ — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:22:48 +0000

My wife has been wanting one, which says alot. She is not a big video game fan. We will hold out for a little while, maybe I can load up on the Mypoints gift certificates.

By: FFB

FFB — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:26:00 +0000

I’ve been resisting the Wii but seeing the electronic drum portion of Rock Star may prove the end of my resistance some day soon!

By: ChristianPF

ChristianPF — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:21:33 +0000

I want a Wii!! I played a friend of mines a few times – tennis is my fav… and I want one, maybe with the next stimulus check

By: lint

lint — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:31:57 +0000

All current video game consoles have wireless controllers. Also, I haven’t touched Wii Sports or Play since I bought my Wii. It is quite easy to play all those games without moving at all.

As for the fit, I’d rather stick to my Pilates class and just play DDR at home for the cardio (available for the Wii).

I consider video games, for the casual gamer, to be an okay splurge purchase. For $50 you can get a lot of enjoyment out of a game; especially for the multi-player games.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:23:18 +0000

I was hesitant about the Wii, but I was fortunate enough to win one at work before Christmas. We’ve found that the games are tons of fun, and I don’t like traditional video games at all.

We pre-ordered the Wii fit and find it gets our heart rate elevated, when we use it. It tracks your progress, and like any videogame you unlock more games the more you play. The cutest feature was that it reminded when my husband’s birthday was coming up!!!

Another good game is Dance Dance Revolution! It really gets the heart going and has many levels to play. (and the music is all from when I was in highschool in the 1980’s!)

Great fun all around!