Mii, Wii & You?
The picture below is of this website on my new Nintendo Wii. It’s got Opera installed and works really well. I was impressed to see it play an embedded YouTube video right there on my TV. So now I can pause from playing a game to watch videos on the web. Very interesting…
What also has my attention is this whole concept of a Mii that Nintendo has. Think of it as another avatar of your self. Everyone in my family has one except for the pets which the kids were not all that happy about.
When I play certain games it keeps stats with my Mii. I can even embed a Mii into a controller, take that over to a friends house and now my Mii is playing games on their system. Wouldn’t it be cool if I could bring my games that I’ve downloaded (Super Mario Brothers last night for that retro feel on the HD TV *laugh*), web favorites and other goodies along as well?
There is a social area called the Mii Parade. I still don’t know what it does, but I’ve told the network that others can come and visit. Again, I’m not sure what that is about and how it will work, but the concept that my Wii is attached to the net 24/7 through my wireless network excites me. Will I wake up one morning to see new features, goodies or other things waiting for me? Will I wake up some day to an ad that I didn’t want? Since the Wii knows what games I play (It keeps a daily log for you) will Nintendo harvest that data and let me know when similar games that I might like will be coming out and provide me a demo right there instead of sending a disc through the mail?
All of this seems like a lot of potential. Brand new ground that will tie everything back to the TV, but not through the networks control that we’ve become use to. Or is it now just a bigger and better network?
I’m still not sure, but all these possibilities certainly have me excited. What about you?
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