Wii Want to Go Home!
Last Sunday morning I stood in line for 1.5 hours at Toys”R”Us in Cary to get my hands on my very own Nintendo Wii. I was #18 out of a line of what amounted to at least 60 people. Only the first 28 got Wiis. It was fun standing in line, and a kid behind me said how much more exciting it is to win the chance to buy one (as opposed to buying one online), and how there is a feeling of accomplishment. I agree with him 100%.
The Wii is great, and I highly recommend trying to find one (hint: look at your Sunday ads and try to get to the store at 8:30am). However, the organization of the screens is one of the biggest things that bugs me. In particular, I often struggle to find the home button on the screen. I can understand if games made by different manufacturers place the button in a different area, but I am referring to the applications that Nintendo created. They have very little consistency.
Mii Channel: top-left with circular arrow
Photo Channel: bottom-left button
Shop Channel: mid-bottom left button
Everybody Votes Channel: top-right with circular arrow
Internet Channel: mid-bottom bar with curved down arrow
Forecast Channel: bottom-left button
News Channel: bottom-left button
Message Board: bottom-right circular button
Check Mii Out Channel: bottom-left circular arrow that turns into a rounded corner button
Totals: bottom-left button 3, many designs tied at 1
Does this bug anyone else, or do you just use the dedicated home button on the remote? Check out my Flickr set of Wii screenshots to see the differences.
The biggest kick-in-the-ass from my Wii so far was when I was entering my credit card information:
The occlusion was a bit of a problem, but there also isn’t any auditory feedback when I hit the button! Therefore, I had to move my cursor away to see the month I selected. Out of all the screens on the Wii, one would think Nintendo would carefully design this one. After all, it’s the screen where they make the most money.
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