Someone gets a taste of Wii Kiosk gaming

Lucky guy! Over at the Evil Avatar forums, Capn Crunch wrote about his experience with the Wii trial Kiosks at GameStop. Apparently, he was there right when the guy from Nintendo showed up to set the demo kiosk.

Some notable things from his account:

• Even the fellow setting up the Wii didn’t know why you needed to begin your Wii experience by using the startup disc. The whole thing about setting up the Wii with the disc takes less than two minutes though, so it shouldn’t be a big deal unless there’s spyware or they’ve placed a virus in the Wii that turns gamers into zombies.
• According to Capn Crunch, they won’t be tethering the Wii. You will, however, have to relinquish your driver’s license and your credit card. No word on how people without those two things can play, but expect trained ninjas hiding in the shadows.
• The disc drive is like a car stereo drive, he says, as it “pulls the media in. It can accept regular Wii games or GC games with no problem.”
• He got to try out Excite Truck on two-player mode, and mentioned a function of the game. You can press something on the Wiimote that enables you to actually alter the terrain as you choose. That sounds like one heck of a game mechanic.

Sound good to you? He also adds details on how to sync the controllers and other sorts of little details, and you can really feel the excitement coming from his post. He’s happy he got the chance to play, and lucky for gamers everywhere, he was willing to share his experience with everyone.

Lucky guy! Over at the Evil Avatar forums, Capn Crunch wrote about his experience with the Wii trial Kiosks at GameStop. Apparently, he was there right when the guy from Nintendo showed up to set the demo kiosk.

Some notable things from his account:

• Even the fellow setting up the Wii didn’t know why you needed to begin your Wii experience by using the startup disc. The whole thing about setting up the Wii with the disc takes less than two minutes though, so it shouldn’t be a big deal unless there’s spyware or they’ve placed a virus in the Wii that turns gamers into zombies.
• According to Capn Crunch, they won’t be tethering the Wii. You will, however, have to relinquish your driver’s license and your credit card. No word on how people without those two things can play, but expect trained ninjas hiding in the shadows.
• The disc drive is like a car stereo drive, he says, as it “pulls the media in. It can accept regular Wii games or GC games with no problem.”
• He got to try out Excite Truck on two-player mode, and mentioned a function of the game. You can press something on the Wiimote that enables you to actually alter the terrain as you choose. That sounds like one heck of a game mechanic.

Sound good to you? He also adds details on how to sync the controllers and other sorts of little details, and you can really feel the excitement coming from his post. He’s happy he got the chance to play, and lucky for gamers everywhere, he was willing to share his experience with everyone.