■ 23/06/08 - We Ski You fitness junkies can keep your Wii Fit. For the purely hedonistic gamers among us, Nintendo's Balance Board peripheral is nothing better or worse than a new way to interact with games. Namco Bandai's We Ski is the first such offering, capitalizing on the new tech with an open-world - perhaps open-mountain is more appropriate - skiing game. While the family-friendly, budget-priced title may not be as deep as it could be, it does at least offer a hint of what's possible when the power of the Balance Board is harnessed for non-fitness applications.
Test de We Ski sur Wii, chez Games Channel.
■ 20/06/08 - We Ski We Ski, which incidentally is how Arnold Schwarzenegger pronounces "whiskey," is an alpine skiing title featuring whimsical graphics, bouncy music, and Mii support. It’s also the first third-party title to make use of the Wii balance board. Yet the peripheral is entirely optional, designed to enhance the experience rather than define it.
■ 19/05/08 - We Ski The Adonis-like figures bestowed by Wii Fit go someway toward justifying that hefty balance board start-up cost. But, for our money, it’s the strength of supporting third party software that will truly justify the purchase. ‘Babes’ digging our mad balancing skillz will only get it a free pass for so long; a sorry looking pile of sneered at DK Bongos reminding what fate befalls a library-less peripheral.
