Craig pointed out a cool mashup site today: MapWii.
One of the clunkier aspects of the Wii is the multi-step process necessary to get a friend’s Mii on your console. The result is that although our Mii Parade is well-populated, it’s 98% random Miis and only a couple from people we actually know.
UPDATE 3/26: Hello, Digg users.
I promised Scott a Nintendo Wii for his birthday, but it took a little time to actually track one down and get it here (thank you, eBay!). And yes, I am probably a fool for overpaying on eBay rather than camping a line for one, but I’m too damn old to sit out in the cold all night for a game console.
So far, we’ve set the console up, gotten it connected to the Internet, downloaded all the updates, and created two Mii avatars. After dinner, we’ll crack open the games (it came with Wii Sports, plus we bought Zelda and the Marvel game) and see how we do with those.
Apparently you can add Wii-owning friends to your Address Book and then their avatars will wander across your screen along with your own. If you’ve got a Wii and want to friend up, leave a comment or shoot me an e-mail and we can exchange numbers. I’d rather not post our console number in public.