Finally, The Sims meets the Wii

I started writing about this colossal combination months ago, as a former fan of The Sims. The Wii is the logical, perfect console for the game, even with all of the game's flaws. (Yeah, it shouldn't take 45 minutes to use the toidy, I think.) Aside from the child-oriented MySims characters (Rated E for Everyone), I'm waiting on more grown-up friendly fare. So this is the new development.

Gamespot: The Sims 2: Castaway

Sounds promising, fun premise, but I'd still like to see more. I'd rate myself an 80 out of 100 in terms of my affection for the game. If EA can come up with more twists, or even some of the exisiting titles, in Wii console form, I think it'll take off. (The Sims 2: Pets for Wii was released in April.) I'm bullish on EA, but more so on NTDOY.PK, of course. The technology will almost certainly improve beyond our imaginations, so I think just about every sport, every hand-eye coordination activity could end up as a Wii game. It could cater to fans of baseball (already on the market) to GTA to knitting. Imagine what the billion-dollar adult entertainment industry would do with Wii technology. The potential is ginormous (gigantic and enormous), which is why I view the Wii as a killer app with almost no peer relative to its industry.

Even without more developments with The Sims — EA is in early development of The Sims 3, supposedly — I'm expecting a very merry Wii Christmas.

When titans clash: Apple vs. Nintendo?

Looks like a certainty that two great companies, Apple and Nintendo, are heading for a duel in the handheld game wars.

The New York Post's Damon Brown wrote about this on Sunday. If you haven't read his piece, go for it. As a fan of both companies, it's a must.

How far can the Nintendo DS go? What's next for the iPhone? I think the either (or both) would be even more addicting if it had Madden NFL and NCAA '08 games built in.

I still think when The Sims meets the Wii, we'll be scratching the surface of interactive motion-detection technology on a social-networking level.

Pupule Paul is long AAPL and NTDOY.PK.

How far can the Wii go?

They use the Wii in gyms. Real gyms.

According to this story at Gaming Today, actual gym members at Studeo55 in Vancouver use the Wii for a workout. Boxing, tennis, bowling, they're all practical.

I just wonder what'll happen when The Sims is available on Wii.