The Wii U Experience!

So, recently, Nintendo invited me--a loyal Club Nintendo member--to an event called the "Wii U Experience."  Basically, this event allowed me to play Wii U games such as New Super Mario Bros. U, Pikmin 3, Sing, Rayman Legends, Nintendo Land, and more before they're released this holiday season!  To say I was ecstatic about this event would have been the understatement of the century; I found myself wishing Nintendo would invent a "time pipe" in addition to a warp pipe, so that the day of the event would come sooner.  (Of course, now I'm wishing they would invent a "back-in-time" pipe, so that I could relive the event again...)

Unsurprisingly, the event was a blast.  Granted, I spent most of the time singing or dancing along to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" song because all the other games were being played, but if the worst thing I can say is that I danced the night away, then I'd say I had a pretty fantabulous time.  While I did NOT make the video embedded below, I am featured in it for a whooping 2 seconds (1:20 to 1:22--I'm the girl in the light blue Zelda shirt dancing to Sing).  I really don't know how I'm going to cope with this 2 seconds of fame.  My attempts to live life anonymously have been thwarted.  >;D

ANYWAYS, the Wii U has everything I expected it would: responsive controls, colorful graphics, and a fun factor to the power of infinity.  Some highlights include sailing out of danger with the flying squirrel suit in New Super Mario Bros. U, getting owned at the "Donkey Kong's Crash Course" minigame in Nintendo Land, and laying the law down with Rock Pikmin in Pikmin 3.  Those of you who haven't played the Wii U yet are in for a real treat this holiday season.  I'll be lining up for one the day it comes out.