Vacation Isle Wii
With all the rain we’ve had here in New England this week, we thought we’d share a post from our sister site in Chicago on a Wii game that may help get you to the beach during this rainy period.
If the summer has gotten away from you and you never made it to that island vacation, maybe you can live vicariously through Vacation Isle Beach Party. We recently got sent this game for the Wii and I would not say that it successfully replaces a vacation, but it definitely got me thinking about one.
Vacation Isle can be played with your standard Wii remote and nunchuk or you can get the Wii balance board and surf the way the pros do it. Vacation isle comes with 8 different games with adjustable difficulty settings. So your kids can play as well as teenagers and adults. Games include:
- Salom Skiing where you water ski back and forth between pilons, jumps, and other obstacles.
- Wake boarding where you show off you balance.
- Surfing where you try to catch the best waves and don’t get dragged underwater.
- Stand Up Paddling where you try to steer your boat through the obstacles.
- Ski Jump where you take your water ski’s over platforms and jumps for distance.
- Stunt Park where you get to try your freestyle moves.
- Hula and Fire dancing which I never really did try.
My five year old and me spent our time in the slalom racing and ski jumping. Each time we hit a jump we screamed until we landed to see how far we went. The slalom really helps you remember how hard water skiing is but at least you don’t have to start from a sitting position in the water. Vacation Isle is a little monotonous as it doesn’t very that much except for the difficult so it hasn’t hit the major rotation. However, when it slides into the Wii we do get some solid entertainment out of it.
What did you do this weekend?