SSD Company Limited Xavix Gray Console
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Better than Wii
Pros
incredibly fun, some games provide aerobic workout, good simulation of real sports
Cons
graphics a bit cartoony, system not marketed well in US
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Find it and buy it before it's gone.
The Xavix was a revolutionary video game system that was extremely popular in Japan, but was just never really marketed properly in the United States.
Like the Wii, the Xavix lets you move a game controller around, and it'll detect your movements and reflect them on the screen. Unlike the Wii, the Xavix makes different controllers for different games. For example, baseball uses a baseball bat that looks and feels like the real thing. Bowling uses a plastic controller in the shape of a bowling ball. Fishing uses a fishing rod. Tennis uses two miniature tennis rackets. And so on.
My personal favorite is Jackie Chan's Powerboxing. These are two actual boxing gloves, and the system really does detect when you're moving your hands. The best thing about it--you really do work up a whole-body sweat. It is aerobic exercise that you don't even realize you're doing just because you're having fun.
Because of the lack of Marketing, the Xavix doesn't look like it has much of a future in the US, especially given the hype of the Wii. But if you take my advice, you'll go and find one on clearance at Toys R Us or on eBay or something before they're gone. It is what the Wii was meant to be.
Like the Wii, the Xavix lets you move a game controller around, and it'll detect your movements and reflect them on the screen. Unlike the Wii, the Xavix makes different controllers for different games. For example, baseball uses a baseball bat that looks and feels like the real thing. Bowling uses a plastic controller in the shape of a bowling ball. Fishing uses a fishing rod. Tennis uses two miniature tennis rackets. And so on.
My personal favorite is Jackie Chan's Powerboxing. These are two actual boxing gloves, and the system really does detect when you're moving your hands. The best thing about it--you really do work up a whole-body sweat. It is aerobic exercise that you don't even realize you're doing just because you're having fun.
Because of the lack of Marketing, the Xavix doesn't look like it has much of a future in the US, especially given the hype of the Wii. But if you take my advice, you'll go and find one on clearance at Toys R Us or on eBay or something before they're gone. It is what the Wii was meant to be.
