So yesterday I got a Nintendo Wii in the mail. I ordered it last week after seeing that Sears had got them in stock. I set it up and my sister and I spent some time last night playing it. Lemme tell you, it is good for hours and hours of amusement.

We were also browsing all the different features of the console. One of the things you can do is download old school NES and Super NES games from Nintendo. Each game costs about $5-7 depending on how old it is. So we decided to check out Super Mario Bros. That's right, the first one. From 1985.

So we download it and set up the game for 2 players. Now if you don't remember how it works, Super Mario Bros is played one player at a time. The first player plays until he/she dies, and then it's the second player's turn. So I start playing and gradually my sister is getting really annoyed because I'm not dying, but rather, I'm beating level after level. On top of that, she's getting really bewildered because 22 years after this game was released, I still remember where all the secrets are, where all the warp zones and hidden items are. So it's bewilderment and annoyance. Quite a hilarious combination. We were laughing for quite a long time.

My sister also pointed out that this was exactly how things were like when we were kids playing Nintendo. Some things never change.