Now I know how my parents felt!

I remember long ago as a family gift getting the original Nintendo for Christmas. We were all so excited! I remember the long hours we would spend playing Super Mario Brothers trying to conquer the game without warping, conquering Contra in the least amount of time possible and playing Tetris and Pinball long into the night after my parents thought we were in bed. I remember knowing the paddle like the back of my hand. I also remember trying to teach my parents how to play Super Mario Brothers and I could not understand how they could be so uncoordinated with the paddle. Seriously, Mario was not that hard to control. Well, I am afraid I now know how my parents felt.

Matt and I are proud owners of a Wii (Christmas 2006). When we first made this purchase it made me feel like a kid again playing tennis, bowling and baseball into the wee hours of the night when we should have been sleeping. I was impressed with my control over the paddle. In fact, I have to admit I thought to myself..."my parent were just out of it back in the day, THAT is why they didn't have precise Nintendo playing skills." Well, I gave Matt Mario Galaxy for his birthday last month. He of course has put long, hard hours into the game. Today I decided it was finally my turn to show him how the game was played. After two hours of Matt laughing, me running around the boards aimlessly, and asking Matt multiple times "how do I do this?" I finally passed the first Galaxy. For those of you that know Mario Galaxy...it should not have taken 2 hours.

All I have to say is I now know how my parents felt back in the day when they were trying to control Mario. I am afraid it is now my turn to feel old and now I am the one that can't control Mario. Alas, I have not given up. No matter how long it takes me, I am not going to let Mario control me. I will conquer the game. Even if it takes me 3 times as long as the average person!