Another disclaimer here: I don't own Wii and Wii Sports Resort, I just own a Wii console, four Wii remotes and a Wii Sports Resort game disc at home.
Monday, 17th April 2017, 19:00 - Our Flat
"Play what?" Gabriel turned his head to me and asked.
"Wii Sports Resort," I told Gabriel and Fingolfin, "Feanaro looks interested when he picked up the game disc."
Fingolfin looked interested, too. "What is that about?" He asked curiously. Gabriel cleared his throat, then he spoke, "It is a game where you can try twelve kinds of sports on an island called 'Wuhu Island'." He paused a bit here, "Including swordplay and archery. You elves are good at them, right?" He grinned, giving them an "I don't trust you can do better than me" expression. I shook my head and sighed. Gabriel was indeed a mighty player in Wii Sword-plays, but he was really arrogant when he treated his rivals. When would Gabriel listen to me that don't show that arrogant look to anyone, that the others may feel offended, especially to two High Kings of the Noldor?
Feanor raised an eyebrow, then he gave out a proud smile, whispering, "Fine. Then I'll show you my strength." His smile was filled with pride, his eyes were shining like firelight. "I'm taking remotes," I added quickly, or other people - or elves - would see me blushing. I grabbed two Wii remotes from a cabinet and handed them to Gabriel and Feanor. Then, all I did was setting up the game, and I was busy until the menu was shown on the TV screen. That was exciting. I could soon witness Feanor, my favourite character, playing the swordplay game! Feanor always gave me an expression that he was a great sword-fighter apart from a great smith and a High King of the Noldor. Oh my God, now I felt more and more excited. Maybe now my face was red like the robe Feanor was wearing!
"How does this rectangular thing work?" Feanor asked. I walked towards him, then pointed at a round button that wrote "A". "This 'A' button means confirmation, sometimes it works as some certain actions too. This 'B' button-" I told him to turn the remote over, showing a curved button that wrote "B", "-means return. Like the 'A' button, it worked as some certain actions sometimes." Then, I told him to turn the remote over again. I pointed at a button that looked like a cross and continued my explanation about the usage of buttons on the remote. "The cross buttons work as four directions: up, down, left and right. You will need it to choose between choices, like all buttons, they work as certain actions when you play some certain games. If you choose, point at the option and press A. I'll explain the others later."
Feanor nodded, telling me that he understood the usage of the buttons. Gabriel then spoke, "You might want to play as a character that represents yourself, right?"
The elves nodded.
"Okay, then you can create a character of your own." Gabriel said, then he picked the place where we made characters which were called "Mii" here. The screen then showed some men doing their own stuff and some buttons. Gabriel chose a button on screen which was used for creating new Mii, then he asked the elves that who wanted to create their own Mii first. Then Fingolfin had the control of the remote, but he looked confused. Gabriel quickly taught him how to use the Wii remote, next he added, "Just point at the piece you want to add onto your character and press A."
So Fingolfin created his Mii: A man (elf?) with compassionate gray eyes, a nose, a smiling mouth (which is also what Gabriel chose for his Mii), long black hair and a costume, which was dark blue in colour. When his Mii pounced out from the left to the centre of the square where the Miis located, Fingolfin smiled. "Your turn, brother," he said, handing the remote to Feanor. Feanor also created his Mii afterwards: a man (elf?) with a pair of piercing gray eyes, a nose, a smirking mouth (which is my favourite), long black hair and a bright red costume. Soon, we all saw his Mii pouncing out towards the centre of the square, and Fingolfin's Mii wasn't in the middle anymore. He was at the edge.
Soon Gabriel and Feanor got control of the remotes. Gabriel entered the Wii Sports Resort game, then the relaxing theme music rang all over the flat. Feanor asked in an earnest tone, "You challenged me to a swordplay round, right?"
"Yeah," Gabriel replied blithely, "Are you ready?"
Feanor nodded silently. I couldn't see his expressions, but I guessed that he would smile, or maybe smirk. Gabriel picked the duel mode of swordplay, then asked Feanor to choose his character. I quickly whispered next to his sharp ears, "Swing the remote like a sword. Press and hold B if you want to block. The character won't dodge, you need to block the attack in a different direction, like if he attacks you vertically, just block it horizontally, or you'll get hit. If he blocks, swing in the same direction. For example, if he blocks vertically, you need to swing it vertically, so you can break his defence." Feanor turned his head towards me. I thought he was going to complain about me treating him like somebody who was on his first day to fight, however, he just slowly nodded, and whispered, "Understood." Gabriel then asked with a strangely gleeful smile, "Now you're not standing on my side, right?"
Oh my God, Gabriel, my dear brother! I had told you a lot of times that you shouldn't speak like this! I gave him back a gleeful smile, which showed my teeth, and also told him to shut up. Feanor's impatient voice rang next to me, "Are you going to start the round, Gabriel? Or you are telling us that you're no match for me?"
"Of course not! I'm not going to tell you this!" Gabriel replied loudly, which he emphasised the words "not". Feanor glanced at him, then stared at the TV screen. Fingolfin was still sitting on the sofa, his new clothes were placed aside. He clapped loudly and cheered, like he was a cheerleader. I remembered that although Feanor wasn't really like Fingolfin (under the influence of Melkor's lies), Fingolfin always supported his half-brother. I returned to the sofa, then my gaze didn't leave the TV screen since Gabriel started the game, and the round one was here, starting with a versus sign and both the Miis of the players. Then, I saw their amazing entrance from the edges of the stage. "Go brother!" Fingolfin cheered with both his hands raised. I grasped my fists, because I was excited. Who would win this round, or this game?
"Let's have a practice," Gabriel said, pointing at the blue arrows and pressed A. Feanor soon pointed at the red arrows and pressed A. The game started to each the players how to play this game, but Feanor looked impatient. Maybe it was because I had already told him that how to play this game. Next, the two characters walked together. As quick as lightning, Feanor swung his remote skillfully like a sword, like his battle instincts were unleashed. Now he totally stunned Gabriel. I secretly laughed at his expressions. Gabriel secretly pressed the "minus button", then the practice stopped.
After that, we all saw the entrance of two Miis, who were armored and swords were on their hands. As both of the players ready, with Gabriel standing straight, like he usually did, also Feanor, who was ready with his fighting pose, like if it was, in fact a real fight. Maybe this was in his mind. Now the ready button on the screen was pressed, and that meant the start of round one. Feanor swung his remote vertically like he was slicing an orc into two, then Gabriel's Mii was shortly stunned. Then he seized the chance to make more attacks, as he quickly slashed and jabbed and slashed, his battle instincts for dueling was fully unleashed - before Gabriel could react. Fingolfin clapped even more louder and cheering for his half-brother. However, I was frightened that Feanor may break my TV into pieces.
"Feanor please don't break my TV!" I shouted. However, Feanor didn't care about it. I was sure that he knew how not to break a TV, and luckily he didn't hit my TV with his remote, but unluckily to Gabriel, his Mii was hit into the water, struggling. In seconds.
Yes, Feanor just beat Gabriel in this round for seconds.
Now Gabriel looked at the replay video open-mouthed. Feanor's Mii slashed and dashed forward before Gabriel's Mii fell into the water. Not to mention their actions while playing. They were fierce and graceful. Fingolfin and I looked at the screen silently. After some times, the game was counting down from ten. The players now looked nervous, but none of them looked stressful. Finally, a sound of somebody falling into water was heard. I tried to look at the Mii's face, and it was once again, Gabriel's Mii. The screen now showed Feanor's Mii in the middle of the screen, with a sad Gabriel's Mii at the corner, water dripping off from his body. Gabriel looked at Feanor with respect, he smiled. "Yes, you are a mighty player," He said.
Feanor grinned with a smile. "You are too."
Now, I thought that Gabriel learnt a lesson that he shouldn't underestimate an elf. Besides, I sensed that friendship is growing between the two mighty players (and indeed, great Wii Sports Resort Sword-players).