If you’re shopping for a Christmas gift for an adult, a child of almost any age, or for your whole family, it’s hard to beat the Nintendo Wii in terms of a Christmas present that has something to be enjoyed by everyone of nearly ever age. Nintendo Wii truly is a gift for the whole family. It comes equipped with plenty of fun for Mom, Dad, and kids, but when you add in all the options available from the Nintendo Wii catalog of additional games and equipment, you’ll know you’ve found a Christmas gift that will be used for years and years to come. With options that range from exercise for men and women wanting to lose weight or get in shape with the Wii Fit Plus or older kids who enjoy the sports from the Wii Sports Report or little ones looking for work with Mario and save the day with the New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the only question is how you’ll decide who gets to play with your Nintendo Wii first!
If you’re wondering whether Nintendo Wii is the right gaming console for you? Keep in mind that on the popular Amazon sales page for this video game console, the Nintendo Wii has more than 1600 rates of 4 or 5 stars (out of 5 maximum). This is over 90% of the ratings given. Clearly, the Nintendo Wii is a crowd pleaser, but does that mean it’s right for you?
As with most video game consoles, a lot of attention is paid to the specs of the Nintendo Wii. The Wii provides 512 MB of internal flash memory, two USB 2.0 ports, and a slot for SD memory expansion. The system offers a processing chip from IBM (code-named “Broadway”) and a graphics chipset from ATI (code-named “Hollywood”). Together these pieces of hardware provide a technological system that delivers amazing performance.
Nintendo Wii Remote – The Magic Wand
No bigger than a small traditional remote control, the wireless Wii Remote is a truly multi functional device. The magic of the Wii Remote’s design lies within; acellerometers inside the controller measure movement in all directions and at all speeds. In a tennis game, it serves as your racket as you swing away. In driving games it serves as a steering wheel, allowing you to swerve to avoid obstacles or pickup power-ups.
In first-person shooters, it acts as a firearm that you can point directly at an on-screen enemy. The controller also has a force feedback “Rumble” feature and an expansion port for use with accessories, such as the Nunchuck, which adds an analog thumbstick and trigger buttons. The system allows for up to four controllers to be linked at a time and utilizes standard Bluetooth wireless technology. For those who prefer the feel of a traditional controller an adapter is available that fits over the Wii’s remote.
Nintendo Wii Game Catalog
Each Wii comes with a game compilation called “Wii Sports,” including tennis, golf, baseball and bowling games, that show off the console’s intuitive new controller, but Wii also plays games developed specifically for it as well as fan-favorite games from Nintendo’s 20-year-old library. Its drive is compatible with GameCube discs, and select Nintendo titles from the original NES of the 1980s all the way through the Nintendo 64 are available for download through the “Virtual Console” for $5 and $10 respectively. To support this backwards compatibility the Wii includes four ports for classic Nintendo GameCube controllers and two slots for Nintendo GameCube Memory Cards. As if that weren’t enough, the Virtual Console will also make available a few titles from SNES console contemporaries, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx 16.
Also, Wii utilizes Nintendo’s newly-announced wireless feature, WiiConnect24. This worldwide feature allows players to receive content such as Wii Message Board messages sent from other Wii consoles, Miis, e-mails, updated channel and game content, and notification of software updates even while the console is on standby, keeping the fun going even when you are not online.
Nintendo Wii Reviews
Best fitness club membership I ever bought
Fun:
What a blast to play and what a surprising workout you can get even with the simplest game. Instead of sitting around in the evenings watching TV, my wife and I now play different sports, use the different sports skill builder games, and get a reasonable workout in the privacy of our own home. Money well spent.
Very good system, needs more games
Fun:
We have had a Wii since they came out. At first we played Wii sports a lot. But that quickly died down. Then we had Mario Galaxy, Zelda TP, Mario Kart, Mario Party, SSBB, and Super Paper Mario. We have since bought more games. But the kids just seem to play a little and then go back to the 360 and PS3. Banjo Kazooie, Rachet and Clank, and others. They get bored so quickly with the Wii and i feel that is because the games, other than the select few that held their attention for a little while, are not that great. That being said, the system does have a few must play titles and with New Super Mario Brothers Wii coming out it should get played a lot for a while.
The systems controls are great when implemented right. I bought the Conduit and although the game was a little weak the controls were fantastic.
The graphics can be decent if a company chooses to do so. Maybe not on par with other consoles but still really nice.
There are some games on WiiWare and of course they have plenty of classics you can download.
Although not included, if you buy or have a Wii i would recommend WiiMotion Plus as it makes for a more responsive motion control in games that utilize it.
This is a great system that would have been a 5-star for me if the games had been there. Just needs more quality games.
Games for Everyone
Fun:
A friend introduced us to the Wii system, and its versatility and variety provides something for everyone, of all ages. This is the most fun of any video game I’ve ever seen. With so many selections of games, it’s hard to see how anyone could become bored with Wii.
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Originally posted 2009-11-14 21:23:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
