The Nintendo Wii Console

This is what make Wii is so popular, sold million, and be the most interactive game console.

1. The Wii remote control.
The Wii remote control is different with other game control. The control has accelometer that can control a movement in all direction and all speed. So when you play racing game the control became steering wheel, became a racket when you play tennis game, and more

2. Mii
Mii is a character feature in Wii system that let you create a character of you that could be look like you, your hero, or even someone else. And you can store it in your Wii or load to your remote control.

3. Backward compatibility.
This feature is letting you play your favorite game from the old version of Nintendo game to Nintendo game cube. You can also connect your Wii wirelessly to your Nintendo DS with no additional accessories.

4. The "Broadway" IBM cpu and the "Hollywood" ATI graphic chip.
The Wii is featuring IBM chip processor with ATI graphic chip that give you the great performance game and great quality picture.

5. Wii sport.
Wii sports is a compilation of the sport game from Nintendo. Which it is already installed in Wii console. So you do not need to buy any more game to play sport game.

6. Built-in Wi-Fi
With the built-in Wi-Fi you can connect to internet to play game online, to brows information in the internet, or you can also connect to Wii connect24 to get massage or email even tough you are offline.

Wii Puts "We" Back Into Family Gaming
5.0 out of 5 stars

The true battle of the gaming consoles began months before last Christmas. Beginning about October, and definitely by Black Thursday - the Friday shopping day after Thanksgiving, television, newspapers, and every advertising medium were filled with articles and advertisements for the new gaming consoles coming out just in time to put under the Christmas tree.

The gaming console picked to attract the most attention immediately was the PlayStation 3. It touted the Blu-ray player that was part of the standard equipment, and that Blu-ray player was supposed to be the feature that crushed all other game consoles. Unfortunately, the PlayStation 3 - like its predecessor and the original Xbox and Xbox 360 - was underproduced. Supposedly the problem was in the blue diode chip that enabled the Blu-ray player to work. As a result, there were simply not enough PlayStation 3 units produced to fill every Christmas stocking.

The Xbox 360 came out the Christmas before. It, too, was underproduced and ended up inspiring a whole new generation of campers that took up the sport outside Walmart, Costco's, and other electronic outlet stores around the United States. The price tag of the PlayStation 3 was exorbitant, as was that of the 360 when it first broke.

But the same time Nintendo released its new game system called simply Wii. At $250.00 per unit, buying a Wii seemed like a no-brainer, except that people were getting wooed in by the wowser graphics offered by the PlayStation 3. But the lack of PlayStation 3 units caused a run on the Wii at Christmas that has taken months to level off.

I had been looking for a Wii since before Christmas and finally scored one at a Best Buy in May. My eighteen-year-old and I had been diligently calling the local retail stores trying to nail one down. We even called in favors from some of his friends who worked at those places to find out about incoming shipments. The problem was, those incoming units generally disappeared as soon as they hit the floor. No one would hold one back. And you couldn't buy one over the Internet. Not even from Amazon.

We got up bright and early on a Sunday morning and hauled butt down to the local Best Buy to grab a unit seconds after it was put out. My wife thought we were crazy. My son and I thought we were mission to rescue the Holy Grail. My nine-year-old came with us. It was his first time for such foolishness and he had a blast. After we got the unit, we hit the game shelves. Everybody got something.

Of course, Dad got the bill.

At home, we hooked the unit up to the 42-inch television in the living room and proceeded to play. The games were broken out and passed around. Then we chose up lots to see who got to play first. Everybody got to play for a little while. Even when we weren't playing our games, we all sat around watching everyone else play their game. Of course, we made comments on the player's form. Unfriendly comments that beggared gross retribution when our own time came to play.

Admittedly, I felt like an idiot waving the controller around. If someone had been looking through the window, I feel certain that the onlooker would have believed he was tuned into Discovery Channel and was watching a presentation involving tribal rituals and the sacrifice of small animals. There's just no way to look cool while playing a Wii.

The controller is incredibly easy to use. All the new games made for the Wii are already coded to respond to the wireless controller's motions. Button use is even at a minimum so you don't get the sore thumbs you normally get with console systems. Whatever the programming is that allows the motion sensitivity to work with the games is amazing. In addition to the primary wireless controller, there's also another wireless controller that plugs into it called the nunchuk. Using different configurations of these two devices allows for many permutations of movements.

Since we got the Wii right at the end of school, we had time to play on the weekends and often used it as a stress reliever in the evenings. For the first time a long time, we were all gathered around the television and a gaming console. Over the years we've played board games and card games, but there is nothing like playing video games together or providing moral support during a hard-fought campaign. Every victory is celebrated together, and every defeat is never alone.

The Wii package we got came with a collection of sports games. The collection includes boxing, golf, bowling, tennis, and baseball. We had more fun, and more laughs, playing those games together than we did playing our individual games with support.

I fault the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 for not making more family-oriented games. They just don't bring families together the way Nintendo games always have. Of course, I have to give it up to the graphics that are available on those two games systems. Nothing short of a PC matches up to them.

But the bottom line is while the 360 and the PlayStation 3 look beautiful, they just don't put families together the way the Wii does. Not only is the price tag significantly cheaper, but if you're a family that loves to play games together, the Wii is the best way to go because there are more multi-player games that are age-friendly from parent to child

By Mel Odom (Moore, OK USA)

I Am NOT a Gamer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars
I don't care what anyone says, the Wii is fabulous. This one was bought for my 75 year old mother. The whole extended family, from 2 year olds to 80 year olds enjoy playing Wii
by ashfault

Absolutely love it
5.0 out of 5 stars .
It seemed like forever until we were finally able to purchase one of these, but I LOVE it. It's so much fun.
by Katrina K. Oberhelman

Great console for kids and adults
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to set up. Network connection was easy.
The Remotes and Nunchucks are a bit spendy when you have to buy three more of each.
by Jaygyver

Wii fit exercise program
5.0 out of 5 stars
You really need a balance board to fully enjoy this game. It offers a full exercise plan. Keeps track of your exercises, and calorie loss. I like it.
by Music Fan

Wii rules!
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have been a nintendo and a mario fan since I was 7 and I must say this is the greatist nintendo console ever and it has alot of decent fun games.
by Anti MTV