Nintendo Wii Console

Nintendo Wii console

Price: $179.99 US Dollar

• Manufacturer: Nintendo

• Platform: Nintendo Wii

• Released on: 2006 November

• Height: 1.75 in

• Weight: 3.84 lbs

• Included: wireless controller

• Revolutionary motion-sensitive

  controllers and game play options

• Free online service and game play

• Fully compatible with Game Cube

• Wii sports and fitness games

• Most affordable game console

Nintendo Wii Console Review

Nintendo Wii's combination of motion-sensitive controllers and emphasis on game play make Nintendo Wii Console hard to resist. Its simple but ground breaking idea is expressed not only though the system's evocative name, and suggests two players side by side, but also through its innovative list of features. Nintendo Wii games is widening its audience beyond young and hardcore gamers and expanding the range of games that people can play. Wii targets a broader demographics than its main console making competitors for many reasons and this will tell you why.

Remote Controller

To make gaming accessible to people of all ages, Nintendo created a controller that was as
inviting as it was sophisticated. The secret of the Nintendo Wii remote is in accelerometers
inside the controller which measure movement in all directions at all speeds.

In a tennis game, it serves as your racket as you swing away, in a driving game it serves
as a steering wheel, in first-person shooters it acts as a firearm that you can point at an
enemy.

The Nintendo Wii Console system allows up to four controllers to be linked at a time and
the wireless Nintendo Wii Remote controller sends your actions to the Nintendo Wii console
from as far as 30 feet away. For those people who prefer the feel of a traditional controller an adapter is available as well.

Nintendo Wii Console Channels

More than just a game console, Nintendo Wii console provides information and entertainment for everyone. The Nintendo Wii Channels offer interactive software options such as downloads, web browsing, avatar creation, photo viewing, weather information, and more.

• Wii Channel - An interactive guide to what’s new in the world of Nintendo Wii. Watch trailers, mini-documentaries,   product demonstrations, and game play videos.

• Mii Channel - Miis are cute little caricatures you create to use as characters in a variety of Nintendo Wii console   software.

• Everybody Votes Channel - This channel is packed with interesting national and worldwide polls.

• News Channel - The news channel gives you access to the news. Using an Internet connection it will display the latest   headlines for you to browse with the Nintendo Wii.

• Forecast Channel - See what the weather is like, both in your area and elsewhere in the world. The interface is similar   to Google Earth, you can spin the globe using a flick of the remote.

• Wii Shop Channel - On the shopping channel you will be able to download your favorite classic Nintendo Wii games to   play on the Virtual Console or newer titles.

• Virtual Console - Every virtual console game you download from Nintendo Wii shop channel appears in the Wii menu as a   separate channel ready to select and play any time you like.

• Nintendo Wii Message Board - Leave or receive messages for other family members on the calendar-based message   board or send messages to people outside your home.

• Internet Channel - A special version of Opera has been developed to allow Nintendo Wii console users to browse the   web on their TV sets using the Wii remote.

• Photo Channel - Show off your digital photos on your TV. Just insert an SD memory card into your Nintendo Wii console   and away you go.

• Disc Channel - This channel is compatible with Nintendo Game Cube so you can play all your new Nintendo Wii discs,   along with your classic Game Cube discs.

Nintendo Wii Console Sports

Nintendo Wii Sports offers five distinct sports experiences. To play a Nintendo Wii Sports game, all you need to do is pick up a controller and get ready for the pitch, serve or that right hook. It's included in the Nintendo Wii console pack.

• Tennis - take the controller like a racket and swing. Give forehands, backhands and smashes and prove you’re the best.

• Baseball - grip the controller like a bat and squash fastballs out of the park in a home run derby.

• Golf - hold the controller like in golf club and swing naturally to strike the ball onto the green.

• Bowling – hold the remote just as in bowling, and then swing their arms to roll the ball.

• Boxing - use the nunchuk as one glove and the remote as the other, players dodge, weave and punch their opponents.

Popular Nintendo Wii Console Games

Playing the most popular games for the Nintendo Wii console is a must for anyone looking to have a great time with this game system.