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| | | | Home » Wii | | | | | | | Description: | | Nintendo's Wii video game system (pronounced "we") brings people of all ages and video game experience together to play. This simple yet ground breaking idea is expressed not only though the system's evocative name, which is easily pronounced in a variety of languages, and suggests two players side by side, but also through its innovative list of features and extensive list of playable titles. 
Wii with Wii Remote. View larger. | A Little Box With Plenty of Power
As with every console, much of the buzz surrounds the specs. The Wii boasts 512 MB of internal flash memory, two USB 2.0 ports, and a slot for SD memory expansion. The system’s technological heart -- a processing chip developed with IBM and code-named "Broadway" and a graphics chipset from ATI code-named "Hollywood" -- deliver stunning performance. And instead of a tray, Wii uses a single, self-loading media bay that plays both 12-centimeter optical discs used for the new system, as well as Nintendo GameCube discs. Revolutionary Control
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. 
Wii with cradle. View larger. | A Channel for Everyone
More than just a game machine, Wii also provides information and entertainment suitable for every member of the family. Some of the channels available include: - Mii Channel - Miis are cute little caricatures you create to use as characters in a variety of Wii software. Store Miis on your Wii or load them onto your Wii Remote and take them over to a friend’s house to use on their Wii.
- Everybody Votes Channel * - The Everybody Votes Channel is packed with national and worldwide polls. Answer interesting questions and have your say. Up to six members of your family can vote. Just choose an answer and check in later to see the results.
- News Channel * - Wii might be great for games, but you can also use it to get updates on the latest news from across the Internet organized into easy-to-browse categories.
- Forecast Channel * - Your Wii can automatically update you on the weather from around the globe.
- Wii Shop Channel * - Download the Opera web browser and access games from classic consoles from the past. All you need is a Wii Points account.
- Virtual Console - Every Virtual Console game you download from the Wii Shop Channel appears in the Wii Menu as a separate Channel ready to select and play any time you like.
- Wii Message Board - Leave or receive messages for other family members on the calendar-based message board or use WiiConnect24 to send messages to people outside your home.
- Internet Channel * - Just download the Opera browser for 500 Wii Points and within minutes, you’ll be a professional sofa surfer, pointing-and-clicking your way around the web with your Wii Remote.
- Photo Channel - Show off all your digital photos on your TV. Just insert an SD memory card into your Wii and away you go.
- Disc Channel - The Disc Channel is backwards compatible with Nintendo GameCube, so you can play all your new Wii discs, along with all your classic Nintendo GameCube discs too!
Wii Sports. View larger. | Wii Sports is Included
This is what video games should be: fun for everyone. Wii Sports offers five distinct sports experiences, each using the Wii Remote controller to provide a natural, intuitive and realistic feel. To play a Wii Sports game, all you need to do is pick up a controller and get ready for the pitch, serve or that right hook. If you've played any of these sports before, you're ready for fun!
GameCube controller and memory ports. | The Depth of the Nintendo 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. What's in the Box: - Nintendo Wii Game Console
- one (1) Wii Remote controller with Wii Remote Jacket
- one (1) Nunchuk controller
- Wii Sports
- sensor bar
- power cord
- standard composite cable
- stand
* Access to some channels may require your Wii needs to be set up with WiiConnect24. | | | Features: | |
• Plays two disc formats in a single, self-loading media bay
• Features a processing chip from IBM and a graphics chip from ATI
• Backwards compatible with all Nintendo GameCube games and most peripherals
• Built-in Wi-Fi access for easy connection to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection gaming service
• Wii Sports game included
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 15.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 7.5 pounds | | Package Length:
| 14.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 7.65 pounds | | Release Date:
| November 19, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2037 reviews |
| | | Game Information: | | | Platform:
| Nintendo Wii | | Media:
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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 A great game conselMar 12, 2010
I love the wii.I think its even think better than a ps2.Well,i think its a hair better.Theirs better fishing games like fishing master world tour,but i dont know if their is a game like that for the ps2.The fishing games are fun!Like fishing master[not regular fishing master,the other one]is the best because of the fake fish.Best.So,the wii is the best to me.
0 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Biggest Waste of MoneyMar 11, 2010
First let me say, do not waste your money. If you buy this you are paying $200 to have an ugly piece of white plastic sit unused on your entertainment center.
It should be obvious that it is a terrible system when the best game (Wii Sports) comes with the system. It is the best game (at 1 star in my opinion) and sadly it loses it appeal after about an hour. What really saddens me is that when you get the Wii and spend all this time on a Mii you find out later it is basically usless in all other games.
The graphics are not much better than the PS2, well worse actually, and the gameplay is worse. What really angered me was the controller. At first it is fun waving your arms around like an idiot but after a while you just wants to sit down and play a video game. But it is impossible to play sitting down. SO when I am feeling lazy the Wii is not an option. And for those of you that think the Wii Fit will make you skinny.... Read the Game Informer review online. They did a study and found out the Wii Fit is nothing more than a glorified way to spend a bunch of money and get nothing in return. The whole set up of the game prevents you from building up your heart rate due to having to selct a different excercise from the menu everytime. What they discovered is people do not get healty playing Wii fit. All they are doing is playing a game in which they are standing up and leaning over every know and then.
The games, oh the games. I love games but when I go to shop for a Wii game I can not find a single one that is worth anything. I have bought a few and they are all lame, even Mario Kart Wii. The games seem as if they were made by 11 year olds. Seriously, if you consider yourself a gamer think of the Wii as one of those electronic handheld football games you see in the toy isle at Tiys R Us, the Wii is a lttle less fun then those.
Even the games that are on other consoles that are on the Wii are terrible. Madden 10 looked like Tecmo Bowl fro NES and played worse. I had to do a milk the cow motion at a hundred miles an hour just to do a running play. After a quarter I was sick of moving my arms and bored by the terrible visuals.
I was so excited when I got this because I believed th hype. I had it for six monthes and never bought a game because everyone I rented was boring. Even my little brother was bored by all the games. It sat by my tv for six monthes and every now and then my Girlfriend would say, "Want to Play the Wii?" and I would always think about it and become bored just thinking about it. Overall we played it twice. After six monthes I took it to GameStop and they gave my $60 for it. I paid $260.00 and I still though I was getting a good deal. If they solf he Wii for 10 dollars I would still think Iwas getting ripped off.
I traded mine in for a PS3. Best decison I ever made.
I beg of you. Do not make my mistake. Buy a different console. Besides, in a few monthes all consoles will have movment controllers.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
The Wii sports packageMar 11, 2010
To put this in perspective I am 81. When I was first introduced to this game my thought was, this is for children. When I started playing the tennis game I found I was getting an enjoyable aerobic workout. I have since purchased my own Wii sports package game and have truly enjoyed the game and the health benefits derived from it. I would highly recommend this for all ages. The only reason I rated the game over all at 4 stars is that I wish they had made the game so it could be played one on one as well as they have it now with two people on each side.
 FantabulousMar 11, 2010
Love it right from Amazon of course i have been everywhere searching for one of these systems everywhere i hear there are a shortage on them. So i decide to go with Amazon, Great Choice!!!!! Amazon has and will keep my business and i'm very picky about where i spend my money.
Love this gaming system!Mar 10, 2010
We have already got many hours of fun for the entire family from our Wii ...it also gets people off the couch and moving a bit .. Lots of fun!
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