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Wii | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $329.67
New (94) Used (9) from $318.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  1091 reviews
Sales Rank: 8
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: nintendo_wii
Battery: 2 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.5
Dimensions (in): 15 x 10 x 4.5
MPN: WII
Model: Wii
UPC: 454968801238
EAN: 0454968800194
ASIN: B0009VXBAQ
Release Date: November 19, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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 |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Fun! Fun! Fun! July 9, 2008
Having had an XB360 and PS3 for a while, I finally picked up a Wii.
In one word, the Wii is a lot of fun.
Compared to the other consoles:
XB360: The XB360 is simply a gaming powerhouse. The XB Live experience is also, in my opinion, far superior than PSN.
PS3: Honestly, I don't own any games for the PS3 other than a few arcade games. I use my PS3 simply for the BluRay player. However, I will add that the PS3 does integrate with the Sony PSP very well.
Wii: Once again, Nintendo doesn't follow the status quo and comes up with something unique. Nintendo for went diving into high definition and instead gave us unique game interaction which is proving to be very enjoyable. However, if you have an ED/HDTV, I would still recommend picking up a pair of component cables for the Wii. Even if you have a standard TV, with S-Video in, I would also recommend picking up an S-Video cable. The composite video is a little on the weak side, which leads to some artifacting and flickering in blue fields. Either of these cables will eliminate this. I also recommend networking the Wii since you will be able to get updates. The Wii has built in wireless (and supports WPA/WPA2) networking, but if you have a wired network you will have to pick up an additional USB-Ethernet adapter. If you network your Wii, definetly purchase the $5 "Internet Channel" (which is actually an optimized Opera browser.) The browser works very well and loads pages fast. It is even better than the PS3's browser. Why it wasn't included, I don't know. It even works great with YouTube!
The virtual consoles (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, etc) games are a little pricey in my opinion ($5 for NES, $10 for N64), but I still bought SM1, SM2, SM3, SMW, SM64.
Like the other two consoles, I recommend running it horizontally instead of vertically. I simply don't trust the drives to give as much life running vertically as they would horizontally.
My only "wish list" for the Wii would be the ability to organize your "channels" instead of them becoming a cluttered mess. I also think that it would have been nice if they put at least one Gamecube controller (to use with a wireless Gamecube controller) and Gamecube memory card slot on the back and put the rest on the side.
Overall, it is a very fun system though.
I am glad I bought it.
 Nintendo Revolution July 8, 2008
"I hate wii! Al th games are fo babis and ther are no games tha involve peopl killing each othar. all ther is is mario mario mario! so if yor kool n smart lik me, you'd get a ps3 or 360. wii is just for little babies! wii is the perfict console for a 3 year old! so my pont is, da wii sucks!"
Can you believe that someone posted this as a wii review on a game site? The wii is a great console! It has games that appeals to ALL ages. Even to the serious gamers. There are over 20 Mature rated games for wii, and there are still more Mature rated games to come. Over 80 Teen rated games, with more Teen rated games to come. There are over 900 games for wii, there are less than ten titles that involve Mario. Whoever thinks the wii games are all just about Mario, know nothing about the wii and its games. The wii offers online gaming that allows you to play certain games against people around the world! The only downside to online gaming of the wii is the friend code thing.
In the package will be (of course) the wii, a wii remote, nunchuk, wii sports game, and a bunch of setup and instruction manuals. The wii looks like it was made by the same designs as the DS Lite. They are both very apple inspired. Now about the channels. I love the mii channel! On the mii channel you can customize yourself so you can use your character in certain games. You can customize other people too! I even customized some of the people I go to school with! The Virtual Console is probably the best feature included with the wii. You can download old school games. Like from NESS, SNESS, sega genesis, neo games, super nintendo, and N64. I was so excited to be able to download the super Nintendo games I used to play when I was 3, and the N64 games I used to play when I was 6! In order to download the games you need wii points, you can purchase points off your wii using a credit card or visa OR you can buy a 2000pts card at any retail store. A wii classic controller will be needed. You'll find the virtual console on the wii shop channel. The News channel, you can see old and new news reports from all over the world. The weather channel, you can check the week's weather of where you live, and the weather of countries all over the world! Oh, and of course the photo channel. You can view photos and movies saved to your wii message board, digital camera, or cell phone. It requires an SD card though. I don't know much about it because I don't use this feature. You can serf the web on the wii, you have to purchase internet off the wii shop channel for 500 wii points. One more important thing is, in order to be able to on the New channel, weather channel, and wii shop channel, and of course to be able to do online gaming, you need a wireless connection to the internet. If you don't have wireless connection, you have to buy a LAN adapter. You can find one on this site, but I recommend you buy it from Nintendo.com, that's where I bought mine.
Wii is the next generation console. The wii remote is what make the wii the next generation console. When your playing a sports game like tennis, bowling, boxing, pool, and golf it seems like your actually playing in real life! There is even a sports pack that comes with, boxing gloves, tennis racket, golf club, and a bunch of other stuff to make the experience realistic. The wii wheel makes racing games like Mario Kart a lot of fun. Like the ps3 and PSP, you can use the DS Lite as a controller for wii on certain games. I think on the Pokemon games. The wii has excellent graphics. There little better than the game cube. They may not be as great as the graphics on the PS3 and 360, but there certainly pretty impressive. Graphics aren't everything, its game play that matters. What's the point of a game looking realistic if it sucks.
If your a casual gamer I recommend Wii play, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, Sims 2 Castaway, Rayman raving rabbids 1 & 2, the legend of Zelda twighlight Princess, cooking mama, and many more. If your a hardcore gamer I recommend Rock Band, Guitar Hero, No more heroes, mortal kombat, resident evil, the god father, call of duty, and many more! As you know wii sports is a game that comes free with the wii. You get to play golf, baseball, bowling, tennis, and boxing. You play as your mii in wii sports and wii play.
Thats my review on the Wii. I hope it helps. Oh, and please ignore the people who say wii is a baby console, those people know nothing about the wii and probably never played one. People don't camp out in front of the store for it for nothing. Good luck!
Fun for all ages July 7, 2008
Up to now I have never done gaming consoles. I didn't get into any of the playstations or the Xbox, or anything else. However the Wii has captured me with its different way of playing. You can play games like you would for any other gaming console but you also have the interactive motion from the Wii remote. Playing sports by actually acting them out for me makes video games a lot more fun. I would recommend everyone to give this a try, even people who have never loved video games can find fun in this. We have had friends over with children of all ages and everyone has had great fun playing against each other. I love it and say go and play because wii all want to play!!
A completely flawless console; well, almost completely flawless July 7, 2008
I spent the better part of a year, more or less, trying to get my hands on Nintendo's new system, and not even two months ago I finally got one, by sheer luck and coincidence.
I'd seen my cousin playing numerous games and sat in total admiration of the gameplay, not to mention the stellar graphics that add to the enjoyment, unlike the 360 or PS3 where it's pretty much just "hey, look at these pretty graphics, now play this drudgingly boring and stale game." Ok, Bioshock is a fantastic game, probably one of my all time favorites, but every other game I played for the 360 was a joke.
What it boils down to is if the X-Box weren't fueled by Microsoft we wouldn't even be hearing about it anymore, as it would have gone completely under by now. Same goes for Playstation, which needs a giant like Sony to produce it. Nintendo is simply Nintendo, no mega corporations behind the product, in the sense that I was speaking of with the other two systems, there's just Nintendo.
The naysayers are complaining about how this isn't a real gaming console; what is a game? Something that kills time, amuses you and allows you to have fun with friends while you all play. I'm pretty sure the Wii is able to meet all these needs without the need of depending on the crutch of online play. X-Box just rehashes the same idea over and over; First Person Shooters; there are some other standout titles, Fable being one that immediately comes to mind, but chances are if there's a new hyped up game coming out for the 360 it's a FPS; great.
With the Wii you get a variety of games; FPS, of course, RPGs, shoot 'em ups, party games and just generally interesting concepts like Endless Ocean and Cookin' Mama Cook Off. Notice how I haven't said a thing about the PS3; yeah, that's how much of an impact it's had thus far.
The system is fantastic, the Wiimote is a stellar creation on the part of the geniuses at Nintendo. Never any problems with overheating, unlike the other two, memory or anything at all. Sure, the Wiimote can drain batteries, but that's not a big deal with the charger considered.
Now, the one flaw I have to hold against Nintendo. When you download a game from the Shop, the colors are altered from the original versions. Mario 3 is completely different, and it just irks me. It's a personal preference, I know, but still, come on, it's $[...] for a game and I'd like the original all the way, colors, controls and everything.
That said, for a perfect system get the Wii; if you're half brain dead and amused by the same thing over and over with varying graphics, go for something else.
Bonnie July 7, 2008
Very popular game system hard to buy after October due to short supply arrived on time in great condation
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