Nintendo Wii Games Console Review

by Oliver Vladimovel

The Nintendo Wii console is the latest innovation in the world of gaming. The Wii is small and distinctively stylish in looks. The selection of video game systems on the market is staggering, and Nintendo is trying it's hardest to stand out from the rest with the launch of the Wii.

The Wii has an easy set-up system that takes you through everything, including connecting the wi-fi. Everything about the console is designed to welcome casual gamers, from that
unfortunate name to the remote-shaped controller, aka the Wii Remote that translates movement into in-game action.

The Nintendo wii games console includes wi-fi to connect direct to your internet connection. Will the free internet access last forever? Who knows? In the meantime, it is fantastic to buy Wii games and download them whenever you want, but expect to buy Wii video games in the future with supped up graphics to make hard-core gamers very happy.

The Wii has a wide range of great Wii accessories that can be bought to go with it, to enhance the game play. The Wii remote fits neatly inside the accessories to turn them into the controller, for instance on Guitar Hero the Wii remote fits into the guitar so you can simulate guitar playing, on Mario Kart the controller fits inside the Wii Wheel so your driving using the wheel.

Nintendo has put absolutely everything it has behind the awesome controls of the system-and rightly so. This is a great product and will be around for years to come.

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My Top 10 Wii Games

Here is the reason I chose each video in their order and why.

My Top 10 Wii Games:

Number 10- Excite Truck:
I chose Excite truck number 10 because it was the first game (besides Wii Sports) that I had for the Wii. I played it for a long time and really liked the game. I unlocked every truck in the game and their alternate custom. You can listen to music from your SD card while you race. You can also use the infamous Wii Wheel for this game. The game play of the game is awesome and easy just like Mario Kart wii.

Number 9-Mario Strikers Charged:

The reason I chose this game number 9 is because just playing the game is easy and the controls are very comfortable. Once you get the hang of the game it's really fun to play it. The bad thing about this game is that it's better to play online with your friends and not with anyone because people online cheat. Besides that is an awesome game.

Number 8- Super Paper Mario:

I chose Super Paper Mario for number 8 because you can play the game 2 ways, 3D and 2D. This is the first time you can play a Mario game in two dimensions. The game play is awesome and you can use 4 characters in this game, Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser. Every character has their unique skill. The adventure is great and your partner's powers are awesome. In this game of Paper Mario you just jump or do something else on your opponents and that's it. All you do here is just attack like other Mario games.

Number 7- Wii Fit:

I chose Wii Fit number 7 because this game is not like other games that you just play with the controller and stay sitting down. This game is good for your health and helps you with you BMI. This game has 40 miny games for you to try out plus it comes with the NEW Wii Balance board. This game is the first game of to help you with your health. You can Jog, play with a hula hoop, snow board, Dance, do Yoga etc.

Number 6- Guitar Hero III:

I chose Guitar Hero III for this position because the game at first is hard but when you get thing of it it's really a GREAT game. The new wireless guitar also is a better feature for the game play. The songs are awesome so is the online.

Number 5- Metroid Prime 3:

I chose this game Number 5 because this game was the best in the Metroid series and the game play is truly the best I've seen for 1st person shooter. The Story line is awesome and to play was a blast from beginning to end.

Number 4- Super Mario Galaxy:

I chose this game number 4 because this game is INCREDIBLE! With just the Wiimote and Nunchuck the game is incredible and the adventure is great. The new gravity thing for the game was a great idea. You can jump of walls and walk on small planets.

Number 3- Mario Kart Wii:

This game is the best game for online game play. It has no lag, no delay and you can connect with anyone easily. It finds people really fast and people can't cheat online like Mario Strickers Charged. In this game you can use your Mii besides the other 24 characters that are already in the game. The new stages are just amazing and the new feature "jump combos" are awesome. If you play this game and then play an older version you will feel the difference between having to do jump combos and not doing them. Besides, doing it feels really good. There are also the online tournaments and you can invite your Wii friends. You can send ghost data and see the leader boards. Plus this game includes the Mario Kart Channel for your Wii menu. The new feature of motorcycles is great. I love the motorcycles. The game is awesome.

Number 2- Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess:
I chose this game number 2 because just watching the videos of the game brings me great memories of when I played the game. The game story is the best and longest of the Zelda series. The Wiimote new features are awesome and it's a game you would want to play for a good time.

NUMBER 1- Super Smash Bros. Brawl:

I chose this game my favorite because even after 5 month after the release I still play the game as if every day it was new. The Story, challenges, videos, stage builder, online everything is INCREDIBLE! The only bad thing about the online game play is that most of the time is lag full or delay full. But besides that the game is still a must buy.

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Nintendo Wii accessories you must have

Thanks to the inclusion of the simple--but infectiously fun--Wii Sports game, the Wii is the first console in recent memory that lets you have fun straight out of the box. Still, there are a few key Wii accessories you'll want to pick up to maximize your Wii experience--especially if you're buying it as a gift.

Extra controllers: Like all recent consoles, the Wii ships with just a single controller (well, one two-part controller: one Wiimote, plus one nunchuk). But the real fun of the system is playing the head-to-head Wii Sports games such as tennis and boxing. To do so, you'll need at least one extra set of controllers--and again, that's one Wiimote plus one nunchuk. The Wii supports as many as four, but just the one extra controller set should suffice, at least for Christmas morning.

Rechargeable batteries: The Wiimote takes two standard AA batteries. They're included with the Wii, and with the sold-separately version of the controller mentioned above--but avid players may find the juice draining pretty quickly, especially if they keep the nunchuk attached (it draws its power from the Wiimote). Instead of buying an endless stream of costly AAs, consider investing in a set of rechargeables. You can score a charger and four rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries for less than $25.

GameCube controllers: The Wii is fully backwards compatible with the Nintendo GameCube, but there's a catch: to play the GameCube games, you'll need a GameCube controller ($25). You can even go wireless with the Nintendo WaveBird ($35). If you already have a GameCube, your existing controllers will work just fine--just plug them in to one of the four ports underneath the flip-up panel on the Wii's topside. GameCube controllers should also work with the Wii's "Virtual Console" games--which saves you the trouble of having to buy a Classic Controller.

GameCube memory cards: One other annoyance when playing GameCube games: your progress can only be saved to GameCube memory cards, not to the Wii's internal memory or to an SD card (we're hoping Nintendo fixes this with a future firmware update). Like the controllers, your old GC cards will work just fine--there are two slots right next to the GameCube controller ports. If you don't have any onhand (and you want to save your games on GC titles), you'll need to spring for a $25 memory card.

Wii Points: One of the big attactions of the Wii is its Virtual Console, which lets you purchase classic games that originally came from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), the Super NES, the Nintendo 64, the Sega Genesis, and the TurboGrafx16. By the end of 2006, at least 30 titles should be available, including Donkey Kong (NES), Super Mario 64 (N64), and Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis). To purchase the downloadable titles, you'll need to use a Nintendo currency known as Wii Points (similar to the Microsoft Points on Xbox Live), which currently have an exchange rate of 100 points per U.S. dollar. You can buy Wii Points directly through the console's online store, or use prepaid cards available in various denominations.

SD card: If you're close to filling the Wii's built-in 512MB of storage with your Virtual Console games, you can always expand your available space with an SD card. Nintendo sells its own, but any run-of-the-mill card will do. Fairly spacious 1GB cards are available for less than $30--even less with mail-in rebates--and they'll work in plenty of other gadgets as well.

Wireless access point: In addition to the downloadable Virtual Console games, the Wii offers online "channels," including news, weather, and even an Opera Web browser (head-to-head online gaming is said to be coming sometime in 2007). You can get online for free via the Wii's built-in Wi-Fi. To do so, of course, you'll need a nearby wireless access point or router. Alternately, you can plug the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector into any nearby PC on a wired network, and the Wii--plus your Nintendo DS--will be able to use it to get online instead.

Component video adapter: The Wii doesn't have the graphical horsepower to handle high-def graphics, but it can do DVD-level 480p video, which will look considerably better on large HDTVs. To see the Wii's games in 480p, you'll need Nintendo's proprietary component video adapter, which should run about $20.