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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $296.99
Buy New from $329.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (1131 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.5
Dimensions (in): 15 x 10 x 4.5
MPN: Wii
Model: RVL-001
UPC: 454968801238
EAN: 0454968800194
ASIN: B0009VXBAQ
Release Date: November 19, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fun for the Entire Family July 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Wii is an innovative gaming system that brings the gaming experience to the entire family. In the past the game system where mine. On the rare occasion that someone in the house wanted to play they felt obligated to ask me. Well with the Wii it is a system for the entire family. My wife and kids enjoy it as much as I do. The games that came with the system are fun and easy to play. My wife enjoys the fact that groundbreaking cordless controllers incorporate physical movement into the game playing experience. The Wii is designed to get you moving. One of the biggest complaints about gaming is that kids are no longer exercising because they are playing video games. This is not the case with the Wii.
One of the most exciting features of the Wii is the Wii remote or Wii-mote. You can control your players in the game by pushing the buttons on the Wii remote but you also might have to swing your arms or move the controller through the air and the Wii console translates those movements into movements on the screen. The Wii remote is the primary aspect that distinguishes the Wii system from all others.
The Wii easily connects to the internet. This feature allows old school gamers to down load retro arcade and home video games onto their Wii console at a relatively inexpensive cost. Most games range from 500 to 200 will points ($5.00-$20.00). All of the Donkey Kong series, tecmo bowl, Mario franchise and about a hundred others have been included. Some of the systems that have lent their most popular games to the Wii library include, the original NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), N64, (Nintendo 64), TurboGrafx16, Sega Genesis, NEOGEO and several arcade games. More titles are being added every month. You can also surf the world wide web, store photos, check the weather and I understand that soon you will be able to download music. One of the most used aspects of the Wii's internet capabilities is online play. Interacting and doing battle with other gamers all over the world is far from new, but it is still an intriguing aspect of gaming.
A drawback to the Wii is that you have to purchase additional controllers and accessories to get everything out of the most games. Many of the games you can download require a "classic" controller. The Wii Fit board costs quite a bit but it is a way to get a pretty good workout for those of us who could are not world-class athletes. There have been reports of significant weight loss based on some Wii and Wii Fit games. Most of the additional purchases that I have made have been well worth the cost.
To me I can see the Wii as more than just a gaming system. It is a way to have family time, a social networking device, it is a news and weather outlet as well as a way to get some exercise and have a pretty good time playing video games. The Wii is pretty close to being a lifestyle. I would recommend this to anyone.
BKOOL - Real Game Player!
Me and my mom have fun with the Wii! July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saved up all my money for 6 months to get the Wii i was so happy when i went in to Gamestop and got it i took it home and me and my mom opened it set it up then we had a ball playing wii sports.
We played for like 3 hours i think the wii has made me and my mom closer.
You should get a wii if you are looking for a good time even if you don't like video games you will love the wii!
 So far, so good! July 23, 2008
So far it is everything it says it should be. It's fun and easy to use and setup.
contendor for a great gaming system July 19, 2008
I bought the nintendo wii for my 11 year old child. He loves it so much he can hardly stop playing it. I played some wii games with him such as wii sports and wii play. I am thinking of getting wii fit for the wii to help me excersise. If any of you adult folks want an excersise machine that is more fun than treadmills or weightlifting chairs, the wii will be the object you are looking for. So I suggest all of you great citizens of America go out buy you and your family a nintendo wii.
Who Can't Love IT? July 18, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm sure some of you out there are Wii haters, and that's cool. But for the rest of us average-joe mostly non-gamers this is a totally fun system.
It's easy to enjoy all the standard games with only a small level of gaming ability. Just be ready with Tiger Balm when you're done to address the strain in your shoulder joints. I seriously thought about icing mine after a strenuous game of tennis.
Also, this system travels beautifully. Pack it up and take it to the next party you go too.
I know some folks may think lowly of the Wii as it isn't as hardcore of a system (owing to its games) as the other seriously hardcore gaming systems out there, but who died and decided that a video game systems couldn't simply be mindless and fun? Geeze, isn't that how video games started out anyways?
Highly recommend this for couples, families, older folk, tennis players, those who dream of touring withe PBA or PGA and anyone else in between.
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