Wii Game Console

A Review of The Nintendo Wii Game Console

Executive Summary about Wii Game Console by Scott Glowacki

The Microsoft Xbox 360. And I just purchased the Nintendo Wii. The I bought the sports package which comes with a game disc with five games. Baseball, golf, boxing, tennis and bowling. It came with with one Wii remote controller and one nunchuck controller.

I also purchased an extra remote controller and another nun chuck. The interacting controllers worked perfect. The first game we played was Bowling. The Nintendo Wii is definitely a great system that both young and old will love and enjoy for hours on end.

Features Of The Nintendo Wii Game Console

Executive Summary about Wii Game Console by Roberto

Nintendo-Wii, the seventh generation video game systems, was launched by Nintendo in September 2006. The Wii video system pronounced `we` gather people of all ages and experience, together to play. The evocative name coupled with classic features, Nintendo Wii, has caused lot of ripples in the video game industry and it targets to broader section of people than occupied by Sony`s Playstation 3 and Microsoft`s Xbox360. As of December 31st, 2007, 20.13 million of Nintendo Wii has been sold.

The current package includes the following: Wii console, remote with strap, one Nunchuk, AC adaptor, composite A/V cable, console stand, sensor bar and stand, two AA batteries and sports game. The most extraordinary feature of this gaming console is the wireless controller, the Wii Remote and the WiiConnect 24.

Measuring 1.7 x 6.2 x 8.5 inches (44 x 157 x 215.4 mm), and weighing only 2.6 lbs (1.2 kg), Nintendo Wii comes as the smallest home gaming console and lightest among the three major players of the seventh generation gaming consoles. The Wii has a powerful 512 MB internal flash memory, two number USB 2.0 ports and a slot provided for SD memory expansion.

The SD card can be used for a variety of purpose, for example, as a back up for saved game data and downloaded virtual console games, for uploading photos, for creating customized music in the game, etc. The processor chip is named as `Broadway` and the graphics chip is named as `Hollywood`. The magical Wii remote has some striking features.

The Wii Remote also has a small speaker at the center, allowing players to hear sounds programmed directly into the controller. The Wii console is backward compatible with Nintendo Gamecube software. It can also communicate with Nintendo DS wirelessly without any accessories. WiiConnect 24 while keeps Wii on all day long, uses minimal energy.

Wii`s operating system interface is divided into a number of smaller channels, designed similar to the television channels. A short list of the available channels is as follows: forecast channel, photo channel, news channel, virtual console channel(s), Wii Shop Channel, internet channel, Wii message board, everybody votes channel and disc channel. While playing offline, a maximum of four controllers can be used in Wii.