Gaming Reviews and News: Nintendo Wii Bargain Deals

The Nintendo Wii is just over 2 years old, and now there are some truly remarkable deals for this amazing gaming console. If you're a gamer and don't have this game console yet, I suggest getting it now at a reduced price.

Nintendo's Wii video game system (pronounced "we") brings people of all ages and video game experience of playing together. This simple yet ground breaking is expressed not only the system, although the name suggests, 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.

A small box with plenty of power
As with all consoles, much of the buzz surrounds the specs. The Wii has 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 USA a single, self-loading media bay that plays both 12 cm 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 enemy on the screen. 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 up to four controllers to be connected to 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.

A channel for all
More than just a game machine, Wii also provides information and entertainment suitable for every family member. 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 to your Wii Remote and take them to a friend's house to use on their Wii.
Everybody Votes Channel - The Everybody Votes Channel is packed with national and global research. Answer interesting questions and give their views. 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 navigate categories.
Forecast Channel - Your Wii can automatically update you on the weather around the world.
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 from 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-click their way across the web with the Wii Remote.
Photo Channel - Show off all your digital photos on your TV. Simply insert an SD memory card to 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 the classic Nintendo GameCube discs too!

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Wii Sports is Included
This is what video games should be: fun for all. 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 do is pick up a controller and get ready for the step, or that are right hook. If you've played any of these sports before, you're ready for fun!

The depth of the Nintendo Game Catalog
Each Wii comes with a game compilation called "Wii Sports," including tennis, golf, baseball and bowling games, showing that the console's intuitive new controller, but Wii also plays games developed specifically for it, as well as fan-favorite games Nintendo's 20-year-old library. Its drive is compatible with GameCube discs, and select Nintendo titles from the NES original 1980's 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 were not enough, the Virtual Console will also make available some titles from SNES console contemporaries, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx 16.

Also, Wii utilizes Nintendo's newly announced wireless feature, WiiConnect24. This feature allows players to receive content globally as Wii Message Board messages sent from other Wii consoles, Miis, e-mails, updated channel and game content, and notification of software updates even when the console is in a state of vigil, keeping the fun going even when you're not online.

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