Is it worth getting the wii?

Question

Ok i'm trying to find out if i should get a wii. I got a xbox360 but i'm just bored of it and no new games have been catching my eye lately, so i was looking into the wii and all the games that i use to play on gamecube and N64(the newer ones of course). Games that i'v been lookin at is the new Zelda : Princess twilight. i have been a Zelda fan of all my 16 years of life and love and i havn't played the new one, and i wish to play some of the new mario games and ect... so i got the 250$ in hand to go by a wii just wonder if its worth it.Plus i always got people at my house and i know wii's are good for when people are over and stuff and they got games for little children and so in a couple of years my son could play some of those games.

Answer 1

Nintendo's Wii, formerly known as Nintendo Revolution, has stirred up quite a bit of noise in the industry because of its revolutionary (no pun intended) approach to gaming.

I'm talking about the motion-sensitive control system known as the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. The Wii Remote resembles a standard TV remote but with far fewer buttons. Both controllers contain a three-axis motion sensor that translates movement directly onto the TV, using wireless Blue-tooth technology when standing within 10 meters of the console.

If you're playing a tennis or baseball game, you can swing the Wii controller like a tennis racket or like a bat. How cool is that?! The Wii Remote controller also includes a speaker, rumble feature and expansion port, and can be used as a pointer within 5 meters of the screen.

The Wii remote controller has a power switch, plus pad, A, B, minus, home, 1 and 2 buttons. The Nunchuk controller includes an analog control stick and C and Z buttons.

The console looks like a Mac mini, featuring a very compact and light design that sits in a cradle and can be placed vertically or horizontally.

It's completely backwards compatible with the GameCube (GC), with four ports to connect your GC controllers, stylishly hidden for convenience. You can play your GC games using the 8-centimeter Nintendo GameCube discs, and you can also use your old GC memory cards in the two memory card slots.

Don't expect to save a whole lot of things on your unit because it only comes with half a gig of internal flash memory. However, don't panic, they've provided a SD memory card bay to help give you more disc space to work with.

The unit also runs quietly. Don't think you can go around and warm your house with this baby because it practically runs cool, utilizing some very snazzy processing technologies that minimize power consumption.

This is always good news to a home owner especially if you've got some pretty intense gamers at home that like to play games into the Wii hours of the morning (pun intended), which could do wonders to one's electric bill.

Now that you have a basic understanding of the system, let's examine the pros and cons.

Cons:

The internal storage is bleak at best with only a 512 internal flash memory — definitely not the hefty storage capacity of its competitors, PS3 and Xbox 360.

The graphics are not at the level of PS3 or Xbox 360, either, only pushing a moderately better video processor made by ATI than its predecessor, the Game Cube. Don't expect to see jaw-dropping graphics, incredible cell shading, bump mapping, or any of the graphic terminologies that give some credibility to consoles performance capabilities.

Nintendo has repeatedly expressed that its unit's main purpose is to bring gaming back to the masses. Playing games in high definition at 1080p, photo realistic environments, is just not something you will get out of the Wii.

The games themselves will certainly not have the kind of graphically stunning visuals that you would expect from a next gen platform either. Wii games are being built on double-layered, 12-centimeter optical discs that don't have the storage capacity of a Blue-Ray disc, or HD for that matter.

Pros

One of the major selling points of the Wii is the price. At a MSRP of $249 (plus tax), the Wii unit will not be as burdensome as PS3 or Xbox 360. You certainly won't need to take a second mortgage out in order to buy this system.

Wii is the first console in at least a decade that includes a pack-in game. For $249, not only do you get the console, but you're getting five games in one so you can start with the gaming goodness as soon as you hook up your system.

Wii sports titles aren't going to win any awards for graphic superiority but it will win for revolutionary game play, thanks in part to the Wii remote controller. By just holding what resembles a TV remote in your hand and then waving it around like a racket or swinging it like a baseball bat, anyone can pick it up and participate. I've actually tried this in the office. We set up the Wii, loaded up the Wii sports game and started off playing tennis.

My co-workers, who are anything but gamers, are often turned off by video games because of the complexity of the controller mainly. They were quickly drawn to the Wii sports games, and some even asked to play and were able to pick up and play with very little instruction.

The Wii remote controllers are certainly changing the way games are going to be played on the Wii. Gamers can now swing, punch, dodge, throw, point, pull, etc. simply by performing those exact motions with the Wii remote control in hand.

The console is completely backwards compatible with the Game Cube, allowing you to even connect up four GC controllers and memory cards as well. So, if you've traded in your GC for a Wii now you can play all your favorite GC games on the Wii system without a hitch.

WiiConnect24 mode allows your Wii, to remain connected to the internet either wirelessly using IEEE802.11, or with a Wii LAN Adapter, even if it's powered down. This allows for your Wii system to receive updates, game info, etc. The Wii console can also communicate wirelessly to Nintendo DS.

Through this service, Wii offers downloadable access to 20 years of fan-favorite titles originally released for Nintendo 64, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), or the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). You can also get Sega Genesis titles and games from the TUBRO GRAPHIX16 console, as well as indie games made by developers with huge imaginations but really low budgets.

By no means will you be blown away by graphics nor will you have the savvy online support that Xbox 360 has, but you the easy pick up and play mechanic of this system might turn a few heads maybe even yours.

Answer 2

yes get the wii it is very fun....it is great for adults and kids/teens and it is very well constucted i have knocked it over three time off the shelf and it has fallen all the way to the ground and still works fine.

a game i would suggest getting is super smash bros brawl very fun game and it will take a long time to beat so you will not get bored.  

Answer 3

yea get a wii  

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

If you are really into gaming yes it is must have machine

Answer 6

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Answer 7

If you're a r****d sure go for it

Answer 8

We have all the systems, my boys like the wii but they seem to play gamecube more then any of the others.  xox

Answer 9

yeah the wii is a great console nd i luv it

eh did u say dat ur 16 nd u av a son???

Answer 10

Not really. Sure the novelty of the system will be interesting for a while, but then the selection of games for the Wii are all of the same type.

When it comes to playing games it is often not the same movements and requirements that you use to play.. eg. Tennis. play proper  tennis and the Wii won't respond properly and fail, all you are doing with the Wii is moving the remote in such a way that you would be successful in the game, take that outside and you'll be a fool.

Answer 11

i think its more of a family system, not really for the serious gamer, but, if you got some cash to throw around why not?

Answer 12

yea get it it is so worth it

only if u like wii its all ur choice

Answer 13

Get it! Twilight Princess is not to be missed. Also make sure you get Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3. I would estimate those three will get you a good 60 hours of entertainment. Then if you live with a few people Smash Bros. is essential as you can play it with old gamecube controllers. Problems with the wii for me are that it doesn't have GTA IV, but you've already got an Xbox for that, that apart from the 6 or 7 brilliant Nintendo titles there isn't that much else worth playing and finally that unless you're playing Smash Bros. you have to shell out £30 per controller. However the games are unquestionably for me the most inventive and exciting on the market and if you're bored with your xbox there's only one thing to do...

Answer 14

of coure it is in turkeyit cost about 550$ and my brother still insist on getting it

Answer 15

Well...if you have some money you can spend on what you want you can. But playstation 2 or 3 are very fun. my daughter loves playing with my nephew the playstation 2. it has has very fun games and i think the game you will most like is The GodFather. or for younger people over the hedge or shrek the third. or you could even watch a film online on these sites : http:\\www.watch-movies.net or http:\\www.66stage.com or http:\\www.movietvonline.com i watched the dark knight and hanckock yestarday on those sites. you could even go on http:\\www.arcadetown.com . they have many games there. or search on http:\\www.google.com to play mario games. hope this helps. hope you help me with my problems and answer my question. Thank you. hope i get the 10 points. i'm kinda new at this stuff.