Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Nintendo Wii Console (Includes Wii Sports)

	List Price: £179.99 Our Price: £177.99 Your Save: £ 0.00 ( % ) Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: Nintendo
Average Customer Rating:
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0045496342067 Feature: Disc Channel, News Channel, Photo Channel and more Label: Nintendo Manufacturer: Nintendo Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 Model: Wii Platform: Nintendo Wii Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 2006-12-08 Studio: Nintendo
Features Disc Channel, News Channel, Photo Channel and more Includes Wii Sports (bowling, boxing, baseball, tennis and golf) Also includes: one wireless Wii Remote and one Nunchuk This is a Euro Version with an adaptor plug included. This product is fully PAL compatible and will play all UK games etc
Accessories Nintendo Wii Classic Controller (Wii) Cooking Mama (Wii) Official Nintendo Wii Component Video Cable (Wii) Officially Licensed Messenger Console Bag (Wii) Mario Strikers Charged Football (Wii)
Related Items Wii 6 in 1 Sports Pack (Wii) 1GB SECURE DIGITAL (GAMING) Smartypants (Wii) Official Nintendo Wii RGB SCART Cable (Wii) Brunswick Pro Bowling (Wii)
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The populist choice Comment: The Wii is aimed at everyone, everybody, everything, as it's supposed to take the traditional amount of button pressing and joypad expertise away from gaming and it make it something much more accessible. Which is a good thing. Now the whole family can join in and play the bundled Wii Sports or attempt to get fit with Wii Fit or play party games etc Now the question on gamers' lips is 'it is just a fad'? Personally, I have struggled to see much depth to a lot of the Wii games so far (Mario Galaxy and Zelda are exceptions) but I do think that the motion sensitivity will only get more accurate and more innovative allowing for better games, and when I say better I mean games that deliver a lot more substance. I also think it was a bad mistake on Nintendo's part to create something that is so behind the times on graphics that it takes graphics out of the equation. People are generally more likely to get blown away by graphics than anything else and as the other next-gen consoles only get better there's not much the Wii can do about it. On the other hand, no other console has brought gaming to such a relaxed level of fun, with friends and family especially. And surely this is what gaming was supposed to be about. It wasn't supposed to be about dedicated gamers who play all night for high scores to boast about but people who can have a bit of fun playing something that doesn't pretend to be something more than it actually is - a game. Customer Rating: Summary: Nintendo Wii Comment: I bought the Nintendo Wii back in March with Mario Galaxy. It's a great console. Nice and compact. The graphics are really good on most games. The menus are really intuitive. It's easy to set up. I do recommend buying a Component Cable for the Wii if you're playing on an LCD TV. The picture quality looks way better through compontent than scart/composite. I was a bit weary about the controller for a long time. It has its pros and cons. It was pretty fun playing tennis on Wii Sports but it's no good for most games. I bought a lot of third party titles since I bought the Wii such as SSX Blur, COD3 etc and found the controls really hard to use. Third-party support isn't great obviously and it's the first-party titles that take the spotlight on the Wii. The fan on the console is a little loud but I don't think you really notice it when you're playing games. It has Wi-Fi which works great like on Mario Kart. Backwards compatibility is excellent. I've not downloaded any of the virtual console games but I've played some gamecube games on it which work fine. Overall, it's a great console. Customer Rating: Summary: Wii Revoo Comment: i have played vitually all the different consoles from the Atari 2600. And then the Wii came. wow what a machine, ok so theres no Hi-Def graphics blue ray or HD-Dvd playback. No triple core CPU's running at blistering speeds. just plain and simple gameplay. Put simply it has the most addictive games since i first played pacman for the first time in the 70's. my hat goes of to nintendo. i bought my wife an NDS lite. she is hooked. god knows what she will be like with a Wii. i cant wait i want one. Customer Rating: Summary: Good fun... Comment: Although the Wii doesn't have the computing power and cutting edge graphics of other consoles it is a lot of fun to play. And Wii sports is a great game to bundle with the console and show just how much fun it is. It doesn't just appeal to the younger "playstation" or should that be "playstation 3" generation, it appeals to the whole family (my mother is quite addicted to the bowling). And unlike the other so called "next gen" consoles it gets you off the sofa and moving other parts of the body that just your fingers. I was fortunate enough to get one of these from free-wii.isgreat.org and I'm glad because otherwise I would probably have went for one of the other next generation consoles and not have had half as much fun as I and the rest of my family have had with the Wii. Customer Rating: Summary: Wheeeeee for the Wii!! Comment: I bought this console specifically for using with a Wii Fit. I'm not really a huge computer games fan, and the last console I owned was the original PlayStation, waaaaay back in the day. I was pleasantly surprised by how much more advanced this is than that. The interactivity between the player and the game is great, and the way the remote is sensitive to movements in every dimension makes the Sports pack included with the console much more realistic. I'm not really a fan of the golf, but that's just personal preference, but the other games are great. Boxing really works up a sweat! The Wii Fit is also fantastic, so have a look at that, too. Completely addictive and I've not had a day off it since buying it ten days ago. I can really feel the difference, too. My "Wii Fit age" has reduced to 23 - not bad for a 30-yr-old, but I'm determined to get it even lower! More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Nintendo's Wii video game system (pronounced "we") is designed to attract people, regardless of their age or video game experience, to sit down and play together--whether they're in the same room or on different sides of the globe. The system's name reflects this simple idea. It's easily pronounced in a variety of languages, and the distinctive spelling suggests two players side by side. The two Wii features Nintendo thinks will create new levels of gaming community are built-in Wi-Fi access, supported by a new online gaming service, and Wii's intuitive, wireless, motion-sensitive game controller. As with every new console release, much of the buzz surrounds the specs. The system boasts 512 MB of internal flash memory, two USB 2.0 ports, and a slot for SD memory expansion. Wii's technological heart -- a processing chip developed with IBM and code-named "Broadway" and a graphics chipset from ATI code-named "Hollywood" -- are said to deliver stunning performance. Instead of a tray, Wii uses a single, self-loading media bay that will play both 12-centimeter optical discs used for the new system, as well as Nintendo GameCube discs. The real revolution in this system, though, is its controller, called the Wii Remote. Shaped like a TV remote, it's been designed to be easily used by beginners and pros alike. Sensors determine the Wii Remote's position is in 3-D space, which means that racing-game steering and a tennis swing, for example, are done through movements of your hand rather than by just your thumbs. What's more, a tiny speaker built into the Wii Remote promises some interactive surround sound experiences. 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. An adapter that fits over the Wii's wee remote will be available for those who prefer the feel of a traditional controller.