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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $319.99
New (98) Used (15) from $299.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  1100 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: nintendo_wii
Battery: 2 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.5
Dimensions (in): 15 x 10 x 4.5
MPN: WII
Model: Wii
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:
 Good deal! July 13, 2008
I had heard how hard it was to get a Wii. With Amazon, it was easy and cheaper than the retail stores in my area.
Best console in the history of mankind!!! July 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The wii is the gaming experiance in the history of mankind. I've had my wii since it first came out in 2006. The style of control is great for first person shooters and racing games. I've had no problems with my wii and it is very easy to setup, update, and connect to the internet. The shop channel is great so I can play my favorite games from older consoles. Who needs graphics when you have really good interface, people say the wii sucks because of graphics. The only reason I am considering getting a second console from this generation, the ps3, is because there are some games from the playstation series that I like. Nintendo always releases their well known games on thier new consoles then there's all of the new games that you can get for it. Sometimes you have to look around a little bit to find a game you like. Some people say there are no good games, so far, I've seen at least five to ten good games for wii from each genre.
Overall, don't fall for the bad reviews for the wii because they are all lies.
 Fun but overhyped July 12, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought the Wii on the first day it was available and while it was enjoyable for awhile, a year and a half later it has lost most of it's fun. Underpowered, terrible online, and lack of great games, all plague the system. Occasionally a jewel like Super Mario Galaxy comes along but it is usually preceded by 6 months of low quality bargain bin games. If you searching for a girlfriend/family friendly gaming system the wii is an excellent choice but I've found much more enjoyment and use in my other gaming systems.
 Fun! Fun! Fun! July 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having had an XB360 and PS3 for a while, I finally picked up a Wii.
In one word, the Wii is a lot of fun.
Compared to the other consoles:
XB360: The XB360 is simply a gaming powerhouse. The XB Live experience is also, in my opinion, far superior than PSN.
PS3: Honestly, I don't own any games for the PS3 other than a few arcade games. I use my PS3 simply for the BluRay player. However, I will add that the PS3 does integrate with the Sony PSP very well.
Wii: Once again, Nintendo doesn't follow the status quo and comes up with something unique. Nintendo for went diving into high definition and instead gave us unique game interaction which is proving to be very enjoyable. However, if you have an ED/HDTV, I would still recommend picking up a pair of component cables for the Wii. Even if you have a standard TV, with S-Video in, I would also recommend picking up an S-Video cable. The composite video is a little on the weak side, which leads to some artifacting and flickering in blue fields. Either of these cables will eliminate this. I also recommend networking the Wii since you will be able to get updates. The Wii has built in wireless (and supports WPA/WPA2) networking, but if you have a wired network you will have to pick up an additional USB-Ethernet adapter. If you network your Wii, definetly purchase the $5 "Internet Channel" (which is actually an optimized Opera browser.) The browser works very well and loads pages fast. It is even better than the PS3's browser. Why it wasn't included, I don't know. It even works great with YouTube!
The virtual consoles (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, etc) games are a little pricey in my opinion ($5 for NES, $10 for N64), but I still bought SM1, SM2, SM3, SMW, SM64.
Like the other two consoles, I recommend running it horizontally instead of vertically. I simply don't trust the drives to give as much life running vertically as they would horizontally.
My only "wish list" for the Wii would be the ability to organize your "channels" instead of them becoming a cluttered mess. I also think that it would have been nice if they put at least one Gamecube controller (to use with a wireless Gamecube controller) and Gamecube memory card slot on the back and put the rest on the side.
Overall, it is a very fun system though.
I am glad I bought it.
Nintendo Revolution July 8, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
"I hate wii! Al th games are fo babis and ther are no games tha involve peopl killing each othar. all ther is is mario mario mario! so if yor kool n smart lik me, you'd get a ps3 or 360. wii is just for little babies! wii is the perfict console for a 3 year old! so my pont is, da wii sucks!"
Can you believe that someone posted this as a wii review on a game site? The wii is a great console! It has games that appeals to ALL ages. Even to the serious gamers. There are over 20 Mature rated games for wii, and there are still more Mature rated games to come. Over 80 Teen rated games, with more Teen rated games to come. There are over 900 games for wii, there are less than ten titles that involve Mario. Whoever thinks the wii games are all just about Mario, know nothing about the wii and its games. The wii offers online gaming that allows you to play certain games against people around the world! The only downside to online gaming of the wii is the friend code thing.
In the package will be (of course) the wii, a wii remote, nunchuk, wii sports game, and a bunch of setup and instruction manuals. The wii looks like it was made by the same designs as the DS Lite. They are both very apple inspired. Now about the channels. I love the mii channel! On the mii channel you can customize yourself so you can use your character in certain games. You can customize other people too! I even customized some of the people I go to school with! The Virtual Console is probably the best feature included with the wii. You can download old school games. Like from NESS, SNESS, sega genesis, neo games, super nintendo, and N64. I was so excited to be able to download the super Nintendo games I used to play when I was 3, and the N64 games I used to play when I was 6! In order to download the games you need wii points, you can purchase points off your wii using a credit card or visa OR you can buy a 2000pts card at any retail store. A wii classic controller will be needed. You'll find the virtual console on the wii shop channel. The News channel, you can see old and new news reports from all over the world. The weather channel, you can check the week's weather of where you live, and the weather of countries all over the world! Oh, and of course the photo channel. You can view photos and movies saved to your wii message board, digital camera, or cell phone. It requires an SD card though. I don't know much about it because I don't use this feature. You can serf the web on the wii, you have to purchase internet off the wii shop channel for 500 wii points. One more important thing is, in order to be able to on the New channel, weather channel, and wii shop channel, and of course to be able to do online gaming, you need a wireless connection to the internet. If you don't have wireless connection, you have to buy a LAN adapter. You can find one on this site, but I recommend you buy it from Nintendo.com, that's where I bought mine.
Wii is the next generation console. The wii remote is what make the wii the next generation console. When your playing a sports game like tennis, bowling, boxing, pool, and golf it seems like your actually playing in real life! There is even a sports pack that comes with, boxing gloves, tennis racket, golf club, and a bunch of other stuff to make the experience realistic. The wii wheel makes racing games like Mario Kart a lot of fun. Like the ps3 and PSP, you can use the DS Lite as a controller for wii on certain games. I think on the Pokemon games. The wii has excellent graphics. There little better than the game cube. They may not be as great as the graphics on the PS3 and 360, but there certainly pretty impressive. Graphics aren't everything, its game play that matters. What's the point of a game looking realistic if it sucks.
If your a casual gamer I recommend Wii play, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, Sims 2 Castaway, Rayman raving rabbids 1 & 2, the legend of Zelda twighlight Princess, cooking mama, and many more. If your a hardcore gamer I recommend Rock Band, Guitar Hero, No more heroes, mortal kombat, resident evil, the god father, call of duty, and many more! As you know wii sports is a game that comes free with the wii. You get to play golf, baseball, bowling, tennis, and boxing. You play as your mii in wii sports and wii play.
Thats my review on the Wii. I hope it helps. Oh, and please ignore the people who say wii is a baby console, those people know nothing about the wii and probably never played one. People don't camp out in front of the store for it for nothing. I recommend this product for anyone, but even though there are a lot of hardcore games for wii, if you plan on buying nothing but super hard core games, I recommend the PS3 or 360. But if your a mixture of both hardcore and casualty, the wii is for you. Good luck!
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