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12/28/2007 Entry: "Nintendo
Wii"
 I'm
writing this review as of post-Christmas 2007.
We got the Nintendo
Wii for $300. It was a really good deal considering people were
scalping it like sports tickets on Ebay.
The Nintendo
Wii is a very nice console. Very petite, small, and user friendly.
The wand movements are registered by the Wii console very accurately.
It even shakes and makes noises when you win or make errors. Make
sure to have lots of room for you (and your friends) to swing your
arm to play the games.
The Nintendo
Wii is GREAT for parties! We had it running on a projector so
we had a 78" screen view. 78" is a little too big for
single player games. But when we were playing 4 players with 4 different
split-screen views, the 78" projection came in really handy.
If
you plan on running the Wii on an HDTV setup, you may need extra
cables.
 We
also got tired of the WiiSports
that came with the original Nintendo Wii fast. So we immediately
bought the Wii
Play. Plus we realized we needed an additional wand. Wii
Play comes with mini games such as pool, ping-pong, etc PLUS
an additional wand. It's not a party game unless there's more than
one person playing it!
The original Nintendo
Wii comes with only 1
wand and 1
nunchuk. So if you want more people to play with you, you'll
have to buy more! We also got a WII
charging station with rechargeable batteries so we don't use
all the AA batteries in the house.
The Nintendo
Wii is also capable of being connected to your wireless internet
at home. The setup is very easy and user friendly. Just have your
Wii
Wand ready to hover over the keyboard display to input your
wireless info.
Having wireless ability gives you access to your local weather
and news right from your Wii console. Yes, I finally know why Wii
players always know the weather forecast so well! PLUS you can download
old Nintendo Games. The old games requires Wii points to purchase.
The average price is from 500 points to 1000 points. You can purchase
Wii points at Nintendo.com.
For every 100 points = $1.00 US.
 You
can also insert your old GameCube CDs games. You just need to make
sure you have a Wii
Classic Controller to play the games.
Basically getting the Nintendo
Wii is ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!
Once you get the Nintendo
Wii you'll need all the accessories mentioned above just to
have the full experience. I'm sure we still need additional games
and accessories, but here's a run-down of the items we had to purchase
within 24 hours of getting our Nintendo
Wii:
1) Wii
Play (for the additional Wii Wand & more games).
2) Purchased 2
additional Wii Wands for 4-player games.
3) Purchased 2
additional Wii Nunchuks for boxing and sports games (we
should have gotten 3, but we were running out of money and had to
cut costs somewhere. The 4th person without nunchuks can always
share with someone.)
4) Purchased Recharge
Station with 2 Recharge batteries for the Wii wands.
 5)
Purchased Mario
vs. Sonic at the Olympics for fun athletic 2 to 4 player games.
6) Purchased Mario
Party 8 for crazy fun party dueling games!
7) Purchased the official
Wii messenger bag/carrying case.
That's the 7 essential items we bought after the Nintendo
Wii arrived on our doorstep. There's so much more you can purchase
for your Nintendo
Wii, if you just
search online!
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