WOW!!!!! I just got a Wii after a painfully long wait because no one got their shipments in! And DANG is it awesome!!!!! Read on to learn more!!!!
The Power:
Ehh, if you have one or watched stuff about it, you’ll know that it’s not as powerful as the Xbox 360 or PS3. They didn’t want to compete with 360 and PS3 is the reason I believe.
The Controller:
Now, THIS is when we REALLY start to talk Wii. As you probably already know, the Wii has a special motion-sensing controller. Unfortunately, all I have is Wii Sports, and that will probably be all I will have for awhile, since I’m out of money and my parents keep getting outbid on things when they try to get me things for cheap off eBay. You can swing the Wii Remote to swing things like a tennis racket, a baseball bat, or a golf club, and you can sling the Wii Remote forwards to throw things like a baseball or a bowling ball, and you can jab the Wii Remote to punch the living heck out of your opponents in the boxing mini-game (all these uses are referring to Wii Sports). There are other uses in other games, BUT I DON’T HAVE ANYMORE GAMES YET!!!!!! There is also a speaker in the controller, which makes certain sounds when you do things such as a “thwack” when you hit something with a bat or a tennis racket, or a “whap” when you punch someone in the face. There are also certain voice recordings that you hear through the Wiimote’s speaker.
The Backwards Compatibility:
The Wii is backwards compatible with the Gamecube, and as far as I know, it’s fully backwards compatible. It plays Gamecube games without any problems. And it might just be in my head, but does it make Gamecube games look somewhat better?!!? Anyway, on the top (or left end if the Wii is laying down on its side) of the Wii, there are two things that you can open up where you can insert your Gamecube controller and Memory Card. In fact, some Virtual Console games make use of the Gamecube controller!
The Game Availability:
There are plenty of games out right now for the Wii to keep those with extra money occupied. I have plenty that I want (Zelda, Mario Party, WarioWare, and Super Paper Mario). But there is one thing wrong with this: THEY ALL SELL FOR 60 BUCKS!!!
The Channels:
The Wii has five channels that you see as soon as you turn it on. I’m going to leave out the Disc Channel because it’s just where you play the game.
Mii Channel: This is where you make Miis, the cute n’ cuddly representations of the owner, other people, or no one at all. You customize your Mii by choosing their gender, height, weight, hair style, eye color, eye shape, lips, nose, face, and eye color. After that, they go to the Mii Plaza, where you go to whenever you pick the Mii Channel. You can store up to a hundred Miis on the Wii system and up to ten in Wiimote, and then you can take your Miis to a friend’s house. There’s also something called a Mii Parade, which I haven’t done yet and therefore can’t talk about.
Photo Channel: You can store photos from your computer or SD card here. I don’t have much to say about this.
Wii Shop Channel: This is where you buy old games with Wii Points (you have to buy them at a store). There are games for the NES, the SNES, the N64, the Sega Genesis and the TurboGrafx 16. I haven’t bought any because I don’t have any Wii Points, but they’re cheap, so I should get some soon.
Forecast Channel: Okay, the coolest of the Wii’s channels (the News Channel goes second). If you’re in the United States, you choose a state and then choose a town to get the local weather. You can even look at worldwide weather by flipping around an image of the earth that Nintendo got from NASA! Hey, but, why does Tokyo have a different symbol for clouds than everyone else? That’s weird…
News Channel: Here you can look at national or worldwide news. Very helpful if you like to nose into other people’s business (Just kidding). You use the same world image that the Forecast Channel uses to look at worldwide news. You click on a country and find something that you’re interested in. Then you click on it and read about it.
Anyway, the Wii is an awesome system, inside and out. Now, if only it played DVDs, was more powerful, supported HD, and had cheaper games. Then it would be perfect. There’s also the looming shadow of the almost definitely imminent God of War III for PS3. Sure, Halo 3’s coming out before that, but that won’t end the Wii, because the Wii is still too new. But God of War III may just end the Wii and Nintendo’s console business altogether. Then we won’t get anymore motion sensing controllers. THAT WOULD BE AWFUL!!!!!!!
Rating: WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Power:
Ehh, if you have one or watched stuff about it, you’ll know that it’s not as powerful as the Xbox 360 or PS3. They didn’t want to compete with 360 and PS3 is the reason I believe.
The Controller:
Now, THIS is when we REALLY start to talk Wii. As you probably already know, the Wii has a special motion-sensing controller. Unfortunately, all I have is Wii Sports, and that will probably be all I will have for awhile, since I’m out of money and my parents keep getting outbid on things when they try to get me things for cheap off eBay. You can swing the Wii Remote to swing things like a tennis racket, a baseball bat, or a golf club, and you can sling the Wii Remote forwards to throw things like a baseball or a bowling ball, and you can jab the Wii Remote to punch the living heck out of your opponents in the boxing mini-game (all these uses are referring to Wii Sports). There are other uses in other games, BUT I DON’T HAVE ANYMORE GAMES YET!!!!!! There is also a speaker in the controller, which makes certain sounds when you do things such as a “thwack” when you hit something with a bat or a tennis racket, or a “whap” when you punch someone in the face. There are also certain voice recordings that you hear through the Wiimote’s speaker.
The Backwards Compatibility:
The Wii is backwards compatible with the Gamecube, and as far as I know, it’s fully backwards compatible. It plays Gamecube games without any problems. And it might just be in my head, but does it make Gamecube games look somewhat better?!!? Anyway, on the top (or left end if the Wii is laying down on its side) of the Wii, there are two things that you can open up where you can insert your Gamecube controller and Memory Card. In fact, some Virtual Console games make use of the Gamecube controller!
The Game Availability:
There are plenty of games out right now for the Wii to keep those with extra money occupied. I have plenty that I want (Zelda, Mario Party, WarioWare, and Super Paper Mario). But there is one thing wrong with this: THEY ALL SELL FOR 60 BUCKS!!!
The Channels:
The Wii has five channels that you see as soon as you turn it on. I’m going to leave out the Disc Channel because it’s just where you play the game.
Mii Channel: This is where you make Miis, the cute n’ cuddly representations of the owner, other people, or no one at all. You customize your Mii by choosing their gender, height, weight, hair style, eye color, eye shape, lips, nose, face, and eye color. After that, they go to the Mii Plaza, where you go to whenever you pick the Mii Channel. You can store up to a hundred Miis on the Wii system and up to ten in Wiimote, and then you can take your Miis to a friend’s house. There’s also something called a Mii Parade, which I haven’t done yet and therefore can’t talk about.
Photo Channel: You can store photos from your computer or SD card here. I don’t have much to say about this.
Wii Shop Channel: This is where you buy old games with Wii Points (you have to buy them at a store). There are games for the NES, the SNES, the N64, the Sega Genesis and the TurboGrafx 16. I haven’t bought any because I don’t have any Wii Points, but they’re cheap, so I should get some soon.
Forecast Channel: Okay, the coolest of the Wii’s channels (the News Channel goes second). If you’re in the United States, you choose a state and then choose a town to get the local weather. You can even look at worldwide weather by flipping around an image of the earth that Nintendo got from NASA! Hey, but, why does Tokyo have a different symbol for clouds than everyone else? That’s weird…
News Channel: Here you can look at national or worldwide news. Very helpful if you like to nose into other people’s business (Just kidding). You use the same world image that the Forecast Channel uses to look at worldwide news. You click on a country and find something that you’re interested in. Then you click on it and read about it.
Anyway, the Wii is an awesome system, inside and out. Now, if only it played DVDs, was more powerful, supported HD, and had cheaper games. Then it would be perfect. There’s also the looming shadow of the almost definitely imminent God of War III for PS3. Sure, Halo 3’s coming out before that, but that won’t end the Wii, because the Wii is still too new. But God of War III may just end the Wii and Nintendo’s console business altogether. Then we won’t get anymore motion sensing controllers. THAT WOULD BE AWFUL!!!!!!!
Rating: WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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