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Category: Video Games
List Price: £179.99
Buy New: £179.97
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New (28) Used (9) from £171.99
Rating:  463 reviews
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.1
Dimensions (in): 15.1 x 9.9 x 4.4
MPN: WII
Model: Wii
UPC: 045496342043
EAN: 0045496342043
ASIN: B0007UATDG
Release Date: December 8, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 We love Wii. November 17, 2006
inertia3112 (uk)
18 out of 33 found this review helpful
Not only are the xbox360 and ps3 remarkably similiar(and far more expensive).
They are ALSO remarkably similar to the last generation of consoles in everyway except prettier make-up(graphics).
When you are truly immersed in a game, the graphics become taken for granted, gameplay counts.
Plus the extra detail in sonys cames cause the frame-rate to suffer and runs at mostly 30fps in the better graphical games,as does xbox360 killer app GEARS OF WAR, this is something else that hinders immersion into a game as action can stutter on screen, this frame rate is also very last-generation.
The wii has 60fps on all most if not all the games I'm aware of, and In my opinion, only the wii truly offers next generation gaming with the motion sensitive controls, something sony delayed the design of their own controller to try and emulate, but it is a shameless and virtually useless 'tacked-on-at-the-last-minute' gimmick, that shows a little desperation.
NO game developer anywhere in the world, has the back-catologue and exclusive in-house franchises that nintendo have, lets not forget nintendo games are and have always been the best selling games in the history of the industry only ONE game comes even close to breaking that monopoly and thats grand theft auto.
 ex nintendo fan, open to persuasion November 16, 2006
A. Keene (hastings, england)
31 out of 212 found this review helpful
I have always owned nintendo games machines up to and including the gamecube. However, as i have grown older, i have come to realise that Nintendo just don't seem to get enough good titles in the life of its machines.
the Zelda games are good as are the Metroid and Mario titles and as these are Ninty exclusives you would expect as much.
It is just unfortunate that when multi format games are released to include a ninty system. the ninty version always seems to be a slightly poor relation to other formats.
I agree that gameplay is more important than graphics when it comes to buying a game, (thats why i use a rental service) but if you have the same game with the same gameplay on 2 systems, would you not choose to go for the one that has the extra polish?
In my case, i bought a 360 and have never been happier. The gameplay on some titles is great (battlefield 2, geometry wars, lego star wars) and the graphics being so good makes it a joy to play.
I hope that the wii and it's online play are as good as everyone seems to hope.
I have a feeeling that the wii 360 combo is likely to become quite common as the Wii seems likely to continue Nintendo's tradition of having a lot of more light-hearted titles which will make a nice break from the intense battles and concentration in the more hardcore 360 games.
I for one, wish Ninendo all the best with this launch and am looking forward to the Wii proving to be another nail in the playstation 3 coffin.
I can't see why anyone (except hardcore playstation fans) will spend so much money on a system using a format (blueray) that may not get enough support and appears to be having a lot of problems with quality and data compression. Why not buy a wii 360 combo? If Blueray wins the HD video wars (like betamax, minidisc, SACD... all sony supported innovations????) i am sure that a blueray player add on will be launched for the 360. So fao the same price as a premium PS3 you will be able to buy a Wii 360 combo.
I have rambled off topic here so sorry, i have my fingers crossed for a succesful christmas for the Wii and i hope that all you Ninty fans get a good machine and a good gaming experience.
 The only New Generation console November 16, 2006
oldstuff (Cheshire United Kingdom)
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Wii is innovative and wants to take gaming to the masses in a similar way to the Nintendo DS has done. Whilst the Wii, like the DS, lacks the horsepower of it's rivals it makes up for it with original ideas and some outstanding titles available or in the works. People said the DS would fail but it outsells the PSP around the world and people say the Wii is a novelty.....Wii shall see!
Wii-tastic November 15, 2006
G R (UK)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I agree with the previous reviewer that you need to ignore the review by Gamer and ignore his stupid rating. I am what I like to call a "hardcore" Nintendo fan and have followed them since the NES and have never really been disappointed by what they do, except maybe for ROB but that was just a lame add on and not a console in its self, so that doesn't count.
Look at the history of Nintendo and the great games they offer - or KILLER games as Gamer would say - as well as the technological advancements in how we play games.
NES had the original Zelda and Donkey Kong and introduced us to the D-Pad which defined the way we play games today
Super NES had the amazing Link to the Past and Super Mario World (which I played yesterday - never get bored of that one) and introduced us to the shoulder buttons which allowed gamers to go that one step further and developers to create trickier games.
The Virtual Boy was next and even though this never succeeded to do well it showed how far ahead in advance Nintendo was for the time and although I don't own one but I have played on one and it was, well, a bit bizarre, but at least they try to do something out of the norm!
The N64 had some awesome titles including Goldeneye, Banjo Kazooie, Mario 64 and, of course, Ocarina of Time. The N64 also introduced us to the analogue stick which without we would not be playing half the games we play today.
Then there is the Gameboy - the best and original handheld console which has been revamped a few times over the years and has some amazing games to play from Tetris through to Mario & Luigi.
The doomed Gamecube came next - an amazing console overpowered by XBox and PS2 which left the Cube underrated and understated. But look at some of the games - Wind Waker, Eternal Darkness, Mario Kart Double Dash, Paper Mario and Resident Evil 4 to name just a few of the excellent titles available. And who could forget Donkey Konga - how many other consoles see you playing the bongos?
Finally the DS - an amazing piece of technology with some of the cleverest games ever made - yes there are the great ones such as New Super Mario Bros and Mario Kart DS but the real great games are Trauma Centre, Phoenix Wright, Another Code not forgetting Animal Crossing and Brain Training.
So look back over the history of Nintendo and you will see that the Wii will have some KILLER titles and the launch line up is looking fantasic already with Twilight Princess, Trauma Centre: Second Opinion and Red Steel. And as for the controls - even comparing these to the Eyetoy is completely wrong - the Eyetoy used a whole bunch of (mainly crap) mini-games to play whilst the wireless Remote on the Wii is a brand new way of playing games and will be used to play almost every Wii game from those involving mini-games (Rayman) to epic adventures (Zelda) and even FPS (Red Steel).
My final argument for the Wii is this - PS3 is the main competition and their newest gimmick is a "tilt sensor" built into the remote. I know some PS fans who were going on about this like it was the greatest thing ever created - errrrr, Nintendo did that in 2001 with Kirby Tilt and Tumble on the Gameboy so it is hardly cutting edge technology compared to what the Wii will offer.
So there you have it, although I don't deny that X360 and PS3 will no doubt have some great games on them I believe that the Wii will be the greatest next-gen console due to its creativeness and the fact that Nintedno has a great history of games and is always changing the way we play games. So if you a real gamer and want to actually, physically play games then the Wii is for you - if you are a couch potato who wants to sit on the sofa with a joypad in your hand playing racing games and FPS games then please feel free to spend your 450 on a PS3.
That is all
Oh - one last thing, Blu-Ray player on PS3 - WASTE OF TIME!!!!!
When will they learn... November 14, 2006
GP (england)
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
When will Playstation and xbox fans realise that games like Call of Duty and Pro Evo just don't cut the mustard anymore.
Same old boring crap. Nintendo have the answer with this dramatic twist.
Serious about gaming? Buy this baby.
A mate of mine recently bought a PSP. He was dead excited about this 'new revolution in gaming' as he called it. And what game did he get? Wipeout. WIPEOUT!!! I GOT BORED OF WIPEOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
Pathetic.
Good old Nintendo has shown us the way...
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