What’s the Wii?
The Nintendo Wii is Nintendo’s brand new next-generation console. You may be wondering what is so good about this console; your answer will be pouring into your mind into a few moments. But once you read this, don’t get your hopes up; not many of us have actually experienced the Wii itself.
The Wii, once, was codenamed the “Revolution.” It was named this because Nintendo believed that this console will revolutionize the very ways of gaming; so do I, and many others.
The Controller
The Wii Controller, or the Wii-Mote is one of the many things that sparkled the console. This controller is not like an ordinary Xbox/360 controller, or a PS2 controller; it’s motion-sensitive.
Don’t get my drift? Let’s take an example: Let’s say you’re playing Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the very first time. You start out, sword ‘n all. What do you do to swing your sword at an enemy? Press the B button? A? Nope.
Swing! Swing your arm like you’re holding the sword itself(but with the Wii-Mote, rather) in front of the T.V.(scroll down for further details) and Link will swing the sword, too!
Now, let’s say you playing Wii Sports(scroll down for bundling info) and you’re playing tennis. You’re holding a racket; what do you do?
Swing! Swing the ‘Mote, and boom, you just did a forehand!
What ’bout FPS’es?
Precise aiming. Aim, press A, and boom. It makes the experience more virtual.
Hardware
CPU/GPU:
PowerPC CPU (code-named “Broadway”), made with a 90nm SOI CMOS process, jointly developed with and manufactured by IBM; GPU developed with ATI
Media:
A single self-loading media bay plays single- or double-layered 12-cm optical discs for the Wii console, as well as 8-cm Nintendo GameCube discs.
Backward Compatibility:
The Wii is backward-compatible to all Nintendo GameCube games and includes four ports for controllers and two slots for memory cards.
Network:
The Wii console communicates wirelessly with the Internet via IEEE 802.11 or a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor. Wii also can connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS.
Size:
About 8.5 inches long, 6 inches wide and less than 2 inches thick (roughly the size of 3 DVD cases stacked on top of each other)
Design:
Featuring a compact design that makes it a natural addition to any television setup, the Wii console is white in color and can be displayed either vertically or horizontally
Input/Output:
Input: four Wii Remote controllers can communicate with Wii, which features a bay for an SD memory card
Output: an AV Multi-output port for component, composite or S-video
WiiConnect 24:
The Wii console can communicate with the Internet even when the power is turned off. The WiiConnect24 service delivers a new surprise or game update, even if the system is idle. Users can connect wirelessly using IEEE 802.11 or a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor.
Taken from Nintendo Wii’s site.
Wii Channels!
Another thing that boosts up the uniqueness. Wii Channels; they are an outside-gaming experience.
The Mii’s:
Fun 3-D caricatured portraits of users, or Miis, created in this channel can be used on characters across a variety of Wii software. In addition to storing Miis on the Wii, several Miis can be stored in a user’s Wii Remote and taken to a friend’s house to play on another Wii console. Each member of the family can have his or her Wii Remote personalized with their own Mii.
Photo Channel:
This channel allows users to retrieve digital pictures from an SD memory card inserted into the Wii console and display them on their television screen. Users also can manipulate the photos in a variety of fun and creative ways, such as zooming into details or creating mosaics, puzzles or slide shows. Users can even add an MP3 tune from their SD memory card to their slide shows. It provides a fun and easy outlet for people to edit and show off their digital pictures.
Forecast Channel:
Users can access free local weather forecasts after turning on the Wii console. When connected to the Internet, the WiiConnect24 service automatically updates local weather information.
News Channel:
Users can access the most up-to-date breaking news from around the world, organized into a variety of topical categories. When connected to the Internet, the WiiConnect24 service automatically updates this free channel.
Wii Shop Channel:
This is where users go to download video game content, including classic video games originally played on the NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis and NEC TurboGrafx platforms. Here the users may buy Wii Points with a credit card or redeem a Wii Points Card purchased at retail to add points to their account, then redeem points to download these Virtual Console games. Users also can use points to download the Opera browser used in the Internet Channel.
Virtual Console Channel:
After users download Virtual Console games from the Wii Shop Channel, each game will appear in the Wii Channel Menu as its own Virtual Console Channel. To play the game, users simply select the game’s channel.
Internet Channel:
This channel dramatically changes the relationship between a user’s home, the television and the Internet. Users download the Opera browser with Wii Points. Then they can surf the Internet right from the comfort of their couch. They can do quick research while watching a television program (“What was that actor’s name again?”), or book travel plans and shop during commercials. The service is compatible with Macromedia Flash and also runs AJAX software.
Wii Message Board:
Forget hand-scrawled notes tacked to the refrigerator door. Users can leave messages for other family members on a calendar-based message board. They also can use WiiConnect24 to send messages to people outside the home as well. Even better, people can trade photos and text messages with cell phone users. The service also allows for incoming messages targeted at software, such as a new map or weapon for a game. Games can constantly be updated, thereby extending their playability.
Disc Channel:
This channel allows users to play either Wii game discs or any of the entire library of Nintendo GameCube discs.
Nintendo Channel:
This channel allows users to download DS demo’s and watch trailers and previews of upcoming Wii/DS games. *Has to be downloaded from Wii Shop Channel.
Everybody Votes Channel:
This channel allows users to vote on different questions, and gather and predict overall results from around the world. *Has to be downloaded from Wii Shop Channel.
Mii Contest Channel:
Allows users to design particular Mii’s according to certain guidelines in order to win that contest. *Must be downloaded from Wii Shop Channel.
Taken from Nintendo Wii’s website.
Games, Games, Games!
Taken from Wikipedia.
100 Bullets — IGN (O) (?)
A
Alive – International Herald Tribune (O) (?)
Animal Crossing (Wii) — IGN (N)
The Ant Bully — Midway (O)
Untitled AQ Interactive 3D Shooting Game – IGN
Untitled AQ Interactive game based on a major comic license — IGN
Unspecified Artdink Project(s) — AdvancedMN
Untitled ASNETWORKS Action Game – IGN
Untitled ASNETWORKS Fishing Game – IGN
Untitled ASNETWORKS Shooting Game – IGN
Avatar: The Last Airbender — THQ (O)
B
Untitled Banpresto Action Game – IGN
Unspecified Barking Lizards Technologies projects — Codename Revolution
Barnyard — GameSpot
Battalion Wars 2 — Club Skill (N)
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games — TeamXbox (O) (?)
Big Brain Academy Wii – Aussie-Nintendo.com
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII — Ubisoft (O) (L)
Bleach Wii: Shiraha Kirameku Rinbukyoku — Go Nintendo
Blitz: The League — Midway (O)
Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting — Planet GameCube(O)
Bomberman Land — GameSpot
Boxing Action — GameSpot
Broken Saints — Cubed3 (?)
Bust-a-Move Revolution — Majesco
C
Call of Duty 3 — IGN (O) (L)
Call of Duty 5 — Treyarch
Untitled Camelot RPG — IGN
Cars — IGN (O)
Unspecified Cellien Studios project(s) — The Wiire
Cooking Mama: Cooking with International Friends — GameSpot
The Conduit
Unspecified Coresoft project(s) — Codename Revolution
Unspecified Crave Entertainment projects — Codename Revolution
Crayon Shin-chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King Ui – Codename Revolution
Crossword – IGN
D
Dance Factory — Games Asylum (O)
Untitled D3 Publisher Action Game – IGN
Darkness — Crossbeam Studios Entertainment
Unspecified Day 1 Studios project(s) – The Wiire
Devil Kings – IGN (O)
Digimon Wii — GameSpot
Disaster: Day of Crisis — Pro-G (N)
Disney’s Chicken Little: Ace in Action — Buena Vista Games (O)
Disney’s Meet The Robinsons — Buena Vista Games (O)
DK Bongo Blast – The Wiire
The Dog Island – The Wiire
Donkey Kong Wii — IGN (N)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 — Planet GameCube (O)
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors — IGN
Dreamers — Worth Playing
E
Unspecified Eidos Projects — GameSpot
Elebits — IGN (L)
Unspecified Emerging Entertainment violence-free title — Emerging Entertainment (O)
Ennichi no Tatsujin (Master of Festivals) – The Wiire
Untitled Epoch Action Game – GameSpot
Excite Truck — Cubed3 (N)(L)
Eyeshield 21 – IGN (N)
F
Facebreaker
Far Cry: Vengeance — Ubisoft (L)
FIFA 07 — IGN(cancelled[citation needed])
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers — IGN
Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn — GameSpot
Final Furlong — N-Sider
Fishing Master – The Wiire
Forever Blue – Eurogamer (N)
Untitled From Software action game — GameSpot
Untitled From Software Action RPG – IGN
Unspecified From Yellow to Orange studio project — Gamasutra
Furi Furi – The Wiire
G
Unspecified Game Factory project — GameSpot
Untitled Gearbox Software project(s) — GamerCC
Unspecified Genki game — GameSpot
The Godfather: The Game — EA (O)
Untitled Godzilla project — The Wiire
Gottlieb Pinball Classics — Games Asylum
Unspecified Grand Prix Games project — Codename Revolution
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy — Go Nintendo (?)
GT Pro Series — Ubisoft (L)
Guitar Hero 3 – Gamesindustry.biz (?)
Guitar Hero 4
H
Happy Feet — Midway.com (O)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — EA
Harvest Moon (Wii) — GameSpot
Unspecified Helixe project(s) – Codename Revolution
Healing Type – The Wiire
Heroes — GameSpot
Heroes Over Europe – Screen Play (O)
Untitled Hideo Kojima Project — Aussie-Nintendo.com
Unspecified High Voltage projects — Gamasutra
Horse Racing Action – IGN
I
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Video Game — GameSpot (O)
Untitled Interchannel Sword Fighting Action Game – IGN
J
Unspecified Jaleco title — GameSpot
JAWA — GameSpot
Jigsaw Puzzle – IGN
K
Kiduo Senshi Gundam – IGN
Kirby – IGN
Untitled Koei RPG – IGN
Untitled Konami Action Adventure game 1 – IGN
Untitled Konami Action Adventure game 2 – IGN
Untitled Konami baseball game – IGN
Untitled Konami music simulation game – IGN
Untitled Konami RPG game – IGN
Untitled Konami soccer game — GameSpot
Kororinpa – The Wiire
Kid Icarus
Killing Day — IGN (O) (?)
Untitled Krome Studios Project(s) — Aussie-Nintendo
L
Leaderboard — Games Asylum
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — IGN (N) (L)
Let’s Go By Train (Densha de Go!) — GameSpot
Lost: The Video Game — IGN (?)
Unspecified LucasArts project(s) — IGN
M
Machi Kuru Domino — IGN
Madagascar 2 — IGN (O)
Madden NFL 07 — GameSpot (L)
Madden NFL 08
Madden NFL 09
MadWorld
Mahjong Wii – IGN
Untitled Majesco title — Majesco
Untitled Mana MMO — GoNintendo (?)
Mario Kart Wii — The Wiire (?)
Mario Party 8 – IGN
Mario Strikers Charged — Club Skill (N)
Marionette — IGN (?)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance — Activision (O) (L)
Untitled Marvelous Interactive original simulation title — GameSpot
Medal of Honor: Airborne — GameSpot (O)
Mercury Type R — Go Nintendo
Metal Slug Anthology — IGN (L)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption — Joystiq (N)
Untitled Milestone Inc. action Game — GameSpot
Untitled Milestone Inc. Vertical Shooter — GameSpot
Mobile Suit Gundam — GameSpot (?)
Monster 4×4 World Circuit — Ubisoft (O) (L)
Untitled Monolith Soft RPG – IGN (N) (?)
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon — GamesRadar (O)
Mr. D Goes to Town — GameSpot
N
NASCAR 07 — IGN (O) (?)
NBA Live 07 — GoNintendo (O) (?)
NCAA Football 07 — IGN (O) (?)
Untitled Neko Entertainment Project — Codename Revolution
Necro-Nesia — GameSpot
Need for Speed: Carbon — IGN (O)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
No More Heroes
Noumiso Konekone Puzzle Takoron – IGN
Untitled n-Space game — GameSpot
O
Untitled oeFun project — Just Pause
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure — IGN
Open Season — Ubisoft (L)
Orb — Crossbeam Studios Entertainment
P
Pac-Man Carnival – IGN
Pachindaa – IGN
Unspecified Papaya Studio project(s) — Codename Revolution
Pokémon Battle Revolution — IGN (N)
Prince of Persia Wii — IGN
Princess Company – IGN
Project H.A.M.M.E.R. — Gaming Age (N)
Unspecified Pronto Games project(s) – Codename Revolution
R
Unspecified Radical Entertainment project(s) — MaxHire
Raid over the River Wii — IGN
Rampage: Total Destruction — Advanced Media Network (O)
Ranch Story — GameSpot
Rapala Trophies – GoNintendo
Rayman Raving Rabbids — GamingAge (L)
Ready to Rumble 3 — Nwiizone (?)
Red Steel — Game Informer (L)
Red Steel 2 — (?)
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles — GameSpot
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Unspecified Red Tribe Project — Vooks.Net
River King – IGN
S
Sadness — GameSpot
San-X All-Star Wii — GameSpot
Unspecified Sega Gun Shooting Game – IGN
Samurai Warriors Wave — Gamasutra
SD Gundam G Breaker — GameSpot
Untitled Sensory Sweep Studios action title — Codename Revolution
Shrek the Third Game — IGN (O) (?)
Sidewinder — Games Asylum
Untitled The Simpsons project(s) — AdvancedMN (O) (?)
Untitled Simple Series game — GameSpot
Snoopy vs. the Red Baron — The Wiire
Sonic and the Secret Rings — SEGA
Sonic Unleashed
Spider-Man 3 — IGN (O)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab — Planet GameCube (O)
Spore — IGN (?)
SSX Wii — EA
Sudoku – IGN
Super Mario Galaxy — 1UP (N)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz — SEGA.com (L)
Super Paper Mario – The Wiire
Super Smash Bros. Brawl — IGN (N)
Super Swing Golf Pangya — Planet GameCube (L)
Star Wars Wii — IGN
Sword of Legendia — GameSpot (L)
T
Tamagotchi — GameSpot
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — IGN (O)
Unspecified Terminal Reality projects — Codename Revolution
Thorn — Crossbeam Studios Entertainment (?)
Untitled THQ/Relic Entertainment strategy game — CreativeHeads (O)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour — EA
Time Crisis Wii — Spong (?)
TNA iMPACT! — IGN (O)
Untitled Tomy 3D action game – IGN
Untitled Tomy Action Game — GameSpot
Untitled Tomy Battle Action Game — GameSpot
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent — IGN (L) (O)
Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam — IGN (L)
Unspecified Totally Games project(s) – Advanced Media Network
Trauma Center: Second Opinion — GamesAreFun (L)
Turn IT Around!! — GameSpot
W
WarioWare: Smooth Moves — Cubed3 (N)
Wii Music — GameSpot(N)
Wii Play – N-Sider (N) (L)
Wii Sports — Cubed3 (N) (L)
Wii Motor Sports — IGN (N)
Wing Island – The Wiire
World Series of Poker — The Wiire (L)
Y
Untitled Yasumi Matsuno project – 1up
Untitled Yoot Saito project — Codename Revolution
Z
Unspecified Zen Studios project(s) — Cubed3 (?)
Part VI: Release Date, Box, Bundle.
Release Dates:
November 19th 2006 – North and South America ($250)
December 2nd 2006 – Japan (25,000 yen)
December 8th 2006 – Europe (249 Euros)
December 8th 2006 – UK (£179)
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Voilah! The wonderful box art of the Wii itself! You will be getting this box, hopefully, on November 19, 2006, or some other launch date.
It will include: One Wii-mote, Nun-chuck attachment, Wii Sports (Europe, North America, South America Only), Wii Play (Japan Only), AC adapter, audio/video cable, sensor bar stand, sensor bar, Wii console stand, and 2 batteries.
Sensor Bar
This bar attaches to your T.V., which emits a large range for your Wii-Mote to detect. Don’t worry, the range is pretty large, think of the bar’s range as wide as a wide-angle camera. Maybe even larger.
The first thing you need to do before you download wii games is find a good membership website as we all know you can use a peer to peer website but I would not recommend it as you are more than likely just going to end up with a computer infested with spyware and viruses.
