Wii’s a winner

by Santa @ 08 December 2006 - 17:56:48

Nintendo’s new Wii, launched today, is already on course to be this Christmas’s must have present – possibly due to Sony delaying the European launch of its new Playstation 3 until March next year.

Already the Wii console has sold out across Britain with shoppers pre-ordering Nintendo’s entire initial allocation online.

So what is so good about it, well the first thing that hits you is how small the console is, only a little larger than a stack of four DVD cases. Setting it up is a breeze, and the instructions are clear and easy to understand.

The key to the Wii is the controller. Shaped like a TV remote, it interacts with a small sensor bar placed in front of the TV to translate your own motion to movement on screen.

It’s an incredibly intuitive way to control games, and the Wii sports game supplied with every console makes full use of it. Take Wii tennis, for example, using the controller like a racket you swing at the ball and after playing your first set of Wii tennis it’s really hard to wipe the grin from your face.

That said the graphics are not up to Xbox 360 standard, after only a few sets of tennis the cartoon-like graphics begin to take on an appeal all their own.

The console has some excellent online features like being able to download games from Nintendo’s extensive back catalogue, news updates and even weather forecasts once you’ve connected to the internet.

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