All About Wii

For gaming enthusiasts, the Wii game console from Nintendo has set new standards for fun and enjoyment for the entire family. Introduced in 2006, Wii has achieved more worldwide sales than either of its top competitors - Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Wii Offers Players Unique Gaming Features

One thing that sets Wii apart from other gaming systems is the Wii remote - a wireless, handheld controller which detects the three-dimensional movements and gestures of the person holding it. This lets players move in real space for a wide variety of game activities such as golfing, bowling, skiing, and exercising, and the movements track onscreen in Wii games. For many games and other Wii activities, players can also use a Nunchuk unit - a more traditional game controller with an analog stick and trigger buttons.

An Incredible Assortment of Wii Games and Activities

The Nintendo Wii currently has more than 1,000 games and activities for enthusiasts of all ages. Offerings range from today's hottest games, to action and adventure, sports, life training, puzzles, racing, music and rhythm, role-playing, strategy, and simulation titles. These include arcade favorites, music, art, fitness, TV show games, and personal training in math, cooking, sports activities, and much more. Plus every Wii console comes with a Wii Sports disc featuring tennis, baseball, golf, bowling, and boxing games designed for people of all ages and skill levels.

Thanks to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Wii users can stay in touch with other players in the same room or across the globe. You can play with specific people or compete anonymously with millions of others players online 24/7.

Wii and Broadband Internet

Wii takes advantage of today's fast broadband Internet connections by letting users connect Wii to the Internet to open up a world of entertainment, news, and shopping possibilities on their television screen!

Some of Nintendo Wii's most popular Web channels include the Internet Channel which lets you surf the Web from a comfortable seat in front of your television set; Wii Shop Channel which lets users download a variety of games from NES, SNES, N64, NEOGEO, Sega Genesis, and TruboGrafx 16 consoles; Mii Channel where you can create your own avatars to use in Wii games and software; Photo Channel to upload your digital photographs to create slideshows with musical soundtracks, add special photograph effects, or make photo puzzles and mosaics; News Channel for news across the Internet; Disc Channel which is compatible with Nintendo GameCube so you can access and play all of your Wii games along with classic Nintendo GameCube titles; and many more.