Wii Review

Brief Description:

The Nintendo Wii is a home console that was made by Nintendo after the GameCube (ya big noob). There is another variation of this console called the Wii Family, this version doesn't have the backwards compatible capabilities of the original Wii. It was released in 2006.

The Positive Points:

-It used motion control to it's fullest potential. There had been other home consoles in the past that were motion control based, but the motion control didn't really work or function how it was supposed to.

-It had a massive volume and variety of games and genres playable on it. I'm not even going to start a list of great Wii games that come up at the top of my head, because then it would take you 2 hrs to read this stupid review. There were also tons of third-party games as well.

-It was fully backwards compatible with both GameCube games, memory cards, and controllers.

-It appealed more to the casual gamer population that had been left untouched for decades.

-Some games (including accessories) could be used as a form of exercise.

-It introduced the E-shop, a place where you could buy both indie and retro games right from you're couch. You could even buy Sega Genesis, SNES, and N64 games on it as well. You could also get Netflix and Neutopia on it.

-It introduced the Miiverse.

-It was small, lightweight, and could be purchased in different colours as well as the controllers and accessories for it.

-The Wiimote (along with the accessories) could be held and used in different ways. And if you didn't like the Wiimote, you could use the Wii Classic Controller.

The Negative Points:

-It was underpowered by it's main competitors the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Not only was it underpowered, but it's graphics were actually no better, nor had they improved whatsoever from it's predecessor the GameCube.

-Despite there being a version of it's predecessor, the GameCube, that you could use to play movies and TV shows, there was no way you could use either version of the Wii to do this same thing. Unlike the PS2 and Xbox, there was no downloadable content that enabled you do this either.

-No clickable joysticks (including the nunchucks).

Innovative: Yes

Affordability At It's Release (affordability for it's time): Fair

General Public Rating: Fair

Success: Very Successful

My Personal Final Rating: Legendary (6/6)