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Rating:  -
We received our Wii bundle from [...] yesterday and can't get enough. We love it! I'm 51 and love it and I am not one for "video" games. My teenage girls think it's great. We are waiting for the delivery of the Wii fit. It worked right out of the box and between my 17yo and I we had it up and running in no time. Well worth what I paid for it(which was a great price for I received).
Rating:  -
I feel like this product deserves a review from the perspective as a toy and from the perspective as a video game console.
From the perspective of a toy, this system gets a four out of five. It has plenty of mindless fun good for short bursts of play. A lot of my friends and family are intrigued by the Wii and always claim to love it, but they never last very long as its like a toy that has lost its luster after a few plays. However, its can definitely provide family fun for short play periods. I subtracted a star for the Wii remote being so inaccurate to use.
From the perspective of a game system, this system gets a 2 out of five. It is absolutely terrible. There is hardly any storage for downloadable games, it is not HD, it does not have good graphics, the motion controls do not work all the time, and its doesn't have any new games. They are all rehashes (Mario, Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart . . . all good, but nothing new). I gave it two star for just how much I have enjoyed Super Smash Brothers Brawl and Tanks on Wii Play (and a few other random fun moments . . . some people like Mario Sunshine Too).
Well, I take the average of those two scores and I get a three out of five. Personally, I am glad I didn't purchase the console, but I am glad my room mate has it for when I want to try something out.
For now, I will continue to enjoy my PS3 and 360 (which absolutely destroy the Wii in the realm of gaming, but don't hold a candle to the Wii's ability to get friends and family playing together.)
Rating:  -
My wife played the game Nintendo forces all WII buyers to play: waiting for one to be in stock. It's been well over a year, but Nintendo wants us to believe that they can't manage to meet demand, which is rubbish, as every other manufacturer of every other product can manage it. So she called numerous stores each day for several weeks, finally finding a store that had gotten a shipment. They wouldn't hold it for her ("against WII store policy") so she raced over and bought it, along with a second controller and some games.
The console looks and feels flimsy, which we now know it is. Friends had warned us that these units break easily, so we treated it very carefully. Nevertheless, the unit died after 5 months, refusing to load a disk and deleting our saved games. It's just my wife and I being careful with it; I can only image what kids would do to it.
This was doubly terrible. I was nearly done with Lara Croft, and my wife with Zelda. We lost all that work. The thought of having to wade through the less interesting levels just to get back to where we were is not fun.
We should have listened to our friends, who said to get an XBOX or a PS3. We didn't, and now have to get the unit fixed, but neither of us wants to deal with that, or with getting back to where we were with the previous games, or even playing long games again knowing how likely it is to break.
Was it fun while it is working? Yes.
Was it fun when it breaks? No.
Would we do it again knowing what we now know? No.
Do yourself a favor and consider this purchase carefully. Now consider it again. It is an expensive unit, with expensive games and accessories. It really should last.
Rating: -
I was fairly skeptical about all of the enthusiasm regarding the Will -- after all, how different could it really be from other platforms?
All I can say now is, Nintendo -- forgive me for having doubted you.
It really *is* fun for the entire family. It really *is* easy to setup and use. It really *is* the most interactive video game experience I have ever seen.
It is the best value in video gaming, and well worth the wait.
Rating:  -
...is not gold.
The Wii is undoubtedly an evolutionary advance in video gaming. However, in spite of all the hype and the manufacturer and secondary market manipulation, it is still a video game system.
All successful video game systems must have solid games. Only a very small portion of Wii games are worth anything at all. I mean if you want to play a Hannah Montana or Petz game, then this is definitely your system.
Sooner or later people will realize what a superficial system this is.
Save your money.
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