Customer Rating: 
Summary: Addictive
Comment: I was at first hesitant in purchasing the WII since I had recently purchased a PS3, but my wife wanted to get one. I really enjoy my PS3, but the WII is on a different level. The interaction portion makes it addictive. Now it's not so hard to convince my wife to play video games, where with the PS3 it's out of the question. I also like the design of the unit being extremely small and portable with wireless connection features.
Customer Rating:
Summary: WEEEEEEE! I mean 'Wii', but importantly it's F-U-N!
Comment: I waited. I waited several months after the Nintendo Wii came out to buy it, and after one year of using it I am ready to write my review on this product. There is more than one reason to buy the Nintendo Wii: the most important reason is the fun factor.
You may have heard that this is only a gimmick system, like the ill-conceived Virtual Boy and (I dare say it) PlayStation 3, because of Wii-remote controllers used to move the action in the game by actually moving the controllers. Such an idea, critics have said, is to cover up the flaws of the system and the product line, the lack of graphics compared to an X-Box360 and the number of games compared to the PlayStation line. What I have found since my days of video gaming began with PONG and actually having to pay to play 'Donkey Kong' that pretty, tight, and sexy graphics mean absolutely nothing in terms of replay value: the pretty colors and characters are there to cover up the flaws.
I admit the Nintendo Wii, with its base game 'Wii Sports', is not graphics pretty, but Nintendo once again focuses on that 'F-U-N' factor of game play with system ownership: a concept lost on its rivals. With the Wii Remote Controller you have incredible interactivity: use it as a pointer to select your options on the Wii Menu to using it achieve goals in the games you play. The motion sensing of the remote can be adjusted to create either a loose or tight response with little lag. Be it selecting a button, or having to perform a swinging motion to swing the 'Wii Sports' batter in baseball or in tennis or in golf, or jab it forward in boxing, or underhand throwing in my favorite bowling, the Wii Remote just about perfects the remote video controller concept. Sure, again, the graphics of the in-game is not great, but after a year I'm still playing them. Again, it's all about FUN! And once again, Nintendo also emphasizes the group 'all there in the living room' factor as opposed to the recent trend of playing someone else somewhere else.
Although the Wii does allow you to play with or against others around the world via a high speed internet connection it's not the only thing it can do. The Wii Network allows you access News, Weather, and a Nintendo Game Shop where you can download the classic Nintendo Games all the way back to the NES. Although you can't use the Wii Remote on these games the hard link controllers are cheap to get. Plus for Nintendo Game Cube owners don't toss your GCN stuff away: the Wii plays Game Cube games, uses the memory cards and the controllers.
Since the year and the half the system has been out, innovation is finding its way to the system, as well as the games. The Nintendo Wii is not a gimmick: it's an honest game system that is cheap, doesn't demand that you buy it for it's DVD or BluRay capability, and once again F-U-N!!!!! to have.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: WHY ALL THE HYPE
Comment: I WAS BUGGING AND BUGGING MY GRAMA TO GET ME THE WII AND I MEAN BUGGING!
I TRADED IN MY PS2 AND GAMES TO GET THIS SYSTEM. FINALLY THEY STARTED GETTING MORE WIIS IN ALL THE STORES SO I GOT ONE. I WAS SO EXCITED THAT I PLAYED IT FOR 8 HOURS NON STOP. BUT THEN FOR SOME REASON I JUST STOPPED. I WANNA PLAY IT AT THIS MOMENT BUT FOR SOME REASON IM JUST NOT. I STILL THINK YOU SHOULD GET IT THOUGH. ITS KINDA WORTH IT
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wow!!!! Nice system!!!
Comment: I have been trying the Wii system for a couple of days and its just great. Its for the whole family!!!!
GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing System
Comment: This system.....is.....AMAZING!!!!!
The processing is always quite clear and impressive, the virtual console is amazing, some of the specialty games ROCK (woot for Super Smash Brothers Brawl!!!!), and it's just a great system. The wii controls are perfect on most games (just be sure to check game reviews BEFORE you buy them, cause some games have really bad controls. I'd reccomend. [...]
Everyone complains about the pricing of the system, and its graphics. Well, the system is 250 bucks if you can find it new and not on ebay, and a good quality xbox 360 is still 350 bucks, while a good ps3 is 400 bucks, so actually, no, they are NOT the same price of a next-gen console. As for the graphics: Yes, they aren't anywhere near the ps3 or xbox 360, but I think that video games have gotten to a point where the graphics are good enough to allow just about any game to achieve its full potential, so unless you have a big 50" HD television, the low graphics really won't mess you up, cause they DO look good.
Simple and plain, this is a great buy. Nintendo makes great games, the controls work well, the hardware and system updates are fluid, and I love everything about it. If I really had to complain about anything, it would be the cost of batteries for the wii remote. But hey, that's what rechargeable batteries are for.
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