How do the nintendo wii's work and are they worth the money?

Question

I dont know very much about the wii but my fiance wants one. I need to know how they work, what all you have to buy along with the system itself and is it worth the money? He is in his early twentys and has an xbox.

Answer 1

a wii is a console that uses wii remotes. they are like controllers, but they have a sensor that u point at the screen with a cursor. u point and click.



when u buy the wii it comes with the console, 1 wii remote, and a game called wii sports. it's realy fun. u can also get all different kinds of channels on the wii like the mii channel and the news channel.



it's so worth the money. u and him would both like it.

Answer 2

Worth the money? Depends how you look at it. It's definitely not used for serious gaming.

The graphics on the Wii is powered by the same video card on the Nintendo GameCube, an ATi Hollywood GPU. The graphics you get on a Wii will NEVER be as great as what you can get with a PS3 or XBox360.

The wireless on the controllers is sensed by a little bar. The controllers themselves are implanted with an accelerometer and optical sensor technology. The controls for the Wii can frustrate many people who have a hard time controlling precise movements with their hands. They have a limited range, so you have to be directly in front of that sensing bar. I know I've almost drop kicked a Wii because of it's poor sensing ability.

Another downside to the Wii controllers is that they have a tendency to fly. All it takes is a little bit of a loosened grip, a little hand sweat, a little swing, and all is but lost to the flying Wiimote.

The Wii doesn't come with a hard drive unlike it's other 2 counterparts. You lose a little bit of that one-in-all with the Wii. However, it does offer old nintendo classics on the online menu. If you were an old school, retro, classic, or any other descriptive term to depict ancient games, gamer, then the Wii might just be for you. You can find classics like Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and Super Mario World in the store. Only problem is, you need a GameCube controller or the special controller to play those games.

The Wii does offer backwards compatibility, so if you have old GameCube games, you can just throw it in and play the games. It'll even take the GameCube memory card.

Overall, I wouldn't get the Wii. You can find whatever it has to offer elsewhere. From a computer emulator, to actually playing sports, there are better things that offer more.

If your fiance has an XBox, offer to go get one too so you can both game online with him. It'll make his day more than a Wii can or will. Otherwise, go for the PS3. The controllers have motion sensing capabilities also.

Answer 3

Wii is currently the cheapest next generation console and right now it is hotter then tickle me elmo but is it really worth the money. Besides being the cheapest console on the market currently it does have a lot of major flaws, the motion control is a cool gimmick but after you play the 5 or 6 games that were designed for it you are left empty wishing that more gaming companies were as enthusiastic about it as Nintendo and its customers are. The graphics on the wii are no better then their last generation console the Nintendo Gamecube and one can only wonder if this attributes to price difference but the lack of a hard drive option is a certain reason. The Wii uses standard SD cards instead of a hard drive which per Gigabyte are far mroe expensive then hard drive storage and the cards larger then 2GB are prohibitively expensive which limits the possibilities for downloadable content dramatically, something that has been a huge stick for competing consoles. On the plus side, the console requires a lot of actual physical activity which when you consider the average percentage of overweight Americans is never a bad idea.



Chances are if he has a next generation console like Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 he will be fairly dissapointed with the Wii.

Answer 4

A wii is a system unlike any of the others. Unlike other systems Wii features a wireless remote. Wii's work using a sensor bar (included) placed on the top of your telivesion. When you point the remote at the screen the sensor bar will pick it up, the wii will pick up your movements in other words. With the wii comes one game; wii sports. In wii sports you can play sports with the remote such as baseball and bowling. But it's different from other systems. Instead of pressing buttons to swing and pitch; you do the actions as if you were actually on the field. Other games (not included) include, gutair hero 3, rock band, mario party 8, and exite truck. Wii games are ussaly 50-60$ (the same price as most xbox360 and ps3 games) and the system is the cheapest. If you ask me Wii is definatly worth the money.

Answer 5

YES IT IS REALLY WORTH THE MONEY!!! it is a system that requires physical work of ur body...i played wii sports and wii play the first day of having it and was very sore the next day! it is a very fun and interesting way to loose weight adn just get ur daily excersize! you will hold a remote in some games that u are driving or steering some sort of transportation and the thing that u are driving or steering will go in that direction..i highly recommend Blazing Angels and Need for Speed Carbon for ur fiance. my dad has a blast playing those games and so does my little brother and both of my cousins! i actually enjoy playing Need for Speed. you will usually want two wii remotes and the non slip grip cover for BOTH of ur remotes to help prevent many injuries!!! it is much better than the xbox. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!! it is a blast for all ages and the whole family.

Answer 6

I have a wii and first off yes they are worth the money i recommend getting two wii motes at the very least as it is much more fun multi player there are some ace games out foor the wii also such as mari0kart and zelda hope that helps a bit

Answer 7

i recently had an xbox 360 and i sold it so i could get a wii and it was the stupidest thing i have ever done it doesn't play Dvds the graphics are about the same as an original xbox the downloadable content sucks and the first time you play it. it is exciting but sometime you just want to relax and not have to do the actions. it gets old real quick i just got my wii last week so buy a xbox 360 instead because i feel empty without my 360 so i am going to get a new one as soon as i can

Answer 8

If your fiance prefer playstation than nintendo 64/game cube I recommend ps3. But if he likes mario and all that than of course the nintendo wii. Nintendo Wii is more for the family. PS3 is more just for the action,sports, and great graphics. I would recommend a ps3 but i have a family so grr...the wii makes it suitable for everyone!

Answer 9

yes the wii is worth the money

Answer 10

the wii is SO awesome it is so worth the money.

Answer 11

Not worth the money.

Answer 12

yah, the are totally worth of the money.

Answer 13

i got mine used and it works good so if u can find one used and if he really wants get