Advantages: Free, 7 modes in total, 5 different sport modes to play, lots of additional training modes
Disadvantages: Graphics could be a little bit better. baseball feels a little TOO tough

...Unless you happen to be considering a Wii purchase in Japan, your Wii Console will come bundled with a full copy of Wii Sports; Nintendo's free bundled game which I feel adds extra value to your initial purchase. There's no escaping the fact that Wii Sports is not just a friendly gesture from Nintendo, but a "demo-of-sorts" for the fantastic Wii-mote controller and the accompanying Nunchuk. For those who have played older consoles, such as the PlayStation 2, you will almost all be familiar with the 'two hand' style controller and so the change to the Wii-mote / Nunchuk combination is a little different. Wii Sports comes with 5 different Sports games in which you can play through, as well as a Training Mode and a Fitness Mode. I'll go into the two latter modes in a little while, but first let us take a look at the main 5 Sports... Read review

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Advantages: Extremely energetic gaming fun for the whole family
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

...This product came to my notice when my daughter put it on her birthday list for her number one present last year. When I started to look for this item in the shops this then showed me just how popular these consoles were. I searched high and low and even added my name to a couple of high street stores to be phoned back when some became available without much success as everyone was nintendo wii mad as my daughter's birthday is in November the demand is great at this time for the latest consoles, toys etc. Well eventually I decided to try my luck on Ebay to get hold of one of these scarce consoles so as not to dissapoint my daughter on her birthday. I bid on a number of the consoles to find I was out bid a number of times, I was fast losing hope of ever getting one of these but then eventually after many dissapointments I managed to get... Read review

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Advantages: Great, intuitive control system, cheap, well built, great feature set, Virtual Console
Disadvantages: Wii-motes eat batteries, flimsy Sensor Bar cable

...When I bought my original PlayStation I got the console and a demo disk. When I bought my Nintendo Wii I got the console and a full free game. What sounds like the better deal to you? Not since the Sega Master System II have I seen a better console/free included game combination that wasn\'t some special offer or launch deal. (By that I mean no matter when you buy the product you\'ll get this game/console combo) I\'ve been keeping a watchful eye on these next generation consoles for a long time now; first out the stable gate was the XBOX 360 from Microsoft and then came along the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. I won\'t lie when I say that the XBOX 360 has an awful lot going for it but I was drawn to the Wii for a number of reasons: * Nintendo doesn\'t charge to use it\'s internet services, (unlike XBOX Live for instance) * The Wii... Read review

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Advantages: Makes up for Gamecube's short comings
Disadvantages: Doesn't keep up on raw power

...This may sound hard to believe but as of March 8th the Wii will have been on the European market for four months, that's a third of a year, and I can't believe it has been that long since the stories of console shortages and flying controllers hit the news. For those that live under a rock, the Wii is Nintendo's fifth home console, following in the footsteps of; NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube. I say following in the footsteps, but in the sense of 'what comes next', the Nintendo Wii took a giant leap that needed to be taken in order to keep Nintendo in competition with Sony and Microsoft. They created a console with a motion sensing controller. Wii was always coming, because you can always be sure that as long as there is going to be a next generation of computer games, Nintendo shall be involved. Nintendo aren't used to battling though... Read review