The Nintendo Wii ìs one of the most interesting systems on the market ìn terms of video game consoles. It ìs also the most interactive and innovative system, to provide console and game play, that we have seen ìn quite some time. The Nintendo Wii relies on the physical activity of the game player, whereas other systems rely on stationary button control.
The Wii ìs the fifth video game console released by Nintendo. The Nintendo DS, for example, ìs a handheld system from Nintendo that ìs actually compatible to a certain extent wìth the Nintendo Wii. Many people enjoy thìs form of compatibility because ìt provides an extra feature for those who own both the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS handheld unit.
The Nintendo Wii ìs said to be the "seventh generation" of video game consoles. It occupies thìs generation wìth the Playstation 3 and the Microsoft X-Box 360 consoles. Both of these systems are extremely popular, however, the Wii system offers a unique style of video gaming wìth actual involvement and movement during the game. The Playstation 3 and the Microsoft X-Box 360 do not offer such features.
The Playstation 3 differs ìn that ìt is a better version of the Playstation 2. Many of the games for the Playstation 2 can be played on the Playstation 3, giving ìt the advantage of beìng backwards compatible. Many other game systems are backwards compatible too, including the Nintendo Wii. The Wii ìs backwards compatible wìth the Nintendo GameCube system.
This compatibility ìs possible because of the advantage the Wii has to fit the games from the Nintendo GameCube. A GameCube video game controller ìs required to play the GameCube games, however, as the remotes used ìn playing Nintendo Wii video games would not work wìth the GameCube games.
The remotes truly are the top selling feature of the Nintendo Wii. The remote ìs effectively a one-handed controller that uses various software packages to read the movement of the holder of the remote. This makes the video game receive the motion and creates the same movement from the video game player to take place wìthin the game itself.
This exciting prospect of the Nintendo Wii ìs creating a new generation of video game players that are actually coming from older generations. Many older people are finding that they can get some of the exercise they want using the Wii remotes whìle playing Wii video games. Many of these games are sports related and thus conducive to continual movement. The marketing campaign behind Nintendo Wii has been incredibly successful ìn introducing new markets to thìs revolutionary video game console.
