Nintendo Wii

The Nintendo Wii

A hit gaming console from the Nintendo family. The Wii is one of the first to actually incorporate movement into gaming, the controller is able to detect pointing and 3D movement. The games are on an optical disc. The console is compact, it comes along with one Wii remote, known as Wii-mote. Another part of the Wii-mote is the nunchuck, this is needed for games that require 2 hands to play, such as the boxing game in Wii Sports. Along with this hardware, there is a sensor bar that is set by the TV which is what picks up all the players movements and translates them to code for interaction with the game.

Nintendo Wii consoles come with the Wii Sports games collection. This set includes baseball, tennis, bowling, boxing and golf. Due to the nature of how one interacts with a Wii, there was a market for fitness-related games. Designed to give you a workout; the movements one ends up doing burn calories.

Nintendo Wii sold over 101 million units till September 2019. New iterations of the console have been discontinued. With some online support also having been shut down. The games that did really well on the Wii include various versions of Mario and The Legend of Zelda. Along with Just Dance, which is similar to an arcade dancing game.

The Nintendo Wii is a console that is from one of the top brands, but today the price is relatively nominal given the year of release.