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| Nintendo Wii Console (Includes Wii Sports) | 
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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £179.99
Buy New: £169.99
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Buy New/Used from £169.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (472 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.1
Dimensions (in): 15.1 x 9.9 x 4.4
MPN: WII
Model: Wii
UPC: 045496342043
EAN: 0045496342043
ASIN: B0007UATDG
Release Date: December 8, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Simply brilliant November 23, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Just bought the Wii, as my husband thought it would be fun and we could game together. Well, it is tremendous fun and even better when played together. We bought Wii Play with the Wii mote so we can play tennis and not have to keep handing over the mote during other games. We have only played seriously the bowling and tennis on Wii Sports but our arms are aching already! The graphics are clear and simple, the sound is good (the pattering feet in tennis are hilarious), it was a doddle to set up, the console is tiny and the motes are light and easy to use. It's very intuitive and for hand to eye coordination it is superb. It is certainly much better than sitting with a console in hand, punching buttons. I really like the Mii characters you can create. Make a few and watch them pop up in the background of games.
Recommended highly and that's only for a few games. We have Mario and Sonic at the Olympics, but are saving that for when our arms get stronger. It will be a good way to work off the mince pies at Xmas!
Best console ever made November 21, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Like the title of my review says, this is, by far, one of the best consoles ever made. So far, we only have Wii Sports and we are addicted to it. I think it helps bring families closer togther. It's really surreal too. We still can't get over how it actually copies our movements. My favourite games for it so far are bowling and boxing, the latter being because it will definitely help me to lose weight! I can't wait to buy more and more things for the Wii. I think however much money we spend on this console will be well worth it.
If it was allowed, I'd have given this product a 10/10.
GREAT FOR THE CASUAL GAMER November 18, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I absolutley love The Wii, for a casual gamer like myself, the Wii is perfect. I won't bother typing a long review as there are some on here which explain the console's details better, what I will say is that there is a growing catalogue of great games, plus you can play most Gamecube games on here as well.
All in all, a fantastic console :)
 Baaaaaad November 13, 2008
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have owned a 360 for about a year and after getting this console free from a raffle i can saw one thing:
This is bad.
Had fun on the first night i had it. The day after i turned it on for 15 minutes... but after realising all i could do was hit a slow moving tennis ball against an AI opponent, i soon turned it off and went for COD4 on the xbox 360.
Decided to go for "Wii Play" mainly to get the extra controller. Fun to start with, thought things weren't so bad for the Wii. Played each mini-game twice or so ...... back to COD4.....
Truly the most boring console for me.
ON THE OTHER HAND my cousin who's 11 years old came to visit us for the weekend. She absolutely LOVED it.
Overall:
Only ever use on occasions with more than 4 people- it's quite amusing with 4 people playing tennis. If you own one of those 11 year old girls who loves TV then this is a good console.
Otherwise BAD! severely...
NOTE: Havn't bought any "proper" games but frankly i didnt want to waste the money.
Grest fun with friends. Not so good for a solo gamer. November 12, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Wii is a fantastic system and is great fun.........with a group of people.
When family and friends come round it comes into it's own and we spend most of the night playing tennis, bowling and Golf etc.
So on this basis it gets 5 stars as it is so much fun.
From a console point of view it is not the best system for a gamer. The types of games released on PS3 and XBOX 360 are far greater in choice and in graphics.
The Wii is 5 stars for a group/party system and from that approach is worth every penny.
As a gaming system alone it would be around 3 maybe 4 stars.
Hope that helps people make their minds up.
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