Wii

Product Features
Plays two disc formats in a single, self-loading media bay
Features a processing chip from IBM and a graphics chip from ATI
Backwards compatible with all Nintendo GameCube games and most peripherals
Built-in Wi-Fi access for easy connection to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection gaming service
Wii Sports game included

Product Description
Nintendo's Wii video game system (pronounced "we") brings people of all ages and video game experience together to play. This simple yet ground breaking idea is expressed not only though the system's evocative name, which is easily pronounced in a variety of languages, and suggests two players side by side, but also through its innovative list of features and extensive list of playable titles.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

The Wii gaming system is different from any other gaming system. It starts, of course, with the user interface. The fact that you move your body to control the game differentiates it from all other gaming systems. But that's just the beginning. The Nintendo Wii is designed for a different kind of gamer. Games for the Wii are often more family-friendly and often they encourage group play. Games like Wii Sport, for example, let you play tennis by yourself or with a friend, and the let you compete to see who can score the highest in bowling. While other gaming systems concentrate on shoot `em ups and role-playing games for serious adult gamers, the Wii system is designed with everyone in mind, young and old.

The Nintendo Wii gaming system is very easy to set up. One small problem we encountered is the unit's tendency to overheat. I highly recommend buying a cooling unit to go with your Nintendo Wii. (We have yet to find a good charging station for the Wii-motes, as they are called. The Wii-motes eat up batteries very quickly, so this would be a great thing to have. The trouble is finding one.)

Of course, a gaming system is nothing without the right games to play on it. A few of our favorites include Wii Fit, Animal Crossing, Karaoke Revolution, Guitar Hero, Lego Indiana Jones, and Raving Rabbits TV Party. Everyone has his or her personal favorite, but we have yet to find anyone who doesn't want to play a game on our Wii: from the kids to the grandparents, and everyone in between.

Of course one of the most incomprehensible things about the Wii, is that the system which is better --for most people--than all the other gaming systems on the market, actually costs less. If you want a gaming system the entire family will enjoy, I recommend the Wii. I think you'll love it as much as we do.