My Wii Review

posted by TechMaster at 13:39

I thought I would add my comments on the Wii, I was lucky enough to get one of these for Xmas from Virgin, which included the Wii Sports but I also grabbed a copy of Zelda.

First impressions are good, it was easy to setup up, very small/quiet unit and the controller seems responsive with minimal delay.

It obvious that the Wii is not a powerful HD ready console, the free Wii sports title is pretty basic but great fun especially with two players. I haven’t had time to play Zelda yet.
You do need quite a bit of space, I can see how its easy to smack someone by mistake while playing some of these game

Negative points : Crap picture quality although buying a component cable made a big improvement, and once you buy the "must have" second controller, a couple of games it works out more then the current 360 Bundles (which one is better value, the 360 in my opinion)

I’m lucky enough to have a Xbox 360 HD , digital 5.1 setup and can say they are totally different gaming experiences, Gears of War for example is great along with the online gaming the 360 offers.

I see the Wii as a family "pick up and play" type console, I think the Wii is a great novelty and I am interested to see how they implement the controller in upcoming games. But for me it’s a good "second" console and no more.