Since the Nintendo Wii has released to the gaming public numerous issues have plagued it, but those may turn around come 2010. When the system released, it was notoriously impossible for anyone who wanted one to get their hands on it, unless they were willing to pay the innumerable finder’s fee that one is prone to suffer at the hands of eBay. However, as time went on and Nintendo dealt with the relative shortage, gamers everywhere found themselves owning the system and not really sure what the hell to do with it. It was like finally getting your hands on a Unicorn and leaving it contentedly sitting in the stable, eating hay, day in and out until maybe you might take it out for a 20 minute ride before repeating this cycle in another month or six. Nonetheless, Nintendo just may stand out enough, producing the console to own come January 2011. Why should you buy a Wii if you don’t already own one? Simple, if you owned an NES, Super Nintendo or N64 throughout your childhood and are not averse to paying for your nostalgia then the Wii will be the system gamers will want to own.
The virtual console has slowly built up a significant amount of titles that is now on par with the Playstation Network and Xbox LIVE in the sheer amount of content offered. Utilizing the relatively arbitrary points system, you can sift through games, divided by console and will eventually prove that the Wii can function as a convincing emulator enough for you to empty your wallet for Star Fox 64, Sonic or Super Mario Bros. 3. While it might seem odd enough playing Sega games, N64 games or even Turbo-Grafx 16 games with the Wii remote, it will become second nature given enough time. Combine this with the fact that the system can play Gamecube games and allow players to use the old Wavebird controllers, and it feels like what the original Gamecube should have been. While the flow of new GCube games has long since ended, the Wii store is always being updated with something that will surely jog your memory enough to make you wax nostalgic and cause you to buy yet another slew of Nintendo points. The best part is, this is all before you may have even bought a Wii game.
And why would you need to buy a Wii Game? After all, you get Wii Sports right out of the box and that should keep you busy for a significant amount of time as you get used to the motion controls. Golf, Baseball and Tennis are all surely great when it comes to showing off just what the Wii Remotes can do, but it is the bowling where everything really comes together. Yes, I’m well aware that the Nintendo Wii is capable of playing some pretty amazing games and I will get to those, but when you play Wii Bowling with friends gathered around your television, it seems like that was the sole purpose the console was created, ever. From just getting the hang of it to the creativity you’ll surely demonstrate when playing drinking game after drinking game, you’ll soon find that bowling will satiate a good amount of your desire for any physical activity while still racking up a high score and demonstrating some abilities over fellow gamers, new and veterans alike. This of course assumes that you really don’t own a Wii yet and will still have some excitement over motion controls. That is, if you haven’t heard about Sony’s motion controller yet or Microsoft’s Natal – both slated for release before the end of this year.
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