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Back in 2005 at E3 in los angeles while Sony and Microsoft were telling everybody about there next generation console and what they can churn out Nintendo were preparing to tell everybody there next step in the console wars. Satoru Iwata graced the stage to start off the press conference and on everybody’s mind was what are Nintendo going to do with there next generation console, are they going to follow suit and release a big graphic powerhouse of a console or are they going to go a different route and do something new and they chose the latter, however this was just the start of things to come because what was waiting for the press was going to shock them. During the conference Mr Iwata pulled out a little black box and told everybody what there next step was going to be and that there new console was going to be called the revolution and that it would be different to the other two with a few big surprise to be announced.

Fast forward to the Tokyo Game Show and Nintendo were ready to announce one of there big secrets and that was the controller for there new console, it was the shape of a television remote and that they ditched the idea of controlling a game by just using a d-pad. instead there games were going to use the sensors in the remote that would be able to sense where the controller was in 3-d space.
This shocked everybody at first but people were growing to the idea of being able to get a bit more involved with the games that they were going to play.
However Nintendo weren’t finished there they still had a few more secrets and we wouldn’t have to wait very long until the big shock came.

Just before E3 2006 there were rumors that Nintendo were going to change the name of there new console from the revolution to something new and just like Nintendo they had something different up there sleeves. Low and behold just before E3 2006 Nintendo announced that there new console did have a different name and that the revolution would no longer be called that but now had the new adopted name of the Wii, this bit of news brought an uproar to the gaming community and that everybody asked if they liked the new name very few said yes.
However at E3 Nintendo silenced all of the critics by showing off the Wii in all of it’s glory and what there new little gaming box could do.

Fast forward to now and the Wii has finally reached our shores and i can say with a big smile on my face that a new gaming era is about to begin.

When you get your Wii home and rip into the box you’ll see your nice shiny white Wii and the Wiimote tempting you just to set it up as quick as you can so you can experience all of the goodness of it.
Setting up the Wii is really simple after you have plugged the power brick and the standard av output cable into the back of the Wii and then into the power source and TV you then have to not forget the sensor bar as this is the thing that will sense the movements of the Wiimote you are then ready to power up the console.
When the Wii has started up you are greeted with the Wii channels, now this is the main hub for all of your activities on the Wii.

The first thing you’ll need to do is set up your wifi so your Wii can stay connected to the Internet, now this can be a little tricky at first but once you know how to do it everything will seem very simple.
After doing that you’ll then need to make your little avatar or as Nintendo like to call your Mii. Now I’m not going to go into any big detail on how to do this but this is a simple process to do and your Mii will be your little character for the pack in game that you get with the Wii.
Also on the main starting screen there will be a channel for you to boot up your Wii and Gamecube games, one for the whether and news (not up and running yet), one for the Wii shop where you’ll will be able to purchase classic games for the virtual console and loads of blank screens that will store your virtual console games.

After you have gotten use to the Wii channels you are ready to start playing the unique Wii games and the best way to begin is with the pack in game Wii sports.
In Wii sports you are given 5 sports games, tennis,boxing,golf,baseball and bowling each of these 5 games has a simple control method and it’s the best place to start so you can get use to the Wiimote.

The Wii seems at first glance to be a little gimmicky but if you look into the future there seems to be a lot of companies that are willing to take the risk with developing for the Wii and hopefully making this console seem to be more than a gimmick.

There can be a few problems with trying something new in this industry but i do take my hat off to Nintendo for trying something new and not following the other to companies by making there console all about the power and not about injecting something new into the industry that is struggling with originality.
I’m glad that they have done this and the time I’ve had with the Wii so far has been a joy.

So go out and hunt down the Wii(if you can find one) and find out what all of the fuss has been about because i know you will not be disappointed with it and you will be happy that the fun will start to come back into gaming again.