Nintendo Wii
Released in November 2009, the Wii Console introduced a new way to game from Nintendo. It featured a connecting sensor for wireless use of the wii remote, connection online to download updates and or small game packs, and had additional Add-Ons that introduced 3D movement into the gaming system. The Wii introduced new interactive games including Wii Fit, Wii Sports, and many others. Hosting a balance board and using the Wii Remote, users would simulate the actual actions of the game, such as a baseball swing. The Wii Console was the successor to the Gamecube, its early releases backwards compatible with both accessories and games.
Games
Wii Fit
Our Rating: 3.5/5
Description:
The Wii Fit is a unique interactive experience that allows the user to use their balance and foot movements on the balance board to interact with the game. Wii Fit has addictive mini games and workouts that are surprisingly exhaustive. The Wii Fit games range from sports to yoga, to everyday stretches. What is unique about this game besides the interaction through the balance board system, is that the system helps to track your progress and weight. Like many games it keeps score of points and achievements that have been unlocked, but it also can be used as a trainer, able to track how long you spent on the game and you body mass index measurement changes. Although the game itself can be rather repetitive, and including the purchase of the balance board, we only gave the game a score of 3.5. What it had was a creative approach to tracking and regulating fitness, but the expensive balance board made buying the game difficult to justify unless you were going to use the board for more than just Wii Fit.
Mario and Sonic Olympics 2012
Our Rating: 3/5
Description:
Mario and Sonic Olympics is a game that has olympic sports and race mini games with a mash-up of characters from both the Sonic and Mario game series. Rated E for Everyone and featuring both single and multiplayer, the game features renewed graphics and gamplay from the old version. Olympic events are playable in a variety of both Sonic and Mario World, bringing both these game together in a fun competitive setting.
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Our Rating: 4.6/5
Description:
The Wii version Radiant Dawn makes it debut from one of the best selling strategy series Fire Emblem. For those unfamiliar with the game, Fire Emblem consists of a turn-based, single player strategy game that is similar to moving pieces on a chess board. However, unlike chess Fire Emblem involves leveling up your players, combining and rearranging from a variety of characters so you can create the perferct team. Add equipment, new skills, new team members, and grow team member bonds so that they become stronger in battle when fighting together. Combining great gameplay with an epic story of knights and kingdoms reveals the Fire Emblem series to be a must-buy for any strategy gamer.