5 reasons to pick Nintendo

The console wars continue. Though I can't figure out sometime why they do. I think the choice is obvious about picking the console; just pick Nintendo!

Yes I realize that people have different preferences. I realize that some people are really into the online shooting game that supports chatting. I realize the motion controls aren't for everyone. But what I can't stand is when a casual gamer goes with the PS3 or the Xbox 360. Here are five reasons to pick the Wii.

1. Free Internet!

Go ahead pay for your Internet on your gaming console. I'll stay away from the monthly payments by sticking with the Wii. First off for just $5 dollars (the one exception to the "free") you can browse the Internet from your Wii. Want to watch something on Youtube? Why watch it on a computer screen when you can watch it on a wide screen television? Want to find some cheats or walkthroughs of games? Just save the game you're playing, browse the Internet from your Wii and look it up. Also on a website called Wiicade (http://www.wiicade.com/) you get tons of free Wii supported games to play for free. Also to add to this, many games offer online play that you can play for free. There's no cost on online play at all (except to buy the Internet channel to browse the Internet.)

2. More than just a Gaming experience.

As many of you may know, on Wii, you have channels. The Wii offer much more than just a gaming experience. Want to know the weather, but don't want to watch that boring weather on T.V.? Type the location of where you live, and you can have a forecast in seconds. Nintendo offers many other channels including a News Channel (to see the news), the Mii Channel (a channel where you make your own custom avatar to play in games), the Everybody Votes Channel (a channel that takes your vote for a poll and then gives you the results, the Nintendo Channel (a channel where you can watch trailers for upcoming games and where you can download demos onto your Nintendo DS), the Wii Shop Channel (an online shop where you can buy games without even leaving you home, and the Check Mii out Channel (a channel where you can enter your Mii's into contests or download Mii's that other people created). And to addition to these channels, Nintendo often comes up with even MORE channels for you to download. The Music Channel is another channel in development that is soon to come out.

3. Motion Controls

The Wii supports motion controls for games. Now this is where I think most people get scared away from buying a Wii. Change is hard, and it's hard to leave behind our more traditonal gaming controller. But if you give the Wii a chance, you'll realize that the motion controls really work well. In the Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess you swing the Wii remote to control Link's sword. In Wii Sports you use the Wii remote to play a variety of sports. In Madden games for the Wii, you use actual football movements to control the game. Even if motion controls aren't your cup of tea, there are many games that support the traditional controller play experience.

4. Accessories

Even with all of the motions you can perform with the Wii remote, Nintendo has created many accessories to go with the Wii. With the Zapper (a gun that you aim at the screen to fire) you can play shooter games like you do in the arcade by aiming at the screen to shoot. With the Wii balance board, you can use your feet in games too. With the Classic Controller you can play Wii games with a classic feel. With Wii Motion Plus, your Wii can get every motion controlled movement imaginable! With Wii Speak you can talk to friends on the other side of the World!

5. The Cost
The cost for the Wii is the best out of all the consoles at $250 (the Xbox 360 recently dropped down to $200 dollars but with all the money you have to spend to play Xbox live, in the long run the Wii is cheaper.) The PS3 is $500! Not only this but while Wii games are usually $50.00 PS3 games are $70.00! I don't know aobut you but I don't want to throw away $1000 to get a console and just 7 games! Not only this but the PS3 is very similar to the PS2. The PS3 has great graphics and improved gameplay over the PS2 but it can't comare to Nintendo's jump from Gamecube to Wii! Speaking of Gamecube, you can play Gamecube games on the Wii. You can't play PS2 games on the PS3!

So there you go. There are five good reasons that the Wii appeals to the common gamer more than it's competion. Go ahead. Go buy your Xbox 360 or your PS3. I won't care. I'll be too busy playing my Wii.