Review Nintendo Wii (2)
Once the Wii is the network configuration is created, the system is designed to constantly online through Nintendo in the WiiConnect24 service. On the Wii can automatically WiiConnect24 system updates, additional games, including weather and news.
Wii Channels: The media and Internet capabilities
On the Wii is the navigation through a series of pages demanded that the Wii channels, which are always on WiiConnect24 design. Some Wii channels by default, and the weather channel, news channel, message, photo-and mono-channel, avatar-generating Mii Channel. Canal House default gateway, which also provides access to disk-based Wii / GameCube games and Virtual Console titles. As already mentioned, Nintendo online channels have not been prepared for testing, so you can just picture and the Wii Channel.
At Mii Channel lets users create and edit MIIS little icon on the Internet and in some games. In MIIS are cartoony and extremely simple, but includes the Mii Channel is setting options for users to create MIIS, like yourself, your friends or even celebrities. (Our Wii is populated with characters from The Big Lebowski). MIIS does not seem useful, but can be used as characters in games like Wii Sports, and as avatars in the Wii News Channel. With MIIS so simple, players can Wiimote "6kB memory for up to ten MIIS WIIS and for their friends.
Photo Channel was a pleasant surprise for a useful, if somewhat misleading. The channel can display and edit photos. He said that the Nintendo Wii, you can use MP3 music files and QuickTime videos, but these functions are thought thirst - MP3 may be used only in the slide show of photos, and we were not able to make a QuickTime movie on our Wii. Fortunately, the transfer of photos from the emphasis is clearly on image viewing and editing. After the 1000 to load photos via SD-card slot, can be seen as individuals, go into your album or slideshow of them. Photo Channel is also a graphical editor, but it is clearly built more pleasure from the heavy editing. Since his music is funny and very cute image options, the editor is very similar to the old SNES classic Mario Paint.
Although the topic in the media, it should be noted that the Wii is not audio CDs and video-DVD, which is something of a disappointment. Yes, all have DVD-player, but capable of standard DVD since the issuance of the last generation of game consoles, its omission here is a mystery. Nintendo, in his words, the price and the company last generation console, GameCube, playing without the DVD. Nintendo also stated that they did not run any video or downloading music and - with the Wii in the absence of a large hard disk space - it does not seem like it would be on the schedule anytime soon.
Message Channel is a Wii and a message in Internet communications. Where to send messages to other Wii owners with a unique code of the network, we are not able to verify that function without a Nintendo site service. The Message Channel can also give players a variety of reports on changes in the configuration of your system, Wii, time in various games and other interesting information.
Wiimote Controller
Wii Sports as a textbook to learn about the unique wireless controller, which is really what distinguishes them from the console competition - and all of that in the game before it. In the Wiimote, as it is affectionately called, is a sophisticated motion-sensing controller that provides wireless connectivity to the Wii via a wireless protocol Bluetooth.
The revolutionary design is not completely wireless: to function, are required on Wii sensor bar, or above or below the TV screen. Fortunately, the sensor bar is extremely unobtrusive, and even forgotten minutes after the system installation. The sensor bar is a small and light plastic rectangle about the size of two pens at the end to end, and connects to the Wii with a very long cable (2.5 m) so that the installation is simple and flexible. The sensor bar with a plastic base with adhesive squares on its feet, so you can easily use it to the top of the TV, even a small flat screen.
Accelerometers in the remote sense how the device is held whether the progress in each direction. These sensors control actions such as baseball bats and golf club swings in Wii Sports Links sword in the pubs Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and even steering trucks in Excite Truck. In addition, you have a Wiimote, depending on the game to see how the handle of a sword in Zelda and Red Steel, a baseball bat or tennis racket in Wii Sports, or save it as a horizontal address line Excite Truck.
Because the Wiimote is so light, these controls and movements can take some getting used a. Fortunately, one of the speakers, and the force feedback module in the Wiimote, tactile feedback and audio of its shares and a bit of a dip in the Wii experience. For example, the remote control from a small speaker sound "ringing" when the link swing his sword, and rumbles when Link strikes an enemy. Also in the Wii menu is useless to vibration Wiimote.