The newest game console on the market is the Nintendo Wii game console. It comes with a front loading disc assembly that can take not only regular size CD's, but Wii discs and the smaller Game Gube discs as well and is driven by a IBM designed PowerPC Processor.

The Features Of The Nintendo Wii Game Console

The Nintendo Wii game console also comes with a new developed ATI made onboard graphics engine and 512MB flash memory for storing games. Besides you are able to plug in an outside memory card for additional storage. The Wii also comes with built in Bluetooth enabling which gives you option to use up to 4 cord less Wii controllers at any one time so the whole family has the ability to play together. It is fact, that a family that plays together, stays together. In addition it features 4 Game Cube controller jacks on the top so that it can be used for corded play if you want to do so. It contains another two USB ports for additional peripheral devices as well as two Game Cube memory card ports so you'll get the option to load and save Game Cube games to and from the Wii.

Another extra advantage of the Wii is that it provides Internet access and there is USB. Also you are able to use an Ethernet adapter which in turn will give the Wii network capability.

Nevertheless, the Wii, although it is able to take a standard CD, is not created for replaying DVD's, unless Nintendo make some changes. This is the greatest disadvantage for this system at the moment as all the other game consoles feature a DVD playback feature.

Perhaps this is a marketing stratagem, as Nintendo would determine it to be home gaming center rather than a home entertainment center.

Nintendo Wii Game Console Features Backwards Capabilities

The biggest advantage for almost any people, where the Wii is interested, and those people who already have several Nintendo console such as the Game Cube, Nintendo DS etc, is that it features backwards capabilities. Are you able to visualize the bucks a family could save because they know that the Game Cube and Nintendo DS of the Kids can also be utilized with the Wii and the whole family are able to play the games together?

Another important benefit of the Nintendo Wii Game Console is its parental control feature that goes with an update and disallows the junior users from playing games that are considered improper for their age level. Should your kid try to play a game, the Wii scans the content rating encoded in the games information, and whenever the rating is higher then the age limit set on the Wii system, then the game won't load up until the right password is correctly got in. However, this important feature doesn't affect those games especially created for the Game Cube.

So in general the Wii appears like a really good investment for each family. It is a very useful game system as Nintendo are committed to getting games that are targeted to adults as well as for children to delight. With its additional parental control choice it signifies that you are able to say on what games your kids should play.