Wii Industry Going Strong
Even among these hard economic times, the Nintendo Wii industry is still going as strong as ever. Nintendo Wii was the first game console to break over ten million sales in its first year. That is an amazing sale volume that seems to be holding strong even in today’s market.
What Makes Nintendo Wii So Popular?
The Nintendo Wii is a game console of the future. It made technological breakthroughs as being the first ever physically interactive game console. Some people do not completely look at it like a game console, but rather a complete entertainment system. Moreover, the Nintendo Wii has produced games that even normal game players find themselves participating in.
Games Available
Nintendo Wii games are all great; however, there were the top sellers of the year 2008. The number one position went to Wii Play. This Nintendo Wii game offers nine games of action and skill. Some of these games include: table tennis, air hockey, shooting gallery and billiards. This game is fun with the different accessories such as tennis rackets you can get to make it more real.
Second up was the famous Mario Kart Wii game. This was always a popular game brought out by Nintendo, but when they made it for the Nintendo Wii console, it really soared in sales. The Mario Kart game accessories are steering wheels. This is also a great game for multi players, as there can be more than 3 people playing at a time!
The third most popular was the Nintendo Wii Fit game. This was a popular game on all fronts. Nintendo Wii really dispelled the concept of video games being unhealthy and stagnant. With the Wii concept, you can exercise and dance your way to being fit. Accessories are the Wii fit mat package.
Smash Brothers Brawl was number four and ranked close. Many people enjoy this game because it has all the attributes of a great game. The action, multi-player combinations allowing up to four people, single player challenges and an excellent music composition, makes the Smash Brothers Brawl higher than a number four rank in many people’s book.
Although the Nintendo Wii Guitar Hero did not place on the top four, it is a very fun, exciting and challenging game. The concept caught on almost automatically and went from one single guitar to making a whole band. During the Rock Band game, you assemble a group of people to play different instruments. The people then follow the prompts on the screen to try to match the beat and pitch of the song being played. Ultimately, they rank the performance on how accurately the band played. You can see positive and negative results through the way the crowd reacts.
There is no wonder why Nintendo Wii is topping the charts and taking nearly 20 out of the 30 positions on the best sellers list. The revolutionary game play has landed in the homes of many and has become a regular part of many people’s day.
