| The all-new Wii system from Nintendo features a slick, compact design that makes it a natural addition to any television set-up. It's white in color and can be displayed either vertically or horizontally. About 8.5 inches long, 6 inches wide and less than 2 inches thick (roughly the size of 3 DVD cases stacked on top of each other), the Wii console communicates wirelessly with the Internet via wireless or a Wii LAN adaptor. Wii also can connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS. Wii is backward-compatible, able to play all Nintendo GameCube games and includes four ports for controllers and two slots for memory cards.
Wii System Bundle #14 includes the all-new Wii Console, and comes loaded with an action-packed game and accessories to jump-start your gaming experience.
Wii Everyone Action Bundle Includes:
Wii System with Wii Sports-
Wii Console-
Wii Console Stand-
Wii Remote Controller-
Wii Nunchuk Controller-
Wii Sensor Bar-
Wii A/C Adapter-
Wii A/V Cable-
Wii Sports Game Disc (Baseball, Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Bixing)
Wii Console Features:
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PowerPC CPU (code-named Broadway), made with a 90nm SOI CMOS process, jointly developed with and manufactured by IBM, and GPU developed with ATI. |
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Single self-loading media bay that plays single- or double-layered 12-cm optical discs for the Wii console, as well as 8-cm Nintendo GameCube discs. |
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Input: four Wii Remote controllers can communicate with Wii, which features a bay for an SD memory card. |
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Output: an AV Multi-output port for component, composite or S-video. |
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WiiConnect24 service: Console communicates with the Internet even when the power is turned off, meaning you get new surprises or game updates even if the system is idle. |
Wii Remote Controller: To make gaming as accessible to people of all ages and all abilities, Nintendo created a controller that was as inviting as it was sophisticated. The outcome is the Wii Remote controller. Nintendo fused the familiarity of a remote control with the sophistication of motion-sensing technology to come up with an input device for the ages. Sporting the size of a traditional remote control, the wireless Wii Remote Controller uses Bluetooth technology to send your actions to the Wii console from as far as 30 feet away. In a tennis game, it serves as your racket you swing with your arm. In a driving game, it serves as your steering wheel. The list of potential uses goes on and on. Includes a speaker, rumble feature and expansion port for additional input devices, such as the Nunchuk controller.
Wii Nunchuk Controller: Contoured to perfectly fit a player's hand, the Nunchuk controller connects to the Wii Remote controller at its expansion port, and is used in conjunction with the Wii Remote controller. It contains the same motion-sensing technology enabled in the Wii Remote controller but also includes an analog stick to assist in character movement. Use the Nunchuk's analog stick to perform a specific action, whether that's throwing a pass in football or aiming a ranged weapon in an action game. Marvel Ultimate Alliance Game
Rated T for Teen Audiences
Your starting lineup in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance consists of Captain
America, Thor, Spider-Man, and Wolverine, but after a few levels
playing with these heroes, you're given the option to create your own
custom team. At first you'll have about 18 different heroes to choose
from, and they represent a good cross-section of high-profile heroes
and more obscure fan favorites. Old-schoolers like the Fantastic Four,
Iron Man, and several X-Men are there, as are a number of heroes who
are likely unknown to those who don't keep up with comics, such as Moon
Knight, Luke Cage, Spider-Woman, and Deadpool. As you progress you'll
run into other heroes such as Blade, Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider, and the
Silver Surfer, who will in turn join the cause.
Part of the fun of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is the sheer variety of
places the game takes you. While the X-Men Legends games seemed stuck
mostly in dungeonlike corridors and sewers and such, here you'll visit
some of the most spectacular and mythical locations in the Marvel
Universe, including Mephisto's Realm, Asgard, Mandarin's palace, the
Skrull homeworld, and, finally, Dr. Doom's sinister Latverian castle.
The lush environments really do look as if they came straight out of a
comic book, and the game's overall look is enhanced with loads of
dramatic lighting and crazy particle effects. The heroes and villains
look good from afar, but up close they lack detail and have been
bump-mapped to the point that they look like action figures. There are
other inconsistencies, such as a few distractingly large, blurry
background textures and the ravine of difference in quality among some
of the prerendered cinematic sequences. It's also unfortunate that the
frame rate isn't more stable, though, curiously, we found that the game
actually performed better when running in HD resolutions. The sound
design is also a little uneven, with some overly chatty characters and
environmental sound loops, but it more than makes up for this with a
soundtrack that's just fantastic, capably shifting gears to keep up
with the game's near-constant, dramatic scenery changes.
Limit one (1) console per household. |
