2008 Woodie Awards
Video game console entices NES players with Wii
Adam Kritzeck
Issue date: 4/30/07 Section: Intermission
Console Review
One of the greatest Christmas gifts I received was more than 18 years ago, and nothing compared.
There was nothing on the market at the time to rival its presence and sheer entertainment value. What do I speak of you ask? The Nintendo, of course.
Even to this day, many argue the Nintendo still reigns supreme above any other gaming console in existence today. Why? Because of its originality; the Nintendo is what many our age grew up with.
The classic 8-bit was epic for its day, and hours upon hours of Mario, Duck Hunt and Zelda burned into television screens across America.
There is a special nostalgia the Nintendo brings every time the dust is wiped off and fired up one more time.
Nostalgia will overcome the next generation of gamers with Nintendo's newly released Wii.
Although the difference is today's gaming market is bombarded with a gamut of choices, such as Sony and Microsoft, all itching to rest their gaming console on your living room floor.
If you recall, every system from the original Nintendo, to the Super Nintendo, to the Nintendo 64 and to the Nintendo GameCube have all triumphantly been successful.
So, just as Nintendo revolutionized the gaming world in the past, they have once again.
Yes, Nintendo is graphically trumped by Sony's technologically monumental (and expensive) PS3 and lacks the larger corporate "know-how" from Microsoft and its Xbox 360, but Nintendo quietly packs an iron fist in a velvet glove.
The Nintendo Wii has instead set their new system apart by offering innovative game play with new motion-sensitive controllers.
The Wii's gyroscope controller allows gamers to stray away from the typical game pad controller in favor of more interactive game play via a television remote-like controller.
For example, most gamers are used to pressing buttons to play a bowling game or tennis game. On the Wii, players utilize the space around them and actively swing the controller, motioning the release of a bowling ball or swing of a real tennis racket.
One of the greatest Christmas gifts I received was more than 18 years ago, and nothing compared.
There was nothing on the market at the time to rival its presence and sheer entertainment value. What do I speak of you ask? The Nintendo, of course.
Even to this day, many argue the Nintendo still reigns supreme above any other gaming console in existence today. Why? Because of its originality; the Nintendo is what many our age grew up with.
The classic 8-bit was epic for its day, and hours upon hours of Mario, Duck Hunt and Zelda burned into television screens across America.
There is a special nostalgia the Nintendo brings every time the dust is wiped off and fired up one more time.
Nostalgia will overcome the next generation of gamers with Nintendo's newly released Wii.
Although the difference is today's gaming market is bombarded with a gamut of choices, such as Sony and Microsoft, all itching to rest their gaming console on your living room floor.
If you recall, every system from the original Nintendo, to the Super Nintendo, to the Nintendo 64 and to the Nintendo GameCube have all triumphantly been successful.
So, just as Nintendo revolutionized the gaming world in the past, they have once again.
Yes, Nintendo is graphically trumped by Sony's technologically monumental (and expensive) PS3 and lacks the larger corporate "know-how" from Microsoft and its Xbox 360, but Nintendo quietly packs an iron fist in a velvet glove.
The Nintendo Wii has instead set their new system apart by offering innovative game play with new motion-sensitive controllers.
The Wii's gyroscope controller allows gamers to stray away from the typical game pad controller in favor of more interactive game play via a television remote-like controller.
For example, most gamers are used to pressing buttons to play a bowling game or tennis game. On the Wii, players utilize the space around them and actively swing the controller, motioning the release of a bowling ball or swing of a real tennis racket.