Black Wii Launches In Japan And Europe

Video games are something that are generally played in teenager’s bedrooms. You buy them a games console when they’re ten and then they disappear for hours at a time, emerging infrequently to load up on snacks and fizzy drinks.

However, that all changed when the Nintendo Wii console was released. The Wii was a console for the living room rather than the bedroom. There are a number of reasons for this.

Firstly, the special motion sensitive controllers used by the Wii means that games are played in a much more intuitive manner. So it is easier to learn games – you don’t need to remember that the X button is to punch, the Y button controls your laser and the Z button launches your rockets. As a matter of fact, Wii games are so simple to learn that even adults can pick them up in just a few minutes.

There is also a certain amount of exercise involved in playing Wii games due to the physical element of the game control. It’s not just games like Wii Fit, which are designed to give you exercise of course – almost all Wii games require you to get moving about to a greater or lesser extent. That means that you need space to play them in.

It’s also true that the Wii console, and the games played on it, seem to have a much more social side to them than has been in evidence for other console or PC games to date. Of course, if you want you can play against the computer – but Wii games seem to be a lot more fun when played with small groups.

It might be the fact that you need to jump about waving your hands in the air, and generally make yourself look a bit daft. For whatever reason, the Wii gives most enjoyment when performed as a group activity.

It may sound corny, but the Wii is very definitely tremendous fun for both children and adults alike. Wii games can become a social event before you even realise it. They can help you to lose weight by exercising – but more important than that, they are great fun. The Wii has moved gaming out of the kid’s bedroom and put it right in the centre of the family living room.

This might be one possible explanation as to why Nintendo enjoyed such success when it went over to the dark side with the release of a black Wii console in Europe prior to Christmas. It was extremely popular with customers, maybe because the colour matched the other electronic devices in the family living room. At the moment, the black Wii is not on sale in the U.S. – but it should arrive soon.

See the black Wii – and have a look at some of the great Wii games available .