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Nintendo Wii Tracker

young — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:51:36 +0000

So, you want to buy a Nintendo Wii Console game for the family for Christmas, and as typical of this time of year, you are having one blitzen of a time finding one, much less at a price that you feel is affordable. You can pour through circulars on Sunday morning, put all of your friends on alert to keep eyes and ears peeled for you, or you can do what everyone in this day and age does – hit the internet !

In a stroke of modern day hilarity, there is actually a series of websites called WiiTracker.com. I don’t know who hosts these websites, or why they would want to, but the sites are up and running for the benefit of those frantic shoppers in search of the holy grail of gaming systems: the Wii Console. The websites typically have the prefix of WiiTracker, then their personal domain name, then the dot com. If you Google Wii Tracker, you will come up with a list of several to choose from. Some are more closely monitored and more routinely updated than others, so while a site such as this does not prevent the shopper from having to compare notes, it does cut down on much of the legwork.

The premise of Nintendo Wii Tracker is that there is continuously a shortage of Wii consoles at the holiday time of the year, so these websites are set up to aid the shopper in finding a Wii locally, in stock, and at the best price possible. Most Wii Tracker sites include links to Amazon.com, Ebay.com and NintendoShopper.com. NintendoShopper.com is useful in itself, as it is a blog site where gamers post alerts on the latest gaming rumormill news, and generally help each other out with issues regarding gaming.

Nintendo Wii Tracker is really useful during the holiday season, in particular, when Nintendo is making public announcements that it has fallen short, once again, in production demands. The Wii Tracker websites contain postings of which local retail stores have a Wii Console in stock, and also where you purchase online. A word of caution: some of the sites do not include dates of last update. In one case I had to read almost the entire tirade against Nintendo posted by the website host before I could really tell if the site was referring to this Christmas season or last Christmas season.

Hopefully, with resources like Wii Tracker available, Santa will manage to make everyone on his “nice” list happy this season. Happy hunting!

Nintendo Wii Starter Bundles

young — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:45:28 +0000

If considering purchasing a Nintendo Wii Gaming system for the family this holiday season, the most economical option for racking up lots of games in a wide variety of gaming formats is to research the Nintendo Wii Starter Bundle Packs available with the Wii system. Nintendo has done a fantastic job appealing to a wide variety of gamers and potential gamers by developing the Wii system, which in addition to offering every type of game from bowling to three dimensional combat battle, has also created specialized wireless remotes specific to particular games to enhance gameplay. For example, Mario Kart comes with a remote shaped like a steering wheel, Wii Fit includes a balancing board that you stand on to initiate player action, and of course Guitar Hero features a half-scale guitar shaped remote to bring out the air guitar player in everyone.

Wii Starter Bundles come in a variety of gamestyles, but all include the Wii console unit, one standard Wii wireless controller, Wii Sports (this is the standard game with every Wii purchase, no matter which bundle you select), the Wii game that is specialized to the bundle you selected and a specialized remote for enhanced gameplay with that video game. Ranging in price from $390 to $500, the Wii Starter Bundles are actually less expensive than purchasing the components separately.

Wii Standard Starter Bundle – Available for about $520
This is the original Starter Bundle available for Wii, and does a great job appealing to all kinds of gamers and drawing in new fans to the gaming world.
In addition to the Wii Console, the pack includes the Wii Sports game, Alien Syndrome, Showtime Boxing, M & M’s Kart Racing, Chicken Shoot, Balls of Fury, Super Mario Galaxy, a Nunchuck Controller, a Wii Remote and a 1 GB Memory Card.

Wii Action Starter Bundle – Available for about $520
In addition to the Wii Console, the Wii Action Starter Bundle comes with Wii Madden 07, Wii World Series of Poker and Wii Super Monkey Ball. Also included are an Extra Wii Nunchuk Controller, a Wii Remote Controller, and a 1GB Sandisk Memory Card.

Wii Sports Starter Bundle – Available for about $385
For the sports fan, this Wii Starter Bundle includes, the Nintendo Wii Console, an A/V Cable, a Wii Stand, the Wii Sports game, a Nunchuk Controller and a Wii Remote. Also included is an extra Wii Nunchuk Controller, a1GB Sandisk Memory Card and the Wii Madden 07 game.