The Basics of Operating a Nintendo Wii

Series Summary

The Nintedo Wii has caused quite a stir since its debut in the winter of 2006. Getting your hands on the darn thing still remains a challenge, but owners are generally happy once the product is acquired. Major criticisms of the console note its lack of power and graphics compared to other seventh generation machines and the childishness of its launch titles. As spokespeople for Nintendo say, however, both criticisms are welcome. The mission of the Wii is simple: Get more people gaming. The target audience is people aged 4-104, and the people are responding. The titles are slowly ramping up to more serious subjects, including the Hitman franchise and others. It is said that even Queen Elizabeth II herself has enjoyed a round of Wii Sports with friends.

In this free video series, expert Nintendo game master Drew Noah leads you through setting up you Wii step-by-step. You learn all about the console, how to set it up from the box, how to connect the wiimote and nunchuk, and more. Drew also gives you detailed explanations of the interface and menus, including the Forecast, News, and Check Mii Out channels. You will learn to set up parental controls, how to download games for the virtual console, how to buy Wii points, and how to socialize by connecting your Wii to the internet. It is all here!

Video Transcript

"Hi my name's Drew. And this series I'm going to be teaching you all the basic things that you can do with your Wii. Pretty much all the free things that you can do with it right out of the box and just free programs that Nintendo lets you download. I'll be covering pretty much everything including the Wii options and setting up your settings and setting up Parental Controls and the Internet. And I'll show you all these little channels here, how to make a Mii, and just moving along, how to use the Photo Channel and all the options with it. And using the Wii Shop Channel and actually downloading old Nintendo games and old Sega games and you can also download other things and like a Wii ware section were you can get new channels and everything. I'll show you how to buy those points and get those games. I'll show you how to use the Forecast Channel, which is a pretty useful cool thing on the Wii. And then there?s also how to use the News Channel. Which is pretty cool. And I'll show you how to use the Everybody Votes Channel as well as the Internet Channel. You may not realize that you can just connect straight to the internet using your Wii, I'll show you how to use that. And I'll show you how to download Virtual Console games from the Wii Shop and then you'll be able to play those, so that's pretty cool. So I'll also show you the Check Mii Out Channel as well, which is another new channel. So I'll show you everything, pretty much you can do for free with your Wii straight out of the box, and how to set it up and all that good stuff, so let's get started."