• January 19, 2007    Home > Games News > Article

    Nintendo Wii: Kikizo's Definitive Review

    Two months on, Kikizo brings together Nintendo's number one fans to deliver this comprehensive, unbiased review of Wii - and we're not shy about saying what we mean.

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    Channel Hopping

    Is Wii's front-end interface enough to compete with the 360's mighty Guide and PS3's elegant Cross Media Bar?

    Carl: Like the console itself, the Wii on-screen interface is cute, clean, simple. The background music is soothing and modern, and everything is easy enough for the non-gamer to navigate. I only wish the interface were more customisable, for gamers who know what they're doing. Things kind of get cluttered as you accumulate Virtual Console games.

    "I only wish the interface were more customisable, for gamers who know what they're doing. "

    Carl Johnson

    Sharan: The sound effects are uncomplicated and elegant. While using the onscreen keyboard isn't the easiest thing, it's definitely a huge improvement on what Sony offers with the PSP and PS3.

    Daniella: The background music is a little annoying actually, but I barely notice it anymore and it's not too in your face. I want to see what other channels might appear later as well.

    Marwan: At first I thought the Channels were all pointless, such as the Weather Channel, but after using it, I'm having fun just spinning around the globe - my family went away for the Christmas holidays to Saudi Arabia, so every day before or after a gaming session, on say Bomberman '93, I'd click onto the weather channel to see if they're going to get sunburnt or not.

    "The Wii is slowly keeping me away from my PC... if Nintendo keeps adding more Channels they'll cater for many people's needs."

    Marwan Elgamal

    The Wii is slowly keeping me away from my PC with stuff like the Internet channel. I can check my mail, browse and post on forums, and now use it as a media centre to stream media data from my home PC, such as videos and music in the comfort of a large screen. Other than sending instant messages, word processing and downloading stuff, I'm not really using my PC much these days, and if Nintendo keeps adding more Channels they'll slowly but surely cater for many people's needs. It's going to make the Wii a very popular home device. I even caught my parents on my Wii using it for the photo channel with the pictures they took from their trip on holiday, it looked great on a large screen.

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