100 reasons to love the Nintendo Wii

Over on WiiWii, my new favourite Shiny Media blog (mainly thanks to the name), there's a very comprehensive list of reasons to love Nintendo's Wii gaming console. We Shiny girls are off to play with the Wii on Friday and I for one cannot wait. I've had a go already, but hopefully this time they'll let us shoot some video so we can share our joy and excitement with the world. In the meantime, check out Stu's list of reasons. Here's the top 3:

1. The name isn’t as bad as you think. Really. Well, it’ll grow on you.

2. Innovative controls. The Wii-mote and Nunchuk that you use to play Wii games with make for a completely different kind of gaming. You wave, point, swipe and swing to play. It’s only as good as the games that make use of it though.

3. No graphical willy-waving. It’s a fair cop: Wii isn’t as powerful as PS3 or Xbox 360. But that means developers could and should be focusing on gameplay. And as a bonus, it means we don’t have to read endless game reviews dribbling on about textures.

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