More than 24 million Wii consoles have been sold, which means it is out selling all other game consoles on the market today, including the Xbox 360, and Wii games are being released at a greater rate than other gaming console games.

The major competitors of the nintendo wii are: the xbox 360, produced by Microsoft and the PS3, produced by Sony. However the wii is radically different form its competing consoles. It involves its players to use there limbs to control the games they are playing. For this reason the wii has attracted a far wider audience than the xbox and playstation 3.

Nintendo annuounced the Wii to the press already in 2005 at the famous E3 show. It was then code named Revolution. And what a revolution it is! The wii is not controlled with the standard wired controllers as we are used to for decades now. But it is controlled by the Wii Mote. A remote controller that you aim at your screen to control the game.

Game ratings and Types. The Wii Games are divided into various categories. For example role playing, sports games, racing games, exercise copy wii games, music games etc. etc. According to Top Global Markets Report the most popular of all games in 2008 was Mario Kart with the wii wheel.

New copies of games are being released for Nintendo Wii all the time, including games featuring some of Nintendos most beloved characters. You can spend hours playing the different motion-sensored Wii games and have enjoyed getting Wii-itis in your arm and elbow.

If graphics are you number 1 priority then the ratings of some Wii Games can be quite misleading. Some of the best wii games have very poor graphics. However some games with very cool graphics can be very boring.

Like all media, Wii games have an ESRB rating system to help you determine if a game is right for you, your children, your friends or your whole family: E = everyone, E10 = 10 years or older, T = teen and M = mature.

Based on published ratings, the current greatest Wii Games are: Wii Fit, Wii Play, wii Sports Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Party 8 and Madden Football.

How To Copy Wii Games. When you know which games you want, you can be disappointed by the price tags of wii games. Some cost more than $ 50. And that after you paid $ 300 for the console itself.

Copying and downloading wii games is a great way to dramatically expand your wii Games collection. If your Nintendo Wii is close to a computer thats connected to the Internet, you can use a Nintendo Wi-Fi USB connector to connect the two and get online with your Wii. There are many great software packages and download subscriptions out there.