A lot of people have noticed that their Wii has what is called the “Wii Shop Channel” on their Wii homepage. Many people, especially casual gamers, choose to ignore this channel and simply enjoy the discs they have bought for the machine. This cuts them off from a bunch of the games on the market for the Wii, though! Just like the Xbox 360 and the PS3, the Wii is set up to provide video games which can be purchased online through the Wii Shop Channel. All of the content in the Wii Shop Channel can be purchased using Wii Points, which are the currency for the store. Wii Points can be purchased by entering the credit card information into the “Buy Wii Points” portion of the Wii Shop Channel, or they can be purchased at any retail store which sells Wii consoles, accessories and games.
The Wii has what is known as the “Virtual Console” built into it. This is a piece of software which allows the Wii to play video games originally produced for earlier consoles. Currently, the Wii can play games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo 64, the Sega Master System and Sega Genesis, and the Neo Geo. It can’t play these games using the original cartridges obviously, but the data from those cartridges has been put on the Wii Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the Wii’s system memory. It is necessary to purchase the Wii Classic Controller to play these games, as they are presented in their original format and are not compatible with the Wii’s control scheme, but they are presented just as they were when they were first released. This offers players a chance to enjoy games that came out decades ago without having to purchase old systems and try to get them working with their modern television.
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