CNN: Nintendo Wii – Funny name, fun system

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If nothing else, you have to give Nintendo points for courage. When competitors decided to zig as the next generation of video game systems came along, Nintendo zagged — and that gutsy decision may well give it an enormous market share boost in the coming years.

The Wii, which goes on sale Sunday, Nov. 19 for $250, is not a graphical tour de force. It doesn’t support high-definition graphics. And forget about HD-DVD or Blu-Ray; this thing doesn’t even play current generation DVDs (for now at least – a second version will be released next year). But it does make the gaming industry more accessible to those it unintentionally excluded before. Briefly put: The Wii is one of those rare video game machines that’s worth trying to pick up during its first holiday season.

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