| The arcade games business has grown rapidly during | | | | There, use the Wiimote to navigate through the |
| the last couple of years and is still expanding quiet | | | | different menus and whatnot, find your favorite genre. |
| quickly. Nowadays the arcade games are also known | | | | With flash based games these are usually Strategy, |
| as causal games. The so called games for | | | | Shooting, Puzzle, Arcade, Sports and Adventure |
| non-hardcore gamers have seen a surge in sales | | | | genres, but from time to time you see something |
| when Nintendo Wii came out. With its user-friendly | | | | totally unique and exciting. |
| controller and a $249 price tag, it's a booming success. | | | | Now, when you've decided what to play, simply click |
| For example, on the week of Thanksgivings (the so | | | | on the name of the game. It will start loading |
| called Black Friday 7 day holiday), Nintendo has sold | | | | automatically. Please be patient as sometimes it takes |
| more than a million of Wii's. | | | | a while for these fairly large files to load. |
| With the Wii, you can actually play free online games. | | | | Also, the Wii's browser is a bit outdated right now, so |
| Just point your browser to and use your Wiimote as | | | | don't be too terrified if a game doesn't run. You can |
| the mouse in hundreds of awesome flash based | | | | always try another one. And remember - you can play |
| games. It's really surprising how unintentionally Nintendo | | | | online games for free here! So by not paying anything, |
| made a console that can handle so much. | | | | you don't really lose anything, right? |
| First of all, it is a gaming console that allows you to | | | | The other thing about playing arcade games on the Wii |
| play games using motion sensing technology. Then it | | | | is that using the Wiimote it becomes a very emerging |
| has all these neat community tools that let you create | | | | experience, even with the cartoonish graphics. And |
| a 3D Avatar and use it in your games. These avatars | | | | considering that most of these games require you to |
| are also how people see you while playing online | | | | only make a single click, it's a great way to simply get |
| games. On top of that, there are several Channels that | | | | away from it all. And you also bump up your arm |
| let you read news and watch weather forecasts. | | | | when swinging the Wiimote. |
| But the best feature of all for arcade lovers is the | | | | Although you can easily play all of these free arcade |
| web browser. It support full YouTube integration and | | | | games on your PC. And they are just as good on that |
| lets you play pretty much any Flash Media. Meaning | | | | "platform". But Kudos to Nintendo for bringing free |
| that you can play flash movies and games. | | | | arcade entertainment to the living room - if only there |
| Here's what you need to do: | | | | was more innovation amongst other games hardware |
| Launch your Wii, press the Opera Browser button. | | | | developers. |
| Once loaded, point it to | | | | |