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