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| and use your Wiimote as the mouse in | | | | outdated right now, so don't be too |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