Is it worth getting our wii online?

Woolly One · 03-01-2008, 18:22

As the title suggests that is the question. The next question is what type of set-up do we use? After re-reading the wii instruction manual(yet again!), it's still unclear to me (getting old).

Our desktop is wired to the modem via USB running @ 4mb(sometimes). The wii is in the next room. The way I figure it (hopefully). is that I would need the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector and hope that it would transmit through two brick walls.

Anyone help please - But my main question is - Is it worth doing?

ikthius · 03-01-2008, 18:58

I have my wii connected through wireless router.

My computer is next to the modem and router, and wii is upstairs in my room, the wii is set up to go wireless.

and I must say it is ok. getting wii messages at night everything goes blue

ik

edit: there is not a lot of titles to go online with, but no doubt more will be made for it. but there is other things you can do online. like shop, send and recieve messages, play other games like the mii challenge thing (cant remember what its called, but you make a mii up for a particular type of person, and see if you made one to what was best) your vote is online, weather channel, news update...... so on

Halcyon · 04-01-2008, 18:04

I'd definately get it online.....not only for patches and new firmware that comes out, but to download demos and mini games as they come out.

gc10360 · 07-02-2008, 16:44

There's Nothing worth getting it online for bar a few firmware updates and competitions, unless you want to use the VC.
Maybe when mario Kart comes out it will be a different story.

spanna · 07-02-2008, 17:03

there are some sites with free games on like http://www.wiiarcade.com/ which can be fun and a bit different if you are bored with the games you have.

browsing the web is ball achingly slow as you have to pick the letters to type in your searches and addresses

zooming round the world getting the weather is amusing first time you do it

my daughter loves the virtual console - she had been thinking of getting a 2nd hand n64 and a copy of pokemon snap - then she found it on virtual console downloaded it and was playing it immediately

Overall i'm not sure I'd go out and get a wireless router just for your wii, but if you have a router you'd be daft not to use it

TehTech · 13-03-2008, 17:34

I got mine online with only a tiny hitch, but apart from that it has been ok!

First thing that was done was setup WiiConnect24, then downloaded the update for wii, downloaded the 2 free titles (Everybody votes and the other was that wiiMe game that was talked about above, all this took less time to set up than setting up my PC's to access the net, and DON'T believe what people say, you DONT need to buy a USB WiiWifi adaptor, there is 1 already built-in, and it even works on WPA2 Personal too, so more than happy!

Just need to figure out how to stream media from my PC through it now

Gareth · 13-03-2008, 21:04

I'd say it's worth doing... you'll only have minimal financial outlay but it's worth doing, not least for the Virtual Console games.

Playing Guitar Hero 3 online is also fab

as is Mario Strikers Charged. Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros: Brawl are both online titles, and from all reports in Japan & the US, it works very well (with the exception of Nintendo's daft friend code system).

hoggie · 20-04-2008, 01:36

get WiFi router and get on-line its the mutz nutz.

i have the 20mb connection and its flawless, no lag what so ever