The Unpretentious Wii Console
When designing the Wii console, Nintendo had many options to consider. This was supposed to be the next revolution in video game play so there was a consideration to making the Wii console mirror its place in history.Would shiny silver parts, blinking lights and all sorts of buttons add or subtract to the design? Should it be the biggest game system you ever saw or should it be something not so outstanding?The purpose of the Wii was considered into the design of the console. The Wii was created and designed to be something that would bring the alienated video game crowd back to the world of video game play. It was supposed to be something for everyone.By any standards, it is not supposed to be intimidating. It needed to portray a simple image and an image of the common folks and not an image of the power user that was dominating video game design to this point.The Wii console had to have a friendly, easy to use feel to ensure people would want to and be able to use it. It needed to be unassuming and at the same time have that powerful look about it. What they settled on was a perfect mix of the look of tomorrow with the needs of today.
The sleek revolutionary design resembles an upright DVD player. The continuing theme is white and all of the accessories being developed for the Wii console are being made in that white theme with sleek lines and an unassuming shape and look. There is a consistency about the Wii console that allows anyone to feel like they can not only set it up and use it but potentially master it as well. It is a perfect design that gives off energy but at the same time allows people to shine their own light on it and make it their own.
Hands Off Handling
The wireless controllers are almost necessary but at the same time they look and feel no different than your television’s remote control. Everything about the Wii console is both new and exciting along with being old and familiar. The design is the perfect mix of what everyone knows and what Nintendo wants everyone to see in the future.The four years of hard work it took to create the Wii console shows.
The Wii console does not intimidate and it does not make you feel like you need to be a genius to use it.This new game console fits perfectly within a market that had been isolated for years.
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