Nintendo Wii Accessories
The nintendo wii has a number of useful accessories that are really a must for every wii owner, especially if you own many new game titles. You will find that with certain games such as shooting games a "Zapper" gun style addon will aid your aiming and allow much more comfortable use of the remote as a light gun.
For driving games there are several options available the most common being the wii wheel addon as bundled with mario kart for nintendo wii. The wheel addon will allow better control in most wii driving games.
Official or Third Party?
Many addons for the nintendo wii have been designed and manufactured by third parties often at a reduced cost but it is important to understand the differences in these products and whether they will be suitable for your games. Check warranties carefully and research on the quality of your accessories beforehand. Where possible stick with official nintendo products if you can.
Nintendo Wii Zapper
The Wii Zapper is an accessory for the nintendo wii that connects both wii remote and wii nunchuck to form a "gun like" addon which allows comfortable and steady shooting in games such as Ghost Squad and Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles. The Wii Zapper was bundled with Zeldas crossbow training, a shooting based action adventure game featuring Zelda.
Offiicial Nintendo Wii Wheel Accessory
Bundled with Mario Kart this official wii wheel (wii mario wheel) is perfect for driving games on the nintendo wii
Wireless Wii Sensor Bar
Its possible to purchase a wireless sensor bar for your Nintendo Wii to get rid of the annoying long wire that attaches the standard sensor bar to the wii and reduces the risk of your sensor bar getting damaged if you accidently yank on the wire. Keep in mind that you will need additional batteries for your wireless sensor bar. There are a number of wireless sensor bars available from different manufacturers including Logic 3, 4gamers, Nyko, Madcatz and Blue Ocean.
Wii Points Cards
Wii Points are used to purchase games and applications from the Nintendo Shop from within your Wii console. The Wii Shop offers a huge range of downloadable games many of which are from older nintendo consoles such as the Snes and Nintendo 64. Wii Points cards can be purchased online and work like scratch cards which contain a unique number that you enter into your console. Alternatively you can buy wii points with your credit card directly.
Replacement Nintendo Wii Sensor Bar
The standard Wii sensor bar is quite fragile and can become damaged during everyday wear and tear (especially when your young children get hold of it and use it as a mock light saber!). Fortunately the wii sensor bar is cheap and easy to replace with a number of manufacturers offering replacement sensor bars for the nintendo wii. See below for a price check on the online shops selling replacement sensor bars in the UK. You can also purchase a wireless wii sensor bar which uses batteries and gets rid of the cable.
Wii Light Gun Add On
There are quiet a large number of wii light gun accessories available, all of which use the wii remote for aiming and use a plastic gun shaped surround to allow the gamer to hold the remote like a gun accessory. Nintendo manufactur their own called the wii zapper however there have been many gun addons released by manufacturers such as Logic 3, Venom and Datel. All of the light gun games for nintendo wii work using the wii remote, so you do not need these accessories to be able to play the games however from first hand experience it really does make a difference and for a few pounds is definitely worth it to improve your ...