I'm thinking of buying a wii..but is it worth it?

[Gamerace]

The Wii will give you a very different experience that the HD consoles.

Certain games are just inherently much more fun with Wii controls from Sports (Tiger Woods, tennis), racing (Mario Kart), surprisingly sandbox games (Godfather, Scarface, Bully) and even FPS (Conduit) where aiming is much more precise than with analog.

Wii also allows for games simply not possible on HD systems like Zack & Wiki, Boom Blox, true tilt games (Mecury Meltdown, Marble Saga), Let's Tap and others. Moreso with the balance board (Wii Fit, Shaun White) - There's about 3 dozen games supporting the bb currently and growing.

It also tends to offer more pick and play experiences than the HD consoles do. Good for people who don't want to play for hours at a time. And WiiWare and Virtual Console offer some excellent games.

However, online is more limited, as are graphics and Wii doesn't attract many 'serious' story driven action games or RPGs. Also motion controls don't work as well on some genres (fighters) as traditional controls.

While there is endless crap out there, there's also a wealth of great titles and many more coming so there would be no problem in finding enough wonderful games to justify the purchase. Heck if you use it to exercise that alone justifies the cost.

In the end it all depends on what you want out of it and what you like to play. Personally, I don't like Mario or Zelda but I love my Wii.