Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Discover How You Can Download Wii Games Right From Your Computer

By Scott Frayburn

The Nintendo Wii has sure taken the video game world by storm! It's a hot seller and we keep on receiving emails each day with various questions about it. One question we wanted to talk about today is where and how you can download Wii games right on your computer.

Downloading Wii games is a great way to find new games and save a bunch of cash. You can find the newest and most popular games right from your computer and don't have to worry about pulling out your wallet each time.

Ok, enough babbling by me! Here are your options for Wii downloads:

You have two main options to choose from:

Option #1 - Download Wii Games

You first option is to look for websites that advertise offering "free Wii downloads". These sites ask you to download their software and claim that you can download Wii games at no cost.

It sounds great but there are a couple of warnings we have to fill you in on.

These websites have an awful reputation when it comes to viruses and spyware. A couple sites have even been shut down for this reason. Unfortunately, anytime you choose to download a file from them you run the risk of infecting your computer.

There is nobody who monitors these websites and anyone can upload a file. It's always a risk when you download something from these websites as you can never be sure what you are getting.

The other problem is that the download speeds are awfully slow. It can take well over a day for a game to download (even with high-speed!) and unfortunately many of the files don't even end up working.

As you can imagine, we aren't going to recommend this option since it puts your computer at risk (plus it can waste a lot of your time!).

Your Second Option - Download Wii Games

This next option is a much easier and safer way to download Wii games. You can find just about any game and download it right from your own computer.

When the Wii started picking up in popularity, people saw that there was a demand for downloading Wii games. A couple of smart entrepreneurs decided to build specialty Wii download websites in order to fill this need. These websites offer Wii games, movies, TV shows and music for download all from one central site.

The fee for using these websites is extremely reasonable. It costs about $50 for a lifetime membership - you are only billed the one time and can then download any Wii game, movie or other media file you want just by logging in.

In the long run this ends up being a lot cheaper than buying games at the store. It's definitely an easy way to build up a big library of Nintendo Wii games along with movies and other multimedia files.

You can start a free trial at a couple of the top-ranked Wii download websites (there's a link at the bottom of this article).

It will take you about 10 minutes to register and all the software you need to be able to use the games on your Wii is automatically included.

If you are the lucky owner of a Nintendo Wii, downloading Wii games is a great way to keep your system full of new games. We should give you one big warning though - it's extremely addictive! - 16003

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