You and Wii: Everything You Need to Know (Prima Official Game Guides) [Paperback]

Dan Birlew (Author)

Book Description

Series: Prima Official Game Guides | Publication Date: February 9, 2007

Everybody's Wii Guide!

·Mii stickers inside!
·Complete introduction to the Wii system, with instructions that are easy to follow.
·Thorough explanation of the Wii Menu, including Wii Channels and how to connect the console to the internet.
·Full description of Mii character creation from start to finish!
·Upload and edit your photos with the Wii using Photo Channel and our step-by-step instructions. Turn your favorite photos into a fun puzzle!
·Complete strategy for Wii Sports, the game included with the Wii console. Our controller tips help you use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to become a golf pro, tennis star, boxing champ, baseball slugger, or bowling legend!

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (February 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761555757
• ISBN-13: 978-0761555759
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dan Birlew is an author and video game expert who has been writing official, published video game strategy guides since 1999. His original career goals included acting and directing. Video games always excited Dan since he was seven years old, but at the age of twenty-six he began honing his playing skills with the goal of becoming an expert gamer. He enjoyed publishing online documents regarding games, known as "FAQs". Dan inadvertently created an online persona for himself when he wrote and self-published on the Internet a plot analysis of the highly popular survival horror video game, Silent Hill. "The game's story was somewhat vague, and demanded that someone try to explain it," says Birlew.

Upon receiving an overwhelming number of positive responses from other Silent Hill fans, and after some gentle nudging from his wife, Birlew decided to set aside his acting and directing activities to establish a career as a video game strategy guide author. He sent writing samples to several publishing companies. Based on the merits of his very first submission, he was hired by a major publisher within 24 hours. Birlew says, "It was as though I had won the lottery."

Birlew has authored over sixty published video game strategy guides and seeks other methods of publication, such as review columns, articles, and other non-fiction video game-related books. Birlew says of his passion for games, "I love exploring video games, the industry, the culture, the fans -- and there is so much of it about which I can analyze and write." He also bears a strong desire to publish fiction, and is currently working on a novel concerning the paranormal.

Dan Birlew is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, and California. He now resides in Las Vegas with his wife of seventeen years. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Besides video games, Birlew also enjoys Japanese films and dining with his family and friends in the restaurants and clubs of Las Vegas.

Customer Reviews

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good but Basic, April 4, 2007

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Kevin H. Cadarette (Palmer Lake Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You and Wii: Everything You Need to Know (Prima Official Game Guides) (Paperback)

The book is well written with good pictures and explinations. Much better than the manual that comes with the unit. It is however limited to the games that come with the wii, and basic concepts. Worth 15 bucks to get started, but if you are already using your wii and want in depth reference material this is not for you.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wii Introduce Ourselves, March 11, 2007

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Michael Kerner "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You and Wii: Everything You Need to Know (Prima Official Game Guides) (Paperback)

Die Hard gamers definitely all crazy over the newest systems, especially Nintendo's Wii. But, finding the system in the stores is very difficult right now, no matter where you look. If you do want to find out about the system, before you buy the system, than this book will help you out. You & Wii: Everything You Need To Know is a simple and comprehensive guide that shows you everything you need to know about how to setup your system, from the way to download games from Nintendo's Virtual Store, all the way to how to use the Wii Remote with games like Wii Sports which comes with the system. This is a really good buy for anybody who wants a simple way of installing, and playing the Wii any way around. I definitely recommend this book a whole lot. Although Prima hasn't done a good job making strategy guides for video games recently, this guide is really a great book that delivers well.

Price: B+

Convience: B

Maps & Graphs: B

Overall: B 1/2+

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but not super, April 28, 2009

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Eric A. Cable "WaxonWaxov" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You and Wii: Everything You Need to Know (Prima Official Game Guides) (Paperback)

This book is A-OK, but it doesn't really contain anything you can't figure out on your own.