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Wii Game Rental

Wii Games tend to be expensive. I quick stroll though Walmart found games from around $30 to close to $100. Although reading Wii Games Reviews and getting personal recommendations from friends can help you choose great games, the fact is that whether you or your friends and family like, love, or are bored with a game has to do with personal preference.

Yes, reviews are important, but even super popular games will have a few people who don't like them, and even fairly unpopular games will have their big time fans.

The only way to really know if you like a game is to play it.

Wii game rentals let you try a game out and see if you like it before plopping big money down to buy it. You can spend a lot of money buying an assortment of games and it often makes sense to try before you buy. Wii game rentals let you try games you're not sure about, and people are often surprised at which games they dig.

So where to rent? You may find many of your local video stores as well as local game stores have Wii and other game rentals. They may also have knowledgeable staff to assist you (for example, "If you like that game, you're bound to love this one").

There are also plenty of online places to rent games.  For example Blockbuster rents Nintendo Wii as well as Nintendo DS, Playstation 2 and PlayStation 3, PSP and XBOX360 games. They have a pretty extensive selection, and you can return and/or swap in their brink and mortar stores as well. They are a great option. especially if you want to rent games and movies

Other online option include GameFly, Gamerang, GottaPlay, RentZero, GameStop, and Game Mine.  Most of them get you games via the mail within two days and you don't pay shipping for returning the games. Check the dtails online as they change periodically.

So, is Nintendo Wii and other game rental for you? It does make sense for many folks, and even if you don't like renting games in general, it's a good way to check out them out before buying. We even have friends who don't own any games - they just rent!