Oh sure, there’s plenty of cool things always going on at Nintendo.com, but here’s two great things a Wii owner can do over at Nintendo’s homepage to extend their gaming experience on the Wii!

1) Register your Wii! Every Wii owner should head on over to Nintendo.com and first off create an account there so that you can login and track things like games you’ve purchased and systems you own. One benefit of registering your games is that after so many, Nintendo will offer you bonus items or discounts on certain things. Register 3 games and you get 3 free issues of Nintendo Power for example. You can also qualify for 12 issues of Nintendo Power for only $12 a year. The best thing for Wii owners about this is when you register your Wii, you get an extra 90 day warranty on your system! That’s right, a 1 year + 90 day warranty total on your console just for registering the system with Nintendo. All you do after you have an account is enter in your console serial number and voila, you will be automatically updated in their system and qualify for the extended warranty. Didn’t have to spend a penny!

2) This little tip will cost you though. A whole $3-4 including shipping. You know that little flimsy cardboard holder Nintendo sent the US versions of the Wii’s with to hold Sports? You can replace that with an actual white Wii game case for a measly $1.50 for one case or get 5 for $7 right here at Nintendo’s online store. I grabbed one last week and it took about 3 days to arrive and after shipping cost me around $3. Yes, it sucks the system didn’t ship with one, but it’s good to know the cases are available and they are the standard white Wii cases. What you can do after you get your case in is grab this image file of the actual Wii Sports case(warning, it’s around 4 megs big) and have it printed out on a fine color printer. Now you have a great case with the actual Wii Sports case insert to go along with it. Here’s a sample of what the cover looks like below, shrunk down to fit the blog:

BONUS TIP WHILE IT LASTS! Nintendo.com also has Nunchucks shipping around December 18th if you need to grab one. Might be easier than going store to store in your area or spending the extra Ebay bucks for one.

Ok I hope at least one of these little tips was helpful to someone out there with a Wii. While Nintendo’s products have been spoton for the most part over the years and free from serious defects, it’s still good to know you have an extra 90 day warranty available for free. It also felt good to replace that stingy cardboard holder with an actual plastic, sturdy, and more presentable game case.