Sometimes a game manufacturer will provide a game in only a few select console platforms and this means that players and fans of gaming must download games for Wii using an emulator that will change games that are only available on a few platforms to a version that can be played on any computer. Emulators have been around for a while and got very popular in the 1990s when personal computers took giant steps ahead in their ability to offer a vivid gaming experience. There have been a number of Wii games that have translated to a computer interface.

As most gamers know, one of the best ways to try a game without actually having to pay the full price is to try demos which allow a person to play just a part of the game after they download PS3 games or games for other console devices. Generally speaking there are two types of demos. One demo is just a small section of the game that's swiftly downloaded or installed while the other type of demo is the full version of the game that is simply locked until a person purchases the full version and can type in a key to the system to unlock the game.