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The Nintendo Wii Console belongs to Digital Interactive Games (DIG), which requires movement and physical exercise from every person, combine entertainment with physical exercise and they are attractive tools for the improvement of the fitness level of people with disabilities. The aim of this thesis was the literature review of different researches that have investigated the effects of Nintendo Wii technology on children with cerebral palsy. The literature review of four researches took place in the electronic databases Medline (through Pubmed), PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database), Google Scholar, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). The evaluation of the danger of the systematic error in the researches that were included were based on the tool of Cohrane Collaboration. The researches that were selected and analyzed, reported the results of 114 children, in general, with cerebral palsy. From the results of the researches they came to the conclusion that children who were involved in the Nintendo Wii’s interventions, had as a result the improvement of the balance, the structural mobility, the personal autonomy, the visual perception and the social and mobility skills. In conclusion, the occupation of children with cerebral palsy with the Nintendo Wii has positive effects on their treatment.