Nintendo Wii

Wii

Original Wii console with Wii Remote
Also known as	Revolution (code name)
Developer	Nintendo
Manufacturer	Foxconn
Type	Home video game console
Generation	Seventh generation
Release date	Wii NA: November 19, 2006 JP: December 2, 2006 AU: December 7, 2006 EU: December 8, 2006 Wii Family Edition NA: October 23, 2011 EU: November 4, 2011 AU: November 11, 2011 Wii Mini CA: December 7, 2012 EU: March 22, 2013 US: November 17, 2013
Retail availability	November 19, 2006 (details)
Discontinued	Wii (Overall) JP: October 20, 2013 Wii (Original Model) NA: October 2011 EU: November 2011 AU: November 2011 JP: October 20, 2013 Wii Family Edition EU: October 20, 2013
Units shipped	Worldwide: 101.63 million (as of March 31, 2016[update]) (details)
Media	12 cm Wii Optical Disc 8 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc
Operating system	Wii system software
CPU	IBM PowerPC "Broadway"
Memory	88MB (total), 24MB MoSys 1T-SRAM, 324MHZ, 2.7GB/s bandwidth
Storage	512 MB Internal flash memory SD card, SDHC card Nintendo GameCube Memory Card
Graphics	ATI "Hollywood"
Controller input	Wii Remote (Plus), Wii Balance Board, Nintendo GameCube controller, Nintendo DS
Connectivity	Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g Bluetooth 2 × USB 2.0 LAN Adapter (via USB)
Online services	Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (closed May 20, 2014), WiiConnect24 (closed June 28, 2013), Wii Shop Channel
Best-selling game	Wii Sports (pack-in, except in Japan and South Korea) 82.78 million (as of March 31, 2016[update]) Mario Kart Wii, 36.75 million (as of March 31, 2016[update])
Backward compatibility	GameCube (first model only)
Predecessor	GameCube
Successor	Wii U

Wii

Wii Family Edition

Wii Mini

Wii (Overall)

Wii (Original Model)

Wii Family Edition

The Wii (/ˈwiː/ WEE) is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others. As of the first quarter of 2012^[update], the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, with more than 101 million units sold; in December 2009, the console broke the sales record for a single month in the United States.

The Wii introduced the Wii Remote controller, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and which detects movement in three dimensions. Another notable feature of the console is the now defunct WiiConnect24, which enabled it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode. Like other seventh-generation consoles, it features a game download service, called "Virtual Console", which features emulated games from past systems.