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Nintendo Wii

Wii
Wii logo
Wii with Wii Remote
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) (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)
Mario Kart Wii, 36.75 million (as of March 31, 2016)
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 (/ˈw/ 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, 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.


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