Nintendo console launched in November 2006. It focuses on motion-based controls.
History
The Successor to the GameCube, the Wii was first a completely unknown platform and was simply referred to as "N5", standing for Nintendo's fifth console. It was eventually revealed at E3 2005 and dubbed, Revolution. Many things were apparently missing from the presentation, the games, graphics, power, or basically any information at all, especially the controller, which was given a specific mentioning as being something revolutionary, hence it's code name. Speculation was rampant all over the internet and famously many people created fake looking controllers and many hoaxes were common. The same thing happened regarding the look of the revolution before E3 2005. Finally in September 2005, the controller was revealed and a video showing players using motion controls. This set the gaming industry on fire and many arguments and confusion over this lasted a long time. More was revealed slowly and not until E3 2006 were most of the games shown. The revealing that the console had an odd name, "Wii" was revealed a month before E3 so as to get the massive reaction to the strange name out of the way and also so that they could focus on more important things without any distractions at E3. The Wii eventually was released on November 2006 and became a huge success. Wii's are still sold out today, a record for any gaming console in history.
Nintendo have sold more Wii's than Xbox 360 and PS3 put toghter.
Emulation
The Wii system has built-in emulators for downloadable games from the online Virtual Console. The Wii has emulators for the following systems:
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
- Nintendo 64
- NEOGEO
- Sega Genesis
- Sega Master System
- TurboGrafx 16
- Commodore 64
- Arcade
In Games
In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum, the player character has a Wii in their home.
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We Sing |
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Heliotrope: Sore wa Shi ni Itaru Kami no Ai released on April 24, 2009 |
PC | Hatena |
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Pokémon Platinum released on March 22, 2009 |
DS | Game Freak, Inc. |
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Super Mario Galaxy released on Nov. 12, 2007 |
WII | Nintendo EAD |
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Pokémon Diamond/Pearl released on April 22, 2007 |
DS | Game Freak, Inc. |
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Elebits released on Dec. 12, 2006 |
WII | Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. |
| Name: | Wii |
| Appears in: | 5 games |
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