![Wii](images/consoles/wii.png)
Wii
- Release date
- NA: November 19, 2006
- JP: December 2, 2006
- EU: December 8, 2006
- Introductory price
- ¥25.000 (Japan)
- $249.99 (US)
- €249.99 (EU)
- Units sold
- Worldwide: 101.63 million
- Japan: 12.75 million
- NA: 48.64 million
- Other: 40.23 million
- Generation
- Seventh generation
- Lifespan
- 2006–2013 (Original)
- 2011–2013 (Family Edition)
- 2012–2017 (Mini)
- Best-selling games
- Wii Sports (82.9 million)
- Mario Kart Wii (37.32 million)
The Wii is Nintendo’s 5th home console and is their entry in the seventh generation of video game consoles. It was released worldwide in 2006 and outsold combined sales of its competitors (Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360) in its launch period. It is Nintendo’s most sold home console and the 4th best selling home console of all time. Nintendo decided not to compete with their competitors in graphical capabilities this time shifted their focus instead on a broader demographic of players. They did that by implementing motion controls in the Wii’s controller, Wii Remote. Games were now also accessible online via their Wii Shop Channel but physical games could be bought on regular sized dvds as well. The Wii didn’t improve much on it’s graphical capabilities from the Gamecube but released a broad library of games utilising the controllers motion sensing and introduced more accessible online gaming. The Wii Remote design is the Wii’s most iconic feature for reimagining the standard video game controller. It resembles a TV remote and has the standard A and B buttons, as well as a directional D-pad. In order to use a directional control stick, a second controller had to be plugged into the Wii Remote.
![Wii Controller](images/controllers/wiimote-nunchuck.png)
Notable Games
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Metroid Prime Triology
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- New Super Mario Bros Wii
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
- Dead Space Extraction
- Resident Evil 4
- No More Hereos 2
- Super Paper Mario
- Monster Hunter Tri
- Mario Kart Wii