See the Wikipedia page for more detailed information on the Nintendo Wii.Guest characters were first added a decade ago back in Super Smash Bros. On October 20, 2013, Nintendo confirmed it had discontinued production of the Wii in Japan and Europe. The Wii's successor, the Wii U, was released on November 18, 2012. The Wii Mini can only play Wii optical discs, as it has neither GameCube compatibility nor any networking capabilities this model was not released in Japan, Australia, or New Zealand. The Wii Mini, Nintendo's first major console redesign since the New-Style Super NES, was released first in Canada on December 7, 2012. Nintendo released a revised unit in 2011 in Europe, Australia, and North America. Later models are no longer compatible with Nintendo GameCube. By December 8, 2006, it had completed its launch in the four key markets. At E3 2006, the console won the first of several awards. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller at the September 2005 Tokyo Game Show. Nintendo first spoke of the console at the E3 2004 press conference and later unveiled it at E3 2005. The Wii succeeded the GameCube early models are fully backward-compatible with all GameCube games and most accessories. Wii Points could no longer be purchased after March 2018, and could not be used and were permanently lost from January 31, 2019. From June 28, 2013, Internet services were gradually discontinued since January 31, 2019, only re-download of games, system software update, and transfer of data between Wii and Wii U continued to be available, to be withdrawn at an unspecified future date. Like other seventh-generation consoles it supported a service, called "Virtual Console", that downloaded emulated games from past Nintendo consoles, support for online video streaming such as BBC iPlayer, and other services provided by Nintendo over the Internet. It also supported the now discontinued WiiConnect24 service, which enabled Wii to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode. The console runs games supplied on Wii optical discs.
The Wii introduced the Wii Remote controller, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and which detects movement in three dimensions. As of the first quarter of 2016, the Wii led its generation over the 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.
Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.
The Wii (known unofficially as the Nintendo Wii) is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006.
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