Nintendo Wii Console (Black) with Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus Controller (Wii)

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a b c "The big ideas behind Nintendo's Wii". BusinessWeek. November 16, 2006. p.2. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007 . Retrieved November 30, 2020.Kohler, Chris (January 8, 2008). "2007's Ten Burning Questions, Answered". Wired. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016 . Retrieved November 28, 2020. Kubba, Sinan (March 1, 2013). "Wii Mini sells 35,700 units in Canada across first two months". Joystiq. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013 . Retrieved November 21, 2021. Development of the Wii began right after the GameCube was launched. When developing the Wii, the creators asked themselves what kind of an impact flashier graphics and faster speed would make. The Wii introduced the use of player-customized avatars called Miis, which have been continued to be used by Nintendo in the Wii U, the Nintendo 3DS family, and, to a lesser extent, the Nintendo Switch. Each player on a Wii console was encouraged to create their own Mii via the Mii Channel to be used in games like Wii Sports and some of the system software like the Mii Channel. For example, players would select their Mii in Wii Sports, creating their in-game avatar for the game. Miis could be shared with other players through the Mii Channel. [87] [141] Nintendo DS connectivity

Kohler, Chris (February 22, 2008). "Nintendo's Takashi Aoyama Talks WiiWare". Wired. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020 . Retrieved November 10, 2020. The Wii surpassed 100 million units sold worldwide during the second quarter of 2013. [233] The Wii had total lifetime sales of 101.63million consoles worldwide as of March 31, 2016, the last reported data for the console by Nintendo. [k] At least 48 million consoles were sold in North America, 12 million in Japan, and 40 million in all other regions. [234] As of 2020 [update], the Wii is the fifth-best-selling home console of all time, surpassed by the original PlayStation (102.4 million units), the PlayStation 4 (117.2 million units), the Nintendo Switch (125.62 million units), and the PlayStation 2 (159 million units). [235] As of 2023 [update], the Wii is Nintendo's second-best-selling home console, having been outsold by the Nintendo Switch at 125.62 million units. [h] [235] [236] a b Although the Nintendo Switch is a hybrid game console, Nintendo refers to it as "a home video game system that can also be used as a handheld", [22] making the Wii Nintendo's second-best-selling home console. The Wii Balance Board was released alongside Wii Fit in December 2007. It is a wireless balance board accessory for the Wii, with multiple pressure sensors used to measure the user's center of balance. [104] Wii Fit offers a number of different exercise modes which monitored the player's position on the board, as well as exercise gamification, as to encourage players to exercise daily. [105] In addition to use in Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus that expanded the range of exercises using the Wii Balance Board, the accessory can be used in other third-party games that translated the player's balance on the unit into in-game controls such as Shaun White Snowboarding and Skate It. [106] Namco Bandai produced a mat controller (a simpler, less-sophisticated competitor to the Balance Board). [107]

Wii Lens Cleaning Kit

Building off the basis of the Nintendo DS, Nintendo used what they refer to as the "blue ocean" strategy. It is a move to target not only the general gaming public, but also those who have never played games, or those who play very rarely. It has been designed with simplicity and familiarity in mind, which explains the Wii Remote and the Wii Channels.

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