3. Release
• Nintendo originally released in November 19th 2006 in America
• Later released in December 2006 in other regions (Europe, Asia)
• The Wii launched with 10 games, the only one that sold the console was Wii
Sports
• In July 2022 the Wii has now sold 101.63 million units around the world
4. Features
• It featured a unique style of control that was pointer control using the wii
remote, this allowed users to simulate a mouse pointer with a controller. This
feature was classed as so good that it was banned from being used in certain
pvp tournaments and ruined the experience of certain games like Resident
Evil 4.
• Nintendo had never cared about the graphics on their consoles, the graphics
aren’t terrible by todays standards.
• Unique sounds recognised by most in their store and their home page.
• Pointer control and the balance board that tried to make a remote you would
controller by moving your feet on the board
6. Life of Console
• Active for 6 years, replacing the gamecube and then being replaced by the Wii U
• There was 1637 games released onto the Wii with the final release being in 2020
• With every Wii costing $250 on release and 101.63 million units, this leads to a
rough estimate of $25,407,500,000 in sold units
• The new introduced motion controls where players would have to use the
wiimote like a weapon or other things and mario games that also used
the wii sensor to add new features to the games.
7. Legacy
• The console gave us Miis, a returning avatar like feature for future Nintendo
consoles, potentially even inspiring Xbox’s “avatar system” which came out
exactly 2 years after the Wiis American release.
• It also gave us a taste of motion controls and how fun they can be in certain
environments yet how strong they can be in a shooter environment.
• It is mainly being revived through emulation on the “dolphin emulator”, this
leads to most of the consoles games not being sold anymore and only being
available on a website like VimmsLair
• The wii had an impact as it was the first prototype of the Nintendo Switch’s future
gyro controls that are featured and used by 80% of the player base in Splatoon 2.
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