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The Wii is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintend
Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata directed the company to design the Wii to appeal to a broader range of players.
The Wii and several peripherals on display at E3 2006
Crowds gather in Hamburg to buy a Wii on launch day.
The Wii (top) compared in size to the GameCube, Nintendo 64, North American Super NES, and NES
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The Wii U is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it was the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbo
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…to develop the Kinect and PlayStation Move. However, the Wii's emphasis on casual-based experiences alienated core gamers. The Wii's successor, the Wii U, released in 2012, attempted to recapture that demographic but became a commercial failure and Nintendo's worst-selling home console. Shortly after the…
A display of the console and GamePad (referred to as the "New Controller" at the time) at E3 2011
The Wii U GamePad prototype originally shown at the same convention
The black Wii U console, with 32 GB of internal storage
The Wii U Pro Controller, a more conventional controller compared to the GamePad