Wii launch is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.
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59 Facts About Wii launch
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The primary controller for the Wii launch is the Wii launch Remote, a wireless controller with both motion sensing and traditional controls which can be used as a pointing device towards the television screen or for gesture recognition.
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The Wii launch was Nintendo's first home console to directly support Internet connectivity, supporting both online games and for digital distribution of games and media applications through the Wii launch Shop Channel.
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The Wii was extremely popular at launch, causing the system to be in short supply in some markets.
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Total lifetime sales of the Wii launch had reached over 101 million units, making it Nintendo's best-selling home console until it was surpassed by the Nintendo Switch in 2021.
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Wii launch repositioned Nintendo as a key player in the video game console marketplace.
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The introduction of motion-controlled games via the Wii launch Remote led both Microsoft and Sony to develop their own competing products—the Kinect and PlayStation Move, respectively.
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Nintendo found that, while the Wii launch had broadened the demographics that they wanted, the core gamer audience had shunned the Wii launch.
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Nintendo's spelling of "Wii launch" was intended to represent both two people standing side by side, and the Wii launch Remote and its Nunchuk.
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Wii launch was made available for a press demonstration at E3 2006.
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In building the Wii launch, Nintendo did not aim to outpace the performance of their competitors.
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Wii launch reads games from an optical media drive located in the front of the device.
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The Wii launch Remote includes an internal speaker and a rumble pack that can be triggered by a game to provide feedback directly to the player's hand.
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Wii launch 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.
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The use of motion controls in the Wii launch served part of this, but Nintendo developed additional accessories to give awareness of one's health as a lead-in for the company to break into the health care field.
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Wii launch bundle included the console; a stand to allow the console to be placed vertically; a plastic stabilizer for the main stand, one Wii Remote, a Nunchuk attachment for the Remote, a Sensor Bar and a removable stand for the bar to mount on a television set, an external power adapter, and two AA batteries for the Wii Remote.
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The European version of the limited-edition red Wii launch bundle was released on October 29,2010, which includes the original Donkey Kong game pre-installed onto the console, New Super Mario Bros.
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The red Wii launch bundle was released in North America on November 7,2010, with New Super Mario Bros.
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Cost-reduced variant of the Wii launch, sometimes referred to as the Family Edition as the name given to bundles it was featured in, was released late into the platform's lifespan that removed all GameCube functionality, including the GameCube controller ports and memory card slots found on the original model.
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Wii launch Mini is a smaller, redesigned Wii launch with a top-loading disc drive.
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The Canadian and European releases did not include a game, while Mario Kart Wii had been included in all launch bundles in the United States.
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Wii launch introduced the use of player-customized avatars called Miis, which have been continued to be used by Nintendo in the Wii launch U, the Nintendo 3DS family, and, to a lesser extent, the Nintendo Switch.
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Each player on a Wii launch console was encouraged to create their own Mii via the Mii Channel to be used in games like Wii launch Sports and some of the system software like the Mii Channel.
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Wii launch includes a system that records the playtime based on any game or app on the system.
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New Wii launch games included those from Nintendo's flagship franchises such as The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Pokemon, and Metroid.
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Original launch Wii consoles are backward-compatible with all Nintendo GameCube software, Nintendo GameCube Memory Cards and controllers, although Korean Wii consoles are not backwards compatible at all.
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The service allowed players to purchase games digitally through the Wii launch Shop, downloading the games to their local memory cards to be run from them.
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Wii launch was praised for its simple yet responsive controls, as well as its simplicity that appeals to broader audiences.
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UK-based developer Free Radical Design stated that the Wii launch hardware lacks the power necessary to run the software it scheduled for release on other seventh-generation consoles.
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Online connectivity of the Wii launch was criticized; Matt Casamassina of IGN compared it to the "entirely unintuitive" service provided for the Nintendo DS.
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Wii launch's success caught third-party developers by surprise due to constraints of the hardware's distinct limitations; this led to apologies for the quality of their early games.
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The Nikkei Business Daily, a Japanese newspaper, claimed that companies were too nervous to start or continue making games for the console, some of which considering the Wii launch to be a fad that will eventually die down in popularity.
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Capcom took note of the difficulty of making money on the Wii launch, and shifted their content to making less games, but with higher quality.
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In 2010, sales of the Wii launch began to decline, falling by 21 percent from the previous year.
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Wii launch sales weakened into 2011 as third-party support for the console waned; major publishers were passing over the Wii launch which was underpowered and used non-standard development tools, and instead focused on games for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and personal computers.
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Wii launch sales continued to decline into 2012, falling by half from the previous year.
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Wii launch surpassed 100 million units sold worldwide during the second quarter of 2013.
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The popularity of Wii launch Sports was considered part of the console's success, making it a killer app for the Wii launch as it drew those that typically did not play video games to the system.
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Nintendo had recognized that the Wii launch had generally been shunned by the core gaming audience as it was perceived more as a casual gaming experience.
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The Wii launch U was aimed to draw the core audience back in with more advanced features atop the basic Wii launch technology.
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The Wii launch has since become seen as a prime example of an effective blue ocean approach.
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Part of the Wii launch's success was attributed to its lower cost compared to the other consoles.
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The console's final price at Wii launch of made it comparatively cheaper than the Xbox 360 and the then-upcoming PlayStation 3 .
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Further, Nintendo's first-party games for the Wii launch were set at an retail price of, about less expensive than average games for Nintendo's competitors.
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Iwata stated they were able to keep the game price lower since the Wii launch was not as focused on high-resolution graphics in comparison to the other consoles, thus keeping development costs lower, averaging about per game compared to required for developing on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.
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Wii launch was marketed to promote a healthy lifestyle via physical activity.
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Wii launch has become a popular target for homebrewing new functionality and video games since its discontinuation.
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The Wii launch can be hacked to enable an owner to use the console for activities unintended by the manufacturer.
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Wii launch Remote became a popular unit to hack for other applications.
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Wii launch has been a popular system for emulation; while the act of creating such emulators in a cleanroom-type approach have been determined to be legal, the actions of bringing the Wii launch system software and games to other systems has been of questionable legality and Nintendo has actively pursued legal action against those that distribute copies of their software.
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Music written for the Wii launch has taken on a new life as a cultural touchstone, and inspired people far beyond the confines of the little white wedge it was composed for.
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