• Nintendo's Wii video game console brings gaming to people of all ages. Discover Wii games, Wii accessories, and the benefits of connecting your Wii online.
  • Learn all about the Wii console here at Nintendo's official site. Get info on Wii features, browse Wii games, accessories, watch videos, and more
  • The console was conceived in 2001, as the Nintendo GameCube was first released. According to an interview with Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, the concept involved focusing on a new form of player interaction. "The consensus was that power isn't everything for a console. Too many powerful consoles can't coexist. It's like having only ferocious dinosaurs. They might fight and hasten their own extinction.
  • Two years later, engineers and designers were brought together to develop the concept further. By 2005 the controller interface had taken form, but a public showing at that year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was canceled. Miyamoto stated that "[W]e had some troubleshooting to do. So we decided not to reveal the controller and instead we displayed just the console. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata later unveiled and demonstrated the Wii Remote at the September Tokyo Game Show.
  • The Nintendo DS is said to have influenced the Wii's design. Designer Ken'ichiro Ashida noted, "We had the DS on our minds as we worked on the Wii. We thought about copying the DS's touch-panel interface and even came up with a prototype." The idea was eventually rejected because of the notion that the two gaming systems would be identical. Miyamoto also stated, "[...] if the DS had flopped, we might have taken the Wii back to the drawing board. In June 2011 Nintendo unveiled the prototype of its successor to the Wii, to be known as Wii U.
  • The console was known by the code name "Revolution" until April 27, 2006, immediately before E3. The Nintendo Style Guide refers to the console as "simply Wii, not Nintendo Wii",[18] making it the first home console Nintendo has marketed outside Japan without the company name in its trademark.[19] While "Wiis" is a commonly-used plural form for the console, Nintendo has stated that the official plural form is "Wii systems" or "Wii consoles."[20] Nintendo's spelling of "Wii" (with two lower-case "i" characters) is meant to resemble two people standing side-by-side (representing players gathering together) and to represent the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. The company has given many reasons for this name choice since the announcement; however, the best known is: Wii sounds like 'we', which emphasizes that the console is for everyone. Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion.

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 Activision Skylanders Giants Single Character Thumpback
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Pro tip for anyone hunting down the latest Skylanders Giant characters. Wait and wait until you find them at retail prices. So far all of the Skylander Giants have been pretty widely available at launch or shortly thereafter. In this case it seems that Gamestop had some sort of exclusive for a couple of weeks and they were released at Toys R Us this morning. They will be on Amazon for 14.99 in the next week or maybe a little longer. You should not pay more than that for any giant. Take a look at all of the rest of the giants now. You can easily pick them up anywhere now. If you really must have them first then do like the people that are selling them on here do. Camp your local Gamestop and buy them up. otherwise just wait a week or two and get 3 Skylanders for what you would waste here. If money isn't an issue, then enjoy your $50 Thumpback. 

 


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Thousands of years ago, the Skylanders Giants fought epic battles in Skylands but were banished to Earth. With a new threat looming, it’s time to bring them back to join forces with the Skylanders. Only you can put them on the Portal of Power® to unleash their strength in the ultimate battle to save Skylands.
A brand new sequel to the ground-breaking Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, Skylanders Giants continues with the same unique action figures, with one small change. They're giant! Skylanders are special action figures that come to life! Just take a Skylander, place it on the Portal of Power and BOOM! the Skylander will come to life in the video game.
There are now many more Skylanders to collect, from regular Skylanders to Giants - each with unique abilities and powers. Giants are larger than the normal figures, measuring 6 inches. These are more powerful in the Giants game.
Choose from 4 Skylanders Giants all Brand New in Retail Box
Skylanders Giants - Crusher
Species: Armoured Rock
Giant Element: Earth
Crusher is a rock golem who has one passion in life – crushing rocks! He has traveled all over the Skylands in search of rare rocks and minerals to crush with his powerful, hand-crafted rock hammer! But when he learned the evil Arkeyan King was using rocks for evil, he put aside his passion to use his hammer to crush the evil forces instead!
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Skylanders Giants - Eye Brawl
Species: Headless-Cyclops Giant
Giant Element: UnDead
Throughout history, there have been many epic battles, though none more bizarre than the legendary brawl between the headless giant and the infamous flying eyeball. It all started with a staring contest, but with the headless giant having no eyes and the flying eyeball unable to blink, it soon escalated into an all out war as the two rivals fought fiercely throughout the land of the undead for over a hundred years! With neither opponent backing down, the two combatants were eventually struck with the realization that if they were to combine their formidable powers, they would be a force to be reckoned with. By teaming up, the infamous flying eyeball and the headless giant became known as Eye-Brawl - one of the most powerful Skylanders ever known!
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Skylanders Giants - Hot Head
Species: Golem
Giant Element: Fire
Hot Head had always been a short tempered fire giant. But it was when magical oil was discovered in Skylands that fuel was really added to the fire. As exciting as the discovery was, the celebration lasted only 5 minutes - coming to an abrupt halt when Hot Head needed to cool off and plunged into the thick black pool, causing the entire island to explode! Though it would be another 2,000 years before magical oil was discovered again, the impact that it had on Hot Head was immediate. He was instantly infused with magical oil, giving him the ability to generate an infinite supply of fuel - making him incredibly volatile, highly combustible, and ready to torch anything that got in his way.
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Skylanders Giants - Thumpback
Species: Whale-like behemoth
Giant Element: Water
Thumpback was once a crew member of The Phantom Tide, the most fearsome pirate ship in all of Skylands. But the actual pirating part about being a pirate didn't interest Thumpback so much as the benefits that came with traveling on a large ship. After all, his real passion was fishing. But when his chance came to finally ensnare the most elusive creature in the sky - the Leviathan Cloud Crab - he was pulled over board and carried off into the horizon. This was actually quite fortunate, because sometime later The Phantom Tide and its entire crew were banished to the Chest of Exile. Thumpback’s pirating days were over, but his legend as one of the first Skylanders had only just begun.
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