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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.

Saturday, 11 May 2013

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Activision Skylanders Giants Single Character Ninjini

Activision Skylanders Giants Single Character Ninjini

Do not pay over the $15 price. Yes you can even wait to get it here from amazon at the regular price. My daughter wants ninjini as her reward for doing extra reading homework assignments and the such. I spent two days driving around and hitting every store with no luck. I kept checking amazon also since I am a prime member and refuse to pay twice the asking price from trolls who jack up the prices of kids toys! With some Internet detective work I found the site nowinstock.net and could see the times ninjini was in stock on amazon. Currently that is around anywhere from 3 am to 5 am est yes that is early but my husband gets up then so I just leaned over grabbed my phone checked amazon and there she was Ninjini in stock with prime shipping. I hit one click purchase and was done! Now I will have my daughters reward gift in hand when she puts her last sticker on her chart. I LOVE AMAZON!
PS thank you to follow up commenters who pointed out I had mixed up the website I used. I corrected it some others mentioned other website they found useful for alerts.

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My son has been waiting patiently for Ninjini to be available in the stores. I refused to pay $50+ for a figurine. I just walked into Gamestop today for something else and there she was. I paid the normal $14.99 and my son is happy as a clam. She has cool upgrades and "floats" around which is a big deal to my son. So for those of you who want her keep checking your local stores. She's out there.

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