• 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

Posted by Anonymous
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HDE Wired Infrared Sensor Bar for Nintendo Wii

HDE Wired Infrared Sensor Bar for Nintendo Wii

 

O wow I'm just in here to say I'm kind of happy I'm not the only one this happened to! I was helping out my sister, vacuuming at her house and there went the sensor cord. I immediately came home and on here to replace it, and thanks to the comments I know now i'm going for the right thing. None of us knew what it was actually called, but the comments never fail me, I now know I'm going for the right thing, lol.



This was a replacement sensor for the original that came with the WII. The original had wires that were sucked up by the vacuum cleaner and the sensor hit the floor and would not work. The replacement sensor works great and as good as the original. Would highly recommend. Would also recommend keeping the wires off the floor-so they do blend in the right color rug and get sucked up by the vacuum. 


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