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Wii (pronounced "we", IPA: /wiː//) is Nintendo's seventh-generation video game console, their fifth home console, and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. Until Nintendo announced the console's official name on April 27, 2006, the official codename of Wii was Revolution.
Wii is unique in that the console's controller, the Wii Remote, or "Wii-mote", can be used as a handheld pointing device as well as detecting motion in three dimensions. The controller also contains a speaker and a rumbling device to provide sensory feedback. The console is confirmed to have a stand-by feature entitled WiiConnect24, enabling it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while consuming very little electrical power.
Nintendo unveiled the system under the Revolution codename in 2005 at its E3 press conference. Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's President, revealed a prototype of the system's game controller at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show during his keynote speech in September.^[3] At the E3 2006 show the Wii was widely considered a smash success, amongst both journalists and gamers. A worldwide release is expected in the fourth quarter of 2006.^[1]

Release date and price

As of June 2006, an exact release date has not been confirmed. However, Nintendo's most recent statements confirm that Nintendo plans to release Wii in the 4th quarter of 2006.^[1] Internationally, the company hopes to launch with no more than four months difference between the first and last launching regions.^[4] A previous statement by Satoru Iwata indicated Nintendo's intentions to launch before Thanksgiving.^[5] At a June 2006 briefing in Japan, Iwata stated that a precise release date and price would be announced by September.^[6]
While Nintendo has yet to announce an exact price for the console as of June 2006, Yoshihiro Miro, senior managing director for Nintendo, has confirmed that Wii will cost no more than JP¥25,000 (price in US$) in Japan, US$250 in America. A Nintendo spokesman said that the price in the UK "will be in line with Japanese and US prices announced" (Japanese and US prices in GB£). The company intends to have 6 million console units and 17 million software units released by March 31, 2007.^[7] Despite the price point of US$60 quoted for many next-generation games,^[8] Satoru Iwata said in an interview that he could not imagine that any first-party games would cost more than US$50.

Expected launch titles

Nintendos next gen system, word is their not even trying to upgrade the graphics that much which is pretty dumb imo if they want to be a contender to PS4 and the 360 but we will see.
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