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Wii is Nintendo's seventh-generation console, which serves as the company's competition against Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360. It, like its predecessor, the GameCube, is able to connect to software titles on the handheld of this generation, the Nintendo DS, and has a Pokémon game that will serve as a battle arena for the Generation IV Pokémon games - in this case, Pokémon Battle Revolution.

Wii's controller is a strange and revolutionary one, instead of taking the dual-control-stick layout of the previous generation like its competitors, it is in a remote control form, with attachments available to work with compatible games, such as a control stick on a nunchuck attachment, or the classic controller, which takes on a layout similar to the other consoles' main controller. The Wii Remote is wireless, and features many innovations such as motion and tilt sensing, a first for game controllers.

Wii is also backwards-compatible with all GameCube games, as well as with most of GameCube's accessories, such as the controllers, memory cards, GameCube to GBA cables, and microphone.

The console features a custom GUI made up of different-- and expandable-- channels, all of which, save the Disc Channel, can be moved around to any of the 47 spaces available on the main menu. New channels can be downloaded via the Wii Shop Channel, including a browser and games from older systems playable via Virtual Console.

Wii also has the ability to send messages to and from other devices, so long as the Wii sends out the first message, an address book confirmation message, to the email address or cell phone number in question. When the recipient replies to the Wii's message, communication between the two devices will be active, and via WiiConnect24, others can leave messages for players of the console on its message board from anywhere in the world.

Technical specs

• Compatibility with both 12cm Wii Game Discs and 8cm GameCube Game Discs
• 729 MHz "Broadway" IBM CPU
• 243 MHz "Hollywood" ATI GPU
• 88 MB total memory
• 512 MB internal flash memory, for game, channel, and data saving
• SD memory card bay for expansion of save space (2 GB maximum SD card size)
• Two USB ports for expansion and/or networking capabilities

Pokémon games

On Wii game discs

Most Wii games are released on the Wii's own 12cm discs. So far, there are two Pokémon games known, one of which has already been released.

• Pokémon Battle Revolution
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl

WiiWare games

WiiWare games are special games downloadable via the Wii Shop Channel. Only one Pokémon game is known for this; it has not yet been released.

• Pokémon Farm

Virtual Console games

Virtual Console games are old games from previous game systems, rereleased on the Wii Shop Channel and buyable to be downloaded. Only one Pokémon game has received this treatment.

• Pokémon Snap (Japan only)

On GameCube game discs

Because the Wii features backwards compatibility with the majority of GameCube hardware, all Pokémon games on the GameCube are also playable on the Wii. See Nintendo GameCube#Pokémon games for a list.

Trivia

• The remote control for the evolution machine featured in Ya See We Want an Evolution was similar in design to the controller of the Wii.
• The AV cable for the Wii is only the third design Nintendo has used. The NES had its own, while the SNES, N64, and GCN all used the same one.
• The remote Meowth used in The Grass-type is Always Greener! resembled the Nunchuk.