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ウィー Wii

The black Wii next to the white Wii.

Release dates Japan: December 2, 2006 North America: November 19, 2006 Europe: December 8, 2006 Australia: December 7, 2006 South Korea: N/A China: N/A Hong Kong: N/A Taiwan: N/A

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 Full list below

Related information Console generation: Seventh generation Pokémon generations: III*, IV Console type: Home Colors: White Black Red Blue* Pink*

External links Wikipedia NintendoWiki StrategyWiki

Wii is Nintendo's seventh-generation console, which serves as the company's competition for Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360. Its handheld counterpart is the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo 3DS is set to have the same graphical and CPU capabilities as it. It, like its predecessor, the Nintendo GameCube, is able to connect to software titles on the handheld of this generation, the Nintendo DS, has a Pokémon game that serves as a battle arena for the Generation IV Pokémon games—in this case, Pokémon Battle Revolution, and also has a storage system—in this case, My Pokémon Ranch.

Features

Wii Remote

A pink Wii Remote

A black Nunchuk

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 Nunchuk 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. The motion sensor requires a bar to be placed on the top or bottom of the screen. The sensitivity can be enhanced with Wii Motion-Plus, although currently it is not compatible with any Pokémon games.

Wii Menu

The Wii Disc Channel

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. The channels can be put on an SD card, and with the introduction of Wii Menu 3.3, SD Card menus can be accessed straight from the main one.

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.

Backward compatibility

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. It is not compatible with the Rumble Pak or the Game Boy Player.

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 (Initially, 2 GB maximum SD card size. After Wii System 4.0 update supports 32GB HCSD card, Games released before may not read HCSD.)
• Two USB ports for expansion and/or networking capabilities

Pokémon games

On game discs

Most Wii games are released on the Wii's own 12cm discs. So far, there are three known games that feature Pokémon.

GameCube games

Because Wii features backwards compatibility with the majority of Nintendo GameCube hardware, all Pokémon games on the GameCube are also playable on Wii; however, Wii is not compatible with the Game Boy Player and Rumble Pak.

WiiWare games

WiiWare

WiiWare games are special games downloadable via the Wii Shop Channel. Two Pokémon games have been released worldwide, and a third has been released only in Japan.

Virtual Console games

Virtual Console games are old games that were originally released on past consoles, and have now been re-released on the Wii Shop Channel. Like WiiWare games, they can be downloaded after being bought. There are two Pokémon games that have received this treatment so far, plus the original Super Smash Bros. game.

Nintendo Channel

The Nintendo Channel is a free downloadable channel which contains various videos and demos of Nintendo games. Use of this channel requires the Internet. These videos are often commercials, trailers, and interviews relating to Nintendo products. All Pokémon games for Nintendo DS and Wii (excluding Virtual Console) that have had an English language release have been featured on the channel at some point.

Additionally, the channel has a feature called the DS Download Service, which allows players to download demos of games to a Nintendo DS system via DS Download Play. Demos for Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, Pokémon Trozei! and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky can be downloaded. Explorers of Sky has three slightly different demos.

Trivia

Wii in Generation IV

• Players have a Wii in their bedroom in Generation IV. In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Barry has a Wii in his room too; while in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player's alternate-gender counterpart, Red and Blue each have a Wii. Along with that, there is a Wii next to a TV in the S.S. Aqua.
  • In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, in the Underground, there is a Wii decoration, titled "game system", for the player's secret base.
  • The player character's bedroom in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia has a Wii next to the TV set in Chicole Village.
• The AV cable for the Wii is only the third design Nintendo has used. The NES used RCA cables, while the SNES, N64, and GCN all used the same one.
• The Nunchuk resembles part of a Nintendo 64 controller.
• The Wii can play all three Super Smash Bros. titles.
• 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 remote Meowth used in The Grass-type is Always Greener! resembled the Nunchuk.

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  Wii Remote as seen in Ya See We Want an Evolution

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  Nunchuk as seen in The Grass-type is Always Greener!

External links

• Nintendo (Japanese)