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'''Wii''' (Japanese: '''ウィー''' ''Wii'') is [[Nintendo]]'s seventh-generation console, which serves as the company's competition for Sony's {{wp|PlayStation 3}} and Microsoft's {{wp|Xbox 360}}. Its handheld counterpart is the [[Nintendo DS]]. The [[Nintendo 3DS]] has 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]]. It was succeeded by the [[Wii U]], which is backwards-compatible to all Wii games and controllers.

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 {{nw|Wii Motion-Plus}}, although currently it is not compatible with any [[Pokémon games]].

[[File:Disc channel.jpg|thumb|right|200px|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.

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 {{wp|Rumble Pak}} or the [[Game Boy Player]].

* 88 MB total memory

* SD memory card bay for expansion of save space. Initially, the system supported SD cards up to 2 GB. After the Wii System 4.0 update, the system supports SDHC cards up to 32 GB; however, games released before the system update may not read SDHC cards.

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

| [[PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond]]

| 2012

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]].

| [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]]

| 2005

| {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}

| 2003

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.

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|[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare)]]

|1200 Wii Points

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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.

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==Variants==

[[File:Wii Family Edition.png|thumb|Wii Family Edition]]

The Wii Family Edition is a special model of Wii that removes features from the Wii so it can be sold at a lower price. It is not compatible with [[Nintendo GameCube]] games or hardware like the original model was. It is designed to sit horizontally rather than upright like the original model. It was released in October 2011 in North America and Europe.

===Wii Mini===

[[File:Wii Mini.png|thumb|Wii Mini]]

* Players have a Wii in their [[bedroom]] in [[Generation IV]] and [[Generation V]]. In {{game2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, {{ga|Barry}} has a Wii in his room too. In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, the player's alternate-gender counterpart, {{ga|Red}}, and {{ga|Blue}} each have a Wii. There is also a Wii next to a TV on 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 remote control for the evolution machine featured in ''[[DP021|Ya See We Want an Evolution]]'' was similar in design to the controller of the Wii.

* A Wii console, along with various accessories, make an appearance in {{adv|Diamond}}'s room in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga in ''[[PS395|Stopping Sableye]]''.

File:Wii Remote anime.png|Wii Remote as seen in ''[[DP021|Ya See We Want an Evolution]]''

File:Meowth Nunchuk.png|Nunchuk as seen in ''[[DP031|The Grass-type is Always Greener!]]''

File:Wii Adventures.png|The Wii as seen in ''[[PS395|VS. Sableye]]''

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