Inventing a wii game

After two attempts to repeat the success it had with the NES and Super NES, Nintendo decided to shake things up and offer gaming experiences that stray from the expected.

Enter the Nintendo Wii, a system that put much more emphasis on the user interface than it did on the high definition, surround sound experience. The way we play was the biggest change to what we play: the idea was to introduce something that anyone could pick up and understand, and with the new input, it was hoped, a new market would form and a new audience would step forward to play games.

The company gave birth to the Remote, a device that had few buttons but offered motion control as well as a pointing device, two ideas that were relatively new to the console market. But to get this to become a standard, Nintendo had to introduce it as the core device of a new system, not as an optional peripheral for its current hardware. The strategy worked. The Wii isn't much more advanced than the GameCube, but the controller — a device Nintendo has stated began as a GameCube peripheral — has converted millions of casual gamers to become system owners.

The idea of bundling Wii Sports with the system was an incredibly smart move, as people immediately understood what the Wii was and what it could do in a simple to play, well designed experience.

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Nintendo stated in the beginning that the name was simply Wii, rather than the Nintendo Wii. The prefix "RVL" is used on the Wii and its peripherals. The plural form of Wii is, according to Nintendo, not "Wiis" as some tend to believe, but rather should be "Wii consoles" or "systems".

The two lowercased "i"'s in the name are supposed to represent two players enjoying the game together, or the Wii's unique controller.

Following the game's announcement, both developers and fans alike expressed their dislike towards the name, with both groups explaining how they felt the name displayed a sort of "kidiness" to it, and how they preferred the Revolution. Reggie Fils-Aime explained that the name Revolution was long and was hard to pronounce in some languages, while Wii would be pronounced the same in every country.

However, he did acknowledge the negativity the new name aroused, by a line in an E3 press conference; " First up, the name. We want to thank every one of you who said good things about it day one.

Both of you. A revision of the Wii released at the end of the Wii's lifecycle also called the RVL was announced on August 17, This model is designed to only sit horizontally with the buttons changed accordingly and is incompatible with GameCube games and its accessories. As its name suggests, the it is the smallest model of the Wii. Like the Family Edition, it does not support GameCube games and its accessories.

It also does not have online features and several built-in channels, such as the Photo Channel and the Weather Channel, similar to the Wii Mode on the Wii U. It also can only sit horizontally. The main feature is its notable redesign. Unlike the original previous models which are mostly white, the Wii Mini is black with a red framing. All the buttons are located on the top of the console and it lacks online support for Wii games.

Additionally, the Wii Mini has a manually operated top-loading disc drive similar to that of the GameCube instead of the slots that the former models have. The N64 received no redesigns of any kind and the GameCube had a small revision which lacked the unused Serial Port 2 though the cover still remains and the unpopular Digital AV Out port.

As of March 31, , there have been Unlike the other consoles, Wii games notably included symbols on the back of their box art that showed their functionality with accessories. When compared to Nintendo's other consoles, the Wii is the smallest of them all measurements: 44 mm 1.

Similar to the two other consoles, the Wii can be placed on its side or vertically. Unlike the other two consoles, if placed vertically, then Nintendo suggests you use the gray colored stand that comes packaged with the Wii. The disc loading drive on the front of the console has a neon blue light surrounding it, which is turned on to indicate that WiiConnect24 is in use or when a disc is either inserted or ejected only if you've updated your firmware to version 3.

It was thought early on that the light would remain on at all times, though this proved to be false upon the release of the console. The drive itself will take discs made specifically for it and, through backward compatibility, GameCube discs.

Next to the drive is an SD card slot which is covered. Above it are the power and reset buttons, while at the bottom next to the Wii logo is the eject button, which will cause the game within if there is a game within to be ejected from the console. During gameplay you should not eject the disc, though on the Wii Menu you are free to do so.

The Wii sensor bar, which comes included with the console, must be placed above or below the television you're playing on. If you change the placement of the sensor bar, it is required that you record where the sensor bar is placed for maximum performance. The controller is truly what makes the system shine. Using integrated apparatuses such as accelerometers and gyroscopes , the Wii Remote is able to sense movement in 3-D space.

Using this, the Wii can simulate things such as having a sword fight, playing almost any sports game, solving puzzles, and much more. It closely resembles a television remote, designed this way on purpose in order to make it easy to relate to the familiarity of the TV remote. Its emphasis on motion sensing capabilities also help to make games less difficult and more natural, as to appeal to all groups of people.