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Wii is a play console by Nintendo, at the end of of 2006 is published.

A characteristic of the console is had a wireless CONTROLLER, that with a hand to be held can and acceleration sensors and a detection system. Hartmut Gieselmann: '' Wii functions of Nintendo '' Heise more newsticker, 11.05.2006. [Last accesses: 13.05.2006] The interaction with the plays can take place thereby via moving the CONTROLLER and not, as usual typically, via pressures of a Buttons or moving an analog stick.

Further compatibility is announced to older plays for Wii. Golem.de: '' Virtual CONSOLE - on-line service for Nintendo revolution ''. 24.03.2006. By emulation thereby plays for different consoles of the last 20 years, i.e. so far NES, know super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, PC engine (alias TurboGrafx) and Sega mega drive, to be played.

In order to address with the system also new groups of buyers, Nintendo decided for the non-technical designation Wii (spoken like English incoming goods) and a Produktlogo, which show two representative persons. Up to the publication of the new name in April 2006 the work title Nintendo Revolution.Nico Jurran read: '' Wii is called the play console of '' Heise more newsticker, 27.04.2006. [Last access 13.05.2006]

Process of the product introduction

From fear, which could be copied the CONTROLLERs, on the E3 2005 first only one prototype of the console without CONTROLLERs was introduced. Sony pointed to the E3 2006 a similar CONTROLLER, which possesses acceleration sensors, for the PlayStation 3.

After long secrecy NINT DO boss Satoru Iwata showed the PAD for the first time on 16 September 2005 to the Tokyo Game Show.Martin '' Nintendo plans the "“revolution"”. '' Heise more newsticker, 16.09.2005. [Last accesses: 13.05.2006] The CONTROLLER has the form of a remote maintenance and can with a hand be held. This unusual Design is to make innovative and intuitive play experiences possible and address thus new groups of buyers. New plays were not shown, but only some technique demos. Star designer Shigeru Miyamoto (The putting OF Zelda, super Mario) had a short guest appearance on the meeting.

To 9. May 2006 showed Nintendo in the press conference to the E3 the CONTROLLER in action. There were live-demonstrations of Twilight Princess, talk to Steel and Wii of sport: Tennis. New details to the CONTROLLER were acoustically supported a small inserted loudspeaker, the certain actions (e.g. shooting an arrow in Zelda) and the confirmation that the Nunchuk extension has its own movement sensor. For the functionality of the console it was communicated that in the Flash memory also applications can be put down. So the Webbrowser Opera is to start in few seconds.

At of Nintendo exhibition booth on the E3 2006 21 titles for Wii were playable. Matt Casamassina: Wii's 27 Playable Games on wii.ign.com, 11.05.2006. [Last access 12.05.2006]. Note: If one does not consider 3 technique demos and summarizes the 4 parts of Wii of sport, 21 titles remain the functionality of the Virtual CONSOLE with five playable titles were demonstrated. Extensions newly shown for the CONTROLLER were a Gamepad for the Virtual CONSOLE and a pistol essay for the new edition of the play duck Hunt.

The console is in 4. Quarter 2006 appear world-wide as contemporaneous as possible. E3 2006: Perrin Kaplan video interview on wii.ign.com, 11.05.2006. Toshio Nakajima, president of the hardware manufacturer NEC, confirmed Bloomberg to the news station that NEC had received the order of Nintendo for chip production for the Wii. These could be thus delivered, Nakajima, at the earliest for the autumn beginning of this yearly.

Intention of Nintendo

According to Nintendo Wii is to over-bid not technical performance data of the two competition consoles, but address other groups of buyers. Similarly to 11. Nintendo DS with its Touchscreen published March 2005 in Europe want Nintendo also with their home console successor the emphasis less on high-power engineering, but on innovation to put. However Satoru Iwata insured in relation to on-line play side IGN that the Wii could keep up with the competition Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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