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[[Image:Wii.jpg|thumb|right|Wii and its controller, the Wii Remote.]] | [[Image:Wii.jpg|thumb|right|Wii and its controller, the Wii Remote.]] | ||
'''Wii''' is [[Nintendo]]'s seventh-generation console, which serves as the company's competition against Sony's [[wp:PlayStation 3|PlayStation 3]] and Microsoft's [[wp:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]]. It, like its predecessor, the [[GameCube]], is able to connect to software titles on the handheld of this | '''Wii''' is [[Nintendo]]'s seventh-generation console, which serves as the company's competition against Sony's [[wp:PlayStation 3|PlayStation 3]] and Microsoft's [[wp:Xbox 360|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 will likewise have a Pokémon game that will serve as a battle arena for the [[Generation IV]] Pokémon games. | ||
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'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. | ||
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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 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== | ==Technical specs== | ||
* | * Compatibility with both 12cm Wii Game Discs and 8cm GameCube Game Discs | ||
* 729 MHz "Broadway" IBM CPU | * 729 MHz "Broadway" IBM CPU | ||
* 243 MHz "Hollywood" ATI GPU | * 243 MHz "Hollywood" ATI GPU | ||