Wii

Wii (Japanese: ウィー Wii) is Nintendo's seventh-generation console, which serves as the company's competition for Sony's and Microsoft's . Its handheld counterpart is the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo 3DS's graphical and CPU capabilities are nearly identical to the Wii. Like its predecessor, the Nintendo GameCube, the Wii 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: My Pokémon Ranch. It was succeeded by the Wii U, which is backwards-compatible with all Wii games and controllers.
A cheaper version, known as the Wii Family Edition, was released in North America, Europe, and Australia in 2011. A smaller model, known as the Wii mini, was released in Canada in 2012; it was released in Europe and the United States in 2013.
The Wii was discontinued in worldwide on October 20, 2013.Engadget - Nintendo stops selling Wii consoles in JapanGameSpot - Wii discontinuation in Japan won't affect availability in United StatesTime also called on Wii in Europe | Games industry news | MCV
==Features==
===Wii Remote===
The Wii's controller design is unconventional; 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 other consoles' main controllers. The Wii Remote is wireless, and features such innovations as motion and tilt sensing, a first for game controllers. Its sensitivity can be enhanced with , but no Pokémon games use Wii MotionPlus in any way.
===Wii Menu===
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, and include an Internet 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 menu.
The Wii also has the ability to send messages to and from other devices, so long as the Wii sends out an initial 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. However, this feature, along with a few channels, was discontinued on June 30, 2013.
===Backward compatibility===
The Wii is 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 incompatible with the or the Game Boy Player.
The cheaper Wii variants, the Wii Family Edition and Wii mini, are incompatible with GameCube games.
==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, 24 MB Mo-Sys 1T-SRAM, 324 MHz, 2,7 GB/s bandwidth
* 512 MB internal flash memory, for game, channel, and data saving
* 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, but games released before the system update may not read SDHC cards.
* Supports GameCube memory cards (except Wii Family Edition and Wii mini)
* 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. There are four known games that feature Pokémon.
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| Pokémon Battle Revolution
| Battle simulation
| 2006
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| PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
| Action-adventure
| 2009
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| style="" | PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
| Action-adventure
| style="" | 2012
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====GameCube games====
Because the Wii features backwards compatibility with the majority of Nintendo GameCube hardware, all Pokémon games for the GameCube are also playable on the Wii; however, the Wii is incompatible with the Game Boy Player.
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| Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire
| Utility
| 2003
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| Pokémon Channel
| Virtual pet
| 2003
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| Pokémon Colosseum
| RPG
| 2003
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| style="" | Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
| RPG
| style="" | 2005
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====With Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire emulator====
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| Main series RPG
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===WiiWare games===
WiiWare games are special games downloadable via the Wii Shop Channel. Two Pokémon games have been released worldwide, and 3 has been released only in Japan.
Title 	Genre 	Release	Cost
My Pokémon Ranch 	Virtual life 	2008 	1000 Wii Points
Pokémon Rumble 	Action RPG 	2009 	1500 Wii Points
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare)	Dungeon crawler	2009 	1200 Wii Points
===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, plus the original Super Smash Bros. game.
Title 	Genre 	Original system	Original release	VC release
Pokémon Snap 	First-person rail shooter	Nintendo 64 	1997 	2007
Pokémon Puzzle League	Puzzle 	Nintendo 64 	2000 	2008
==Channels==
===Wii Shop Channel===
The is a channel which comes pre-installed on Wii consoles. It uses the Internet to purchase and download WiiWare, Virtual Console games and channels with Wii Points.
===Nintendo Channel===
The 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.
The channel was discontinued on June 30, 2013.
==Gallery==
File:Wii Black.png|A Black Wii
File:Wii Red.png|A Red Wii
File:Wii Nunchuk black.png|A black Nunchuk
==Cameos==
* The player has a Wii in their bedroom in all Generation IV and Generation V core series games. In , has a Wii in his room, as well. In , the player's alternate-gender counterpart, , and each have a Wii. There is also a Wii next to a TV on the S.S. Aqua.
* Two Wii consoles can be found in the lower left room on the second floor of the Shady House in .
** 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 has a Wii next to the TV set in Chicole Village.
* 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.
* A Wii console, along with a , , and a Wii Remote Hand Grip Pad make an appearance in 's room in the Pokémon Adventures manga in Stopping Sableye.
Wii Remote anime.png|The Evolution Machine's remote control in Ya See We Want an Evolution!, based on a Wii Remote
Meowth Nunchuk.png|A remote in The Grass-type is Always Greener!, based on the Nunchuk
Wii Adventures.png|The Wii as seen in Stopping Sableye
==Trivia==
* The Nunchuk resembles part of a Nintendo 64 controller.
==External links==
*Nintendo (Japanese)
==References==
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