Company | Nintendo |
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Type | Video games |
Year | 2006 |
CPU | Power PC "Broadway" |
Speed | 729 MHz |
RAM | 24MB + 64MB |
ROM | 512 MB internal flash |
Media | cd-rom |
The Wii is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. The console is the direct successor to the Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, but it competes with both as part of the seventh generation of video game systems.
A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and can detect acceleration and orientation in three dimensions. Another is WiiConnect24, which enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode.