Nintendo Imalandira Wii
Osewera ambiri amatha kudziwa kuti Nintendo Revolution, koma dzina latsopano ndi Wii (lotchedwa ‘ife’). Kuyambira pa Epulo 27th, Nintendo’s m’badwo wachisanu ndi chiwiri wa masewera a kanema, kontena yawo yachisanu, adalowa m’malo mwa Nintendo GameCube. Wii ndiyapadera ndi Wii Remote, kapena ‘Wii-mote’, yomwe ingagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati chida cholozera m’manja komanso pozindikira kuyenda kwamagawo atatu. Wowongolera amakhala ndi cholankhulira komanso chida chong’ung’udza chomwe chimapereka malingaliro.
Kuyambira mu June 2006, tsiku lomasulidwa lenileni silinatsimikizidwe. Mawu aposachedwa kwambiri a Nintendo akutsimikizira kuti Nintendo akufuna kutulutsa Wii m’gawo lachinayi la 2006. Padziko lonse lapansi, Nintendo akuyembekeza kuyambitsa popanda miyezi yopitilira inayi kusiyana pakati pa zigawo zoyambirira ndi zomalizira. Pamsonkano wa Juni 2006 ku Japan, zidanenedwa kuti tsiku lomasulidwa ndi mtengo wake zidzalengezedwa pofika Seputembara.
Zinatsimikiziridwa kuti Wii sidzaposa $ 250. Mneneri waku Nintendo adati mtengo ku U. K. ugwirizana ndi mitengo yaku Japan ndi US. Nintendo ali ndi cholinga chokhala ndi ma unit pafupifupi 6 miliyoni ndi mapulogalamu 17 miliyoni pofika pa Marichi 31, 2007.
Wii ndi kanyumba kakang’ono kwambiri pamasewera apanyumba a Nintendo pano, pafupifupi kukula kwa ma DVD omwe ali ndi DVD. Kutonthoza kwatsimikiziridwa kuti imatha kuyimirira mozungulira kapena molunjika. Nintendo wanena kuti cholumikizira chaching’ono chitha kukhala ndi zida zosewerera pa DVD Video.
Nintendo yawonetsa Wii m'mitundu yosiyanasiyana: platinamu, wobiriwira laimu, woyera, wakuda, wabuluu komanso wofiira. Mitundu yomaliza ya kontrakitiyi idalengezedwabe. Machitidwe omwe awonetsedwa ku E3 2006 komanso muma trailer osiyanasiyana amawoneka kuti ali ndi zosintha zingapo zazing’ono kuchokera pakupanga koyambirira. Nintendo sanangokhala ndi chikwangwani pamlanduwo chomwe chidalowa m’malo mwa logo ya Wii, koma chimbale chotsegula chofutukula chimakulitsidwa pang’ono batani lokonzanso litasunthidwa kuchokera pafupi ndi batani lochotsera kupita ku batani lamagetsi. Chowunikira cha magetsi chimasunthidwa kuchokera pafupi ndi batani lamagetsi mkati mwa batani. Doko la bala la sensa, chida chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito poyerekeza mawonekedwe atatu a Wii chimapezeka kumbuyo kwa kontrakitala. Doko ili silinawonekere pazithunzi zilizonse zakale za Wii, kuphatikiza zithunzi mu Nintendo’s E3 media kit.
Pa E3 2006, Nintendo yalengeza WiiConnect24, gawo la Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection yomwe ingalole wogwiritsa ntchito kukhalabe wolumikizidwa ndi intaneti poyimira. Zina mwazinthu zatsopanozi zomwe zatchulidwa ku E3 2006 zimaphatikizira kulola abwenzi kuti azichezera mudzi wamasewera m’masewera ngati Animal Crossing, ndikutsitsa zosintha zatsopano zamasewera ali munjira yoyimirira. Zingakhale zotheka kutsitsa ma demos otsatsa DS pogwiritsa ntchito WiiConnect24 kenako ndikusamutsira ku Nintendo DS.
Wii ithandizira kulumikizana kopanda zingwe ndi Nintendo DS. Zanenedwa kuti Nintendo anali akusungabe tsatanetsatane pomwe zida zogwiritsira ntchito kulumikizaku zitha kupezeka kwa anthu onse.