Nintendo Wii - Nkhani Zonse Zokhudza Izi
Wii yatsopanoyo ndichachisanu chachisanu cha masewera apakanema apanyumba ochokera ku Nintendo. Chida chamasewera ichi ndiye wolowa m’malo mwa Nintendo GameCube ndipo amalimbana ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu kuposa Xbox 360 ya Microsoft ndi PlayStation3 ya sony. masewera a masewerawa amabwera ndi Mawonekedwe owongolera opanda zingwe, Wii Akutali, omwe atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chida cholozera m’manja ndipo amatha kuzindikira kuthamangitsidwa m’mizere itatu. Chinthu china ndi WiiConnect24, yomwe imathandizira kuti izitha kulandira mauthenga ndi zosintha pa intaneti moyimira.
Nintendo adalengeza koyamba kulowa kwa Wii console pamsonkhano wa atolankhani wa 2004 E3 dongosolo ndipo pambuyo pake adawulula mu 2005 E3. Chombocho chidadziwika ndi dzina la ‘Revolution’ mpaka pa Epulo 27, 2006. Koma pambuyo pake, idasinthidwa kukhala Wii. Imeneyi inali Nintendo yoyamba kugulitsa nyumba yomwe idagulitsidwa kunja kwa Japan. Nintendo adalengeza kukhazikitsidwa kwa kontrakitala pa Seputembara 14, 2006. Kampaniyo idalengeza kuti zambiri zomwe zidatumizidwa mu 2006 ziperekedwa ku America, pomwe maudindo 33 adzapezeka pazenera la 2006. Nintendo adalengezanso kutulutsa kwa console ku South Korea koyambirira kwa 2008.
Chiyambireni kukhazikitsidwa, Nintendo Wii idalemba kukwera kwakukulu pamalonda ogulitsira omwe akupikisana nawo padziko lonse lapansi pamwezi. Malinga ndi NPD Group, Nintendo Wii idagulitsa mayunitsi ambiri ku North America kuposa xbox 360 ndi PlayStation 3 kuphatikiza mgawo loyamba la 2007, yomwe inali mbiri m’mbiri ya console. Nintendo imasangalalanso pamsika waukulu ku msika waku Japan, komwe ikutsogolera kugulitsa kwathunthu, popeza idagulitsa zotonthoza zonse ndi 2: 1 mpaka 6: 1 pafupifupi sabata iliyonse kuyambira kukhazikitsidwa kwake mpaka Novembala 2007. Kugulitsa kwa Nintendo Wii ku Australia idapanganso mbiri yakale popitilira omwe akupikisana nawo.