INintendo Wii-Zonke iiNdaba malunga nayo
I-Wii entsha yikhonsoli yesihlanu yemidlalo yasekhaya evela kwiNintendo. Esi sixhobo sokudlala singumlandeli othe ngqo kwiNintendo GameCube kwaye sijolise kubalo ngokubanzi kunolo lwe-Xbox 360 nguMicrosoft kunye nePlayStation3 nguSony. ikhonsoli yomdlalo iza nenqaku lokwahlulahlula isilawuli ngaphandle kwamacingo, i-Wii Remote, enokusetyenziswa njengesixhobo esalatha ngesandla kwaye ikwazi ukubona ukukhawulezisa kwimilinganiselo emithathu. Elinye inqaku yi-WiiConnect24, eyenza ukuba ikwazi ukufumana imiyalezo kunye nohlaziyo kwi-intanethi kwimo yokulinda.
INintendo iqale yabhengeza ukungena kwekhonsoli ye-Wii kwinkomfa yemithombo yeendaba ngo-2004 ye-E3 kwaye emva koko yayityhila ngo-2005 E3. Ikhonsoli yaziwa ngegama lekhowudi le ‘Revolution’ de kwangoAprili 27, 2006. Kodwa kamva, yatshintshelwa kwiWii. Yayiyikhonsoli yokuqala yasekhaya iNintendo eyayithengise ngaphandle kweJapan. UNintendo wabhengeza ukumiliselwa kwekhonsoli ngoSeptemba 14, 2006. inkampani yabhengeza ukuba uninzi lwezinto ezithunyelwayo ngo-2006 ziya kwabelwa amazwe aseMelika, ngeli lixa izihloko ezingama-33 ziya kufumaneka kwi-2006. UNintendo ukwabhengeze ukukhutshwa kweconsole eMzantsi Korea ekuqaleni kuka-2008.
Ukusukela oko yasungulwa, iNintendo Wii irekhode ukunyuka okuphezulu kwintengiso yenyanga nganye yekhonsoli ebetha abo ikhuphisana nabo kwihlabathi liphela. Ngokweqela le-NPD, iNintendo Wii ithengise iiyunithi ezininzi eMntla Melika kune-Xbox 360 kunye ne-PlayStation 3 edityaniswe kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2007, eyayiyirekhodi kwimbali yekhonsoli yomdlalo. INintendo ikonwabela nesabelo esikhulu semakethi kwintengiso yaseJapan, apho ikhokelela kwintengiso iyonke, ithengise zombini izinto ezinje ngo-2: 1 ukuya ku-6: 1 phantse veki nganye ukusungulwa kwayo kude kube nguNovemba 2007. Ukuthengiswa kweNintendo Wii e-Australia ikwadale nembali ngokugqitha abo ikhuphisana nabo.