INintendo Yamukela i-Wii
Iningi labadlali bamageyimu lingayazi njengeNintendo Revolution, kepha igama elisha yiWii (ebizwa ngokuthi ‘thina’). Kusukela ngo-Ephreli 27, ikhonsoli yomdlalo wevidiyo kaNintendo yesizukulwane sesikhombisa, ikhonsoli yabo yasekhaya yesihlanu, yaba ngumlandeli omusha weNintendo GameCube. I-Wii ihlukile nge-Wii Remote, noma i-‘Wii-mote ‘, engasetshenziswa njengedivayisi ekhomba ngesandla futhi ekutholeni ukunyakaza ngobukhulu obuthathu. isilawuli siqukethe isipikha nedivayisi ekhulayo enikeza impendulo yezinzwa.
Kusukela ngoJuni 2006, usuku oluqondile lokukhishwa lusazoqinisekiswa. Izitatimende zakamuva zikaNintendo ziqinisekisa ukuthi uNintendo uhlela ukukhipha i-Wii kwikota yesi-4 yowezi-2006. Kumazwe omhlaba, iNintendo inethemba lokuthi izokwethula umehluko ongekho ngaphezu kwezinyanga ezine phakathi kwezifunda zokuqala nezokugcina ezethula lolu hlelo. Engqungqutheleni kaJuni 2006 eJapan, kwathiwa usuku oluqondile lokukhishwa nentengo kuzomenyezelwa ngoSepthemba.
Kuqinisekisiwe ukuthi i-Wii ngeke ibize ngaphezu kwama- $ 250. Isikhulumi seNintendo sithe intengo ese-U. K. izohambisana nezintengo zaseJapan nezaseMelika. AbakwaNintendo banezinhloso zokuba namayunithi we-console angaba yizigidi eziyisithupha namayunithi we-software ayizigidi eziyi-17 ngoMashi 31, 2007.
I-Wii iyikhonsoli yomdlalo wasekhaya omncane kunayo yonke kaNintendo okwamanje, cishe ngosayizi wamacala amathathu we-DVD ajwayelekile ahlanganiswe ndawonye. Ikhonsoli iqinisekisiwe ukuthi inamandla okuma ngokuvundla noma ngokuvundlile. UNintendo uthe okunamathiselwe okuncane kungahlonyelwa ukudlala kwiDVD Video.
INintendo ikhombise i-Wii ngemibala ehlukahlukene: i-platinum, okuluhlaza okotshani, okumhlophe, okumnyama, okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokubomvu. Imibala yokugcina yekhonsoli isazomenyezelwa. Amasistimu akhonjiswe ku-E3 2006 nakuma-trailer ahlukile abonakala enezinguquko ezimbalwa kusuka ekwakhiweni kwasekuqaleni. INintendo ayigcinanga ngokufaka uphawu kuleli cala elifake ilogo ye-Wii kuphela, kepha i-disc loading slot iyakhuliswa kancane njengoba inkinobho yokusetha kabusha isuswa eceleni kwenkinobho yokukhipha iye kunkinobho yamandla. Isibani senkomba yamandla sisuswa eceleni kwenkinobho yamandla engaphakathi kwenkinobho. Imbobo yebha yenzwa, idivaysi esetshenziselwa ukuzwela okuthathu kwe-Wii Remote itholakala ngemuva kwekhonsoli. Leli chweba alibonanga kunoma iyiphi yezithombe zangaphambilini ze-Wii, kufaka phakathi izithombe eziku-Nintendo’s E3 media kit.
Ku-E3 2006, uNintendo umemezele i-WiiConnect24, isici seNintendo Wi-Fi Connection esizovumela umsebenzisi ukuthi aqhubeke nokuxhumeka kwi-Intanethi kumodi yokulinda. Amanye amathuba walesi sici esisha esishiwo e-E3 2006 afaka phakathi ukuvumela abangani ukuthi bavakashele isigodi somdlali emidlalweni efana ne-Animal Crossing, nokulanda izibuyekezo ezintsha zemidlalo ngenkathi ikumodi yokulinda. Kungenzeka futhi ukulanda amademo we-DS wokuphromotha usebenzisa i-WiiConnect24 bese kamuva uwudlulisela kuNintendo DS.
I-Wii izosekela ukuxhumana okungenantambo neNintendo DS. Kushiwo ukuthi uNintendo ubesakhipha imininingwane lapho izici ezisebenzisa lokhu kuxhuma zizotholakala emphakathini.