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The '''{{wp|Wii}}''' is a home video game console created by [[Nintendo]] as the successor to the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America for $249.99. It was then released in Japan on December 2, 2006; Oceania on December 7, 2006; and Europe on December 8, 2006. This is one of three Nintendo game consoles sold in {{wp|North America}} before {{wp|Japan}}, the others being the original [[Nintendo DS]] and the [[Wii U]]. Before the Wii's final name was announced on April 27, 2006, the console was codenamed "Revolution."

The system had integrated [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] functionality, enabling players to interact with other players around the world while playing certain games, such as ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.

In 2012, the Wii was succeeded by the [[Wii U]], which can still play Wii games and utilizes controllers with backwards compatibility.

===Wii Family Edition===

[[File:New-Wiimodel.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Wii Family Edition]]

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In ''Super Mario Galaxy'', the [[Mailtoad]] will send images to the Wii Message Board if both [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] talk to him in the mission [[The Star Festival]].

==Wii Channels related to ''Super Mario''==

[[File:Wii Systemmenu.png|thumb|250px|The Wii Menu, up to August 2007]]

The Wii is Nintendo's first home console with a wide variety of built-in software. '''Wii Channels''' are channels accessible from the Wii Menu. There are four pages of channels; each page can hold twelve channels, meaning there can be in total 48 channels in a typical Wii Menu. The channels can be moved around on the Wii Menu by holding {{button|wii|A}} + {{button|wii|B}} and dragging them.

===Disc Channel===

The Disc Channel is the channel in which game discs are loaded and played. It is the first channel on the menu and cannot be moved. It displays a preview icon of the game currently inside the disc slot and plays a unique jingle when selected; if a [[Nintendo GameCube]] game is in the slot, it does not have a preview and only displays the Nintendo GameCube logo and plays the default GameCube startup jingle when selected. When a disc is loading, as seen in the picture, the Nintendo GameCube and Wii discs are shown spinning, and whichever disc type that was inserted will lower into an opening denoting a disc reader.

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===Photo Channel===

[[File:PhotoChannel.jpg|thumb|The Photo Channel]]

The Photo Channel allows the user to save, view, and apply various effects to photos and videos from either an {{wp|SD card}} or the Wii Message Board. Effects include doodling, stamping, and altering brightness settings. Photos can also be turned into sliding puzzles. When the game ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' is beaten, the player is given the choice whether or not to send the winning photo to the Message Board. There are several other games that behave like this such as ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.

===Wii Shop Channel===

The Wii Shop Channel was a virtual shopping network where users could purchase and download [[WiiWare]] and [[Virtual Console]] games in exchange for the required amount of Wii Points. The Virtual Console allowed players to download games that were originally released on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], and [[Nintendo 64]], and play them on their Wii console. They could also buy special games called [[WiiWare]] which can be purchased only on the Wii Shop Channel itself. Rather than using money to directly buy the games, a credit currency called [[Virtual Console#Wii Points|Wii Points]] is used. Wii Points can be earned by either purchasing them with a credit card or redeeming a Wii Point Card. Other free-of-charge channels, such as the Nintendo Channel and Internet Channel, were also available for download at the Wii Shop Channel.

===Forecast Channel===

[[File:ForecastChannel.jpg|thumb|The Forecast Channel]]

The Forecast Channel was added on December 19, 2006, about one month after the console itself was released. The channel preview displayed the local weather of where the user is located. Some games, including ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', have an option that allowed the game to draw information from the Forecast Channel and use that weather as the weather conditions in the game.

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==Peripherals==

===Wii Remote===

[[File:wiimote.jpg|thumb|150px|The Wii Remote (right). The standard controller for playing Wii games, along with the Nunchuk Attachment.]]

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===Nunchuk===

[[File:Black Nunchuk.jpg|150px|thumb|A Black Nunchuk]]

The '''Nunchuk''' is the main attachment to the Wii Remote. Upon buying a Wii, one Wii Remote and one Nunchuk are included. It consists of two buttons ({{button|wii|C}} and {{button|wii|Z}}) along with an analog stick ({{button|wii|Stick}}). Like the Wii Remote, the Nunchuk also includes motion sensors. It is named as such because of the similarity in appearance to {{wp|nunchaku}} when being used together with the Wii Remote.

===Classic Controller===

[[File:wiiclassic.jpg|thumb|The Classic Controller, used for playing classic [[Nintendo]] games on the Wii]]

Just as the [[Nintendo GameCube]] was codenamed Dolphin and the Wii was codenamed Revolution, the Classic Controller was codenamed '''Shell'''.<ref>Gibson, Ellie (September 19, 2005). [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_jimmerrick_revcon Jim Merrick Takes Control]. ''Eurogamer''. Retrieved March 4, 2020.</ref>

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====Classic Controller Pro====

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===Wii Balance Board===

[[File:BalanceBoard.jpg|thumb|left|The Wii Balance Board]]

[[File:Black Wii Balance Board.jpg|thumb|A Black Wii Balance Board]]

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===Nintendo GameCube Controller===

The [[Nintendo GameCube#Nintendo GameCube Controller|Nintendo GameCube Controller]] can also be used for certain games such as ''Mario Kart Wii'' and Virtual Console games, and as an alternative to the Wii Classic Controller (and the Pro version).

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