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The Wii ( ) is a developed and marketed by . It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, following the and is a alongside 's and 's .
In developing the Wii, Nintendo president directed the company to avoid competing with Microsoft and Sony on computational graphics and power and instead to target a broader demographic of players through novel gameplay. Game designers and led the console's development under the codename Revolution. The primary controller for the Wii is the , a wireless controller with both and traditional controls which can be used as a towards the television screen or for . The Wii was the first Nintendo console to directly support connectivity, supporting both online games and for of games and media applications through the . The Wii also supports wireless connectivity with the for selected games. Initial Wii models included full support for the GameCube. Later in its lifecycle, two lower-cost Wii models were produced: a revised model with the same design as the original Wii but removed the GameCube compatibility features and the Wii Mini, a compact, budget redesign of the Wii which further removed features including online connectivity and storage.
Because of Nintendo's reduced focus on computational power, the Wii and its games were less expensive to produce than its competitors. The Wii was extremely popular at launch, causing the system to be in short supply in some markets. A bundled game, , was considered the for the console; other flagship games included entries in the , , , and series. Within a year of launch, the Wii became the bestselling seventh-generation console, and by 2013, had surpassed over 100 million units sold. Total lifetime sales of the Wii had reached over 101 million units, making it Nintendo's bestselling home console until it was surpassed by the in 2021. As of 2022, the Wii is the .
