I think this is no longer new to you! But I just wanna make an article about this game console.

Nintendo Co. Ltd. sold of its new Wii video game console in the United States more than twice the number of PlayStation 3 sold by Sony Corp. Nintendo Wii costs half as much as the latter. Many gamers lined up at retailers hours to ensure they were among the first to get!

The console was Nintendo’s smallest home unit yet, measuring 44 mm wide, 157 mm tall, and 215.4 mm deep. And it can be placed either horizontally or vertically. Wii console features wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device. The remote can detect motion and rotation in three dimensions. It allows users to control the game using physical gestures as well as traditional button presses. It also features WiiConnect24 which enables to receive messages and updates over the Internet. The console is backward compatible with all Nintendo GameCube software and GameCube peripherals.

What’s in its name? Don’t you know that it is first named as Revolution? However, revolution is not ideal because it is long, and in some countries, it maybe hard to pronounce. How Wii was created? The word Wii sounds like “we”’, which means that the console is for everyone. It can easily be remembered by people all around the world. Furthermore, “Wii” spells with two “i”s to connote a figure of players gathering together. What’s important is that Wii is short, easy to pronounce, and unique. There are ads slogan that has been posted in the US such as “Wii would like to play” and “Experience a new way to play”.

The console was awarded with the Grand Award Winner in Home Entertainment this month, December.