| The Nintendo Wii includes one wireless
Wii Remote controller, one Nunchuk controller and the groundbreaking
collection of five different Wii Sports games on one disc (tennis, golf,
baseball, bowling and boxing), which anyone can play using simple
movements, experienced or not.
Wii is creating worldwide excitement
with its unique control system, an inventive, first-of-its-kind
controller whose position can be detected in a 3-D space. The new
controller allows users to pinpoint targets in games or move through the
Wii Channel Menu with precision and ease. This intuitive control system
will be understood immediately by everyone, regardless of their previous
experience with video games. With this one small controller, Wii makes
games both easier and more intense than anything previously experienced.
For example, in the Wii Sports tennis game, players swing the Wii Remote
like a racket to hit the ball, as in real life. They can add topspin or
slice the ball just by angling their hands and wrist like they would in
a real match.
Overview:
- Design: Featuring a compact design
that makes it a natural addition to any television setup, the Wii
console is white in color and can be displayed either vertically or
horizontally
- Size: About 8.5 inches long, 6
inches wide and less than 2 inches thick (roughly the size of 3 DVD
cases stacked on top of each other)
- Network: The Wii console
communicates wirelessly with the Internet via IEEE 802.11 or a USB
2.0 LAN adaptor. Wii also can connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS.
- GameCube Compatibility: The Wii is
backward-compatible to all Nintendo GameCube games and includes four
ports for controllers and two slots for memory cards
- CPU: PowerPC CPU (code-named
Broadway), made with a 90nm SOI CMOS process, jointly developed with
and manufactured by IBM; GPU developed with ATI
- Media: A single self-loading media
bay plays single- or double-layered 12-cm optical discs for the Wii
console, as well as 8-cm Nintendo GameCube discs
- Input: four Wii Remote controllers
can communicate with Wii, which features a bay for an SD memory card
- Output: an AV Multi-output port
for component, composite or S-video
- WiiConnect24: The Wii console can
communicate with the Internet even when the power is turned off. The
WiiConnect24 service delivers a new surprise or game update, even if
the system is idle. Users can connect wirelessly using IEEE 802.11
or a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor.
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