Established in 1889, Nintendo is the oldest video game company in the world. As technology develops, the company made innovations. Starting from electronic games to digital games, until finally, Nintendo become one of the biggest video game companies in the world.

In the 80s and 90s, Nintendo once conquered the gaming industry with its consoles, NES and SNES. But since Sony with PlayStation appeared, Nintendo had a hard time competing. One of Nintendo’s biggest success in the console generation was beating Microsoft with Xbox 360 and Sony with PlayStation 3 with a console of its own called Wii.

The fifth-gen console from Nintendo has several facts that you may not know yet. What are they? Find out below.

1. The Smallest Console

Nintendo Wii was the smallest console at that time. Released last 2006, Nintendo Wii has smaller dimension than PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Wii has a thickness of 215,4mm, a width of 157mm, a height of 44mm, and weighing only 1,2kg. 

2. The Best-Selling Console

Nintendo Wii rolled out to the market with a bang by asking the gamers to play games in a unique fashion. With close to 102 million units sold, Nintendo Wii successfully breaks the limit of a console. Wii placed sixth in the list of the best-selling consoles.

3. Can Surf the Internet

Nintendo Wii is the first console to introduce wireless controller. Wii Remote is unique compared to its competitors. Because it no longer uses a cable, Wii Remote uses Bluetooth connectivity to be connected to the console. Wii Remote is one of Nintendo Wii’s selling points with its small size and reasonable price, compared to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controller.

4. The First Wireless Console

Nintendo Wii is the first console to introduce wireless controller. Wii Remote is unique compared to its competitors. Because it no longer uses a cable, Wii Remote uses Bluetooth connectivity to be connected to the console. Wii Remote is one of Nintendo Wii’s selling points with its small size and reasonable price, compared to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controller.

5. Advanced Wii Remote

Wii Remote is the first controller with a sensor and can respond to where it’s located within a physical three-dimension room in front of a TV. the sensor can accurately detect movement. This is one of the innovations in the successor of Nintendo GameCube. And not reapplied in the JoyCon of Switch.

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6. Has Backward Compatibility

Nintendo Wii was designed an advanced technology but still has backward compatibility to play Nintendo consoles and SEGA consoles such as NES, Genesis, GameCube, Nintendo 64, SNES, dan TurboGarfx-16. The backward compatibility with GameCube requires an 8cm CD slot like it was commonly used in a GameCube. With other consoles can be done virtually.

7. Many Additional Accessories

Because of the popularity of the Nintendo Wii console, dozens of companies - or people who are quite proficient - created complementary accessories, from controllers, gloves, to chargers for Wii remote batteries. But some of the most prominent accessories, including; Wii Zapper, Wii Nunchuk and Wii Sensor Bar.

8. Not Popular in Indonesia

Although it’s crowned as one of the best-selling consoles in the world, Nintendo Wii isn’t as popular as PlayStation2 at that time. Even if Nintendo was famous for NES and SNES. because of several reasons such as distribution and sales, Nintendo Wii isn’t as popular as the competitors. Especially when PlayStation2 rose to fame since a lot of people started a PlayStation rent.

9.  The Number of Games

There are a lot of famous games that you can play on Nintendo Wii, few of them are  Dragon Quest, Harvest Moon, Dragon Ball, and even classic Nintendo games such as Zelda, Mario Bros, and many more. The number of games available on the Wii is similar to Xbox 360.

10. Efficient Power Usage

According to EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), the power usage of the Nintendo Wii is 6x times lesser than Sony PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. Wii uses 40 watts to run a number of a games. This is passed on to the hybrid console, Nintendo Switch that only uses 10-18 watts. 

That’s the list of interesting facts about Nintendo Wii. Do you still own this Nintendo Console? Keep up with Dunia Games fore more information about games.

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