To be fair, the Move system does differ from the Wii in some key ways.
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Both systems created great games and most would say ended up being better consoles than the Wii in the end.
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Nintendo disclosed in a brief statement today that it plans to launch a successor to the Wii in 2012.
While the company missed the initial tease of Wii in 2005, Electronic Arts joined Nintendo for the full unveiling in 2006.
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Although the corporate giant won't answer its phone and the big N refuses to comment on rumors, our pals over at Joystiq were able to confirm the lack of pre-planned demo space for the Wii in the Q4 store layouts.
Whether that's true or not, the Wii U already feels like a much more robust and fascinating idea, one that shows even more promise, in my opinion, than the Wii did in 2006.
At a special Wii U preview event in New York, Nintendo also unveiled Nintendo TVii, an application that will let Wii U owners in the United States and Canada find, watch and engage with their favorite video entertainment in fun new ways.
Throw the Wii Mini in the mix, and things get even more muddled for the non-gamer gift shopper.
Wii, in short, was revolutionary and both Sony and Microsoft had to react.
Wii sales in the United States now outstrip the combination of Sony 's Playstation 3 and Microsoft 's XBox 360.
People who have already downloaded these games to their Wii System can transfer them to their Wii U consoles and play them in Wii Mode at no charge.
Indeed, it plays as though it were built with the Wii U in mind, even if it was merely providence that a console so well-suited to this game should come about.
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As you'll see in our gallery, length is the least of the Wii U's changes: in the Wii U, Nintendo added two more USB 2.0 ports up front and rounded out its hard right angles, for starters.
Wii sales in the United States now outstrip the combination of Sony 's (nyse: SNE - news - people ) Playstation 3 and Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) XBox 360.
Accelerometers are used in cars to detect when to inflate an airbag, in devices like the Nintendo Wii controller and in Apple laptops to detect if the computer is being dropped.
It's a great value for first-time Wii owners who just want to jump in and experience all the great Wii games that helped usher in a revolution in motion-controlled gaming.
Wii UK's YouTube vid (see continued) buyers seemed to be in high spirits at the Wii main launch event at the Oxford Street HMV retailer in London, where crowds were regaled as former English footballer Ian Wright (left) took on boxing champion Ricky Hatton (right) in a quick bout at Wii Boxing. (Wright was victorious, if you must know).
Interest in the Wii is waning, and in Japan only 6, 336 units were sold last week, a 45% drop off from the week before.
Think of that computer chip in your Wii or iPad that goes through as many thoughts in a second as you will have heartbeats in your entire life.
Check out some of the Wii U games in action in the videos throughout this post.
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It also followed my advice to bundle in Wii Sports with the console.
All footage was actually from Xbox 360 and PS3 titles, and not actual Wii-U in game footage.
Pachter believes Nintendo will have only 1.2 to 1.5 million Wii U consoles in the U.S. for this year.
It wasn't long before we were completely immersed in Wii Tennis.
Global unit sales for FY 2013 for the Wii U clocked in at 3.45 million, with 13.42 million units of software sold for the new console.
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The Wii U Pro Controller is compatible with many games on Wii U. In ZombiU, it can be used by another player for local multiplayer matchups.
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When Wii U launches in the Americas on Nov. 18, 23 games from Nintendo and its third-party publishing partners will be ready to play as well.
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Interestingly, while the Wii is winning in hardware sales, Xbox Live is winning on the network side in terms of connectivity and number of downloads, said Daglow.
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Another possibility being looked at is to put accelerometers into football helmets (the same nifty little chips that fuel the motion-sensitive controllers in Wii video game consoles).
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