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Nintendo, a former playing card company in Japan, burst onto the video game scene in the 1980s with its first console that found its way into millions of homes in the United States.

Their latest creation, the family-friendly Wii, took the 21st Century video game world by storm in December of 2006, becoming arguably the second biggest hit in the company’s history, behind its original machine. The Wii launched itself past Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox products to become the leader in the industry shortly after its introduction. With its backwards compatibility to play the previous Nintendo creation, the GameCube, the Nintendo Wii is one of the most highly sought after game systems in the world.

The Wii continues to delight players of all ages, as evidenced by videos on YouTube of players across all generations playing on the easy-to-learn console.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “wii”

• in Gaming
  Nintendo Announces Prices For Wii U, Preorders Sell Out
  Nintendo is back with the successor to the Wii the Wii U, which the gaming company announced more details of the new console last week during their preview event.
  by joshu27 / on Sep 20, 2012
• in Gaming
  Diablo III To Launch On May 15, Accepts Pre-Orders Now
  Super Hot Diablo III Game Is Coming!
  by joshner / on Mar 16, 2012
• in Gaming
  Is Steam Planning a New Video Gaming Platform?
  Valve is hinting that it will throw its hat into the the gaming system ring, and perhaps take on Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft.
  by dopodomani / on Mar 4, 2012

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