Wikitroid:Featured article queue/Month 06, 2009

The Wii, codenamed "Revolution" during production, is the seventh generation gaming console developed by Nintendo. It is the smallest Nintendo console to date. The Wii's disc slot reads both the new 12 cm Wii discs but is also backwards compatible with GameCube games. Older games are available through the shop channel with Wii points, each roughly equal to one penny, by direct download. NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, and TurboGrafx games can all be downloaded for a set amount of points each. The controller, officially named the Wii Remote but dubbed the "Wiimote" by fans, is shaped similarly to a TV remote with built in accelerometers whose movements are received by a Sensor Bar placed on the TV. There is an expansion port for added controls including the Nunchuk, the Classic Controller, and Zapper, with new expansions being developed.

The system was designed primarily to snag typical non-gamer demographics. Ease of control, affordable price, and more widely appealing games were priorities to expand the player base. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata himself has said "We're not thinking about fighting Sony, but about how many people we can get to play games. The thing we're thinking about most is not portable systems, consoles, and so-forth, but that we want to get new people playing games."

Currently there are three full-fledged Metroid games for the Wii (in addition to two older games available through Virtual Console), but Samus makes an appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl in both her Varia Suit and her Zero Suit form, as well.