Wii Play launches Monday
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Wii Play launches on Feb 12, 2007. Check out Nintendo's interactive Wii Play website until then.
The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: [wiː]) is the fifth video game console released by Nintendo. The console was previously known by its project code name of Revolution, and is the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3,[7] but it competes with both as part of the seventh generation of gaming consoles.
A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and can detect motion and rotation in three dimensions. Another is WiiConnect24, which enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode.[8]
