Wii

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The Nintendo Wii's official render.

The Wii is a Nintendo console that was released on November 19, 2006 along with Wii Sports, the game it comes with for $250.00. The Wii came with 30 titles at it's launch, none by Nintendo. Before the official name was announced on April 27, it was codenamed Revolution. The Wii is also be able to play GameCube games.

Mario Games

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The Wii logo.

None of these games were available at launch. Super Mario Galaxy will be the first Mario game and will launch in the first 6 months of the Wii's launch. WarioWare: Smooth Moves will follow in the first two months of the Wii's release. The other release dates are unknown yet all will probably appear in 2007.

In addition to being backwards-compartible with GameCube games, the Wii also posesses a Virtual Console, alowing players to download classic games from the Nintendo 64 era and before to play on the Wii. Each downloaded game costs between $5 and $10 USD.

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