Wii

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Wii

Release Date	🇺🇸 NA: November 19th, 2006 🇯🇵 JPN: December 2nd, 2006 🇦🇺 AUS: December 7th, 2006 🇪🇺 EU: December 8th, 2006

Status	Discontinued

Manufacturer

Type	Home Console

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“Wii would like to play.”

–Official Nintendo Wii slogan

The Wii is a home video game console developed by Nintendo, notable for it's inclusion of motion controls via the controller, known as the Wii Remote or Wiimote. It first released in 2006 and went on to become the best-selling home console of the seventh generation, despite being the least powerful. Just one Drawn to Life game ever released for it, which was criticized for the use of the Wiimote's IR pointer to draw, but was praised in other aspects. The system would be succeeded by the Wii U in 2012, and eventually discontinued the following year - although the system's immense popularity meant it didn't receive it's last game until July 2020.

Notable Games


Game	Developer	Publisher	Release Date
Wii Sports	Nintendo EAD		Nov. 19, 2006
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Nintendo EAD		Nov. 19, 2006
			Oct. 23, 2007
Super Mario Galaxy	Nintendo EAD		Nov. 1, 2007
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Sora Ltd.		Jan. 31, 2008
Mario Kart Wii	Nintendo EAD		Apr. 10, 2008
Punch-Out!!	Next Level Games		May 18, 2009
Wii Sports Resort	Nintendo EAD		Jun. 25, 2009
			Oct. 8, 2009
			Oct. 26, 2009
Super Mario Galaxy 2	Nintendo EAD		May 23, 2010
Xenoblade Chronicles	Monolith Soft		Jun. 10, 2010
			Nov. 14, 2010
			Nov. 14, 2010
	/		Apr. 12, 2011
Rhythm Heaven Fever	Nintendo SPD TNX		Jul. 21, 2011
Kirby's Return to Dream Land	HAL Laboratory		Oct. 24, 2011
Kirby's Dream Collection	HAL Laboratory		Jul. 19, 2012
Shakedown: Hawaii	Vblank Entertainment	Vblank Entertainment	Oct. 26, 2009

Trivia

The uDraw GameTablet was initially created after the release of Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii), after THQ staff observed the difficulty of the Wiimote's drawing controls.
- It was also intended for more licensed Drawn to Life series games in the vein of Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition^[1], but no other games in that caliber were ever developed.
All three variations of the Wii are compatible with Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii).
With only one entry under it's belt, the Wii is among the systems with the least amount of Drawn to Life games.

Media

The original Wii model.
The Wii Family Edition.
The Wii Mini.

Initial concept art of the uDraw GameTablet by Daniel McGuffey, titled Drawn to Life Pal during development.
Updated mockup of the Drawn to Life Pal, with a closer resemblence to the final uDraw GameTablet design.
The uDraw GameTablet, released in 2010.
The upgraded uDraw, released in 2011.