View source for Wii

{{ConsoleBob
| | logo=Wii logo.svg|150px]]
| consoleimage=NintendoRevolution.jpg
| imgwidth=320px
| name=
| maker=[[Nintendo]]
| variants=
| add-ons=
| releases={{releasesWii
| wii_date_us=2006-11-19
| wii_rrp_us=249.99
| wii_date_jp=2006-12-02
| wii_date_au=2006-12-07
| wii_date_eu=2006-12-08
| wii_rrp_uk=179
| wii_date_kr=2008-04-26
| wii_date_tw=2008-07-12
| wii_date_hk=2009-12-12
}}
}}
The '''Wii''' (pronounced "we"), codenamed '''Revolution''', is a video game console created by [[Nintendo]] as the successor to the [[Nintendo GameCube]] in 2006. It competed in the seventh generation of home video game consoles, in which, due to a radical shift in marketing strategy by Nintendo, it came to dominate, selling almost 100 million units worldwide. The Wii was succeeded by the [[Wii U]] in late 2012.

==Overview==
Rather than opt for the traditional tactic of creating a system significantly more powerful to its predecessor, Nintendo designed the Wii to capitalise on what it thought would be the future of gaming - new and innovative ways to play paired alongside a marketing strategy which targeted who Nintendo deemed as "non-gamers". The result was a system not too dissimilar from the GameCube, but instead utilised motion control - Wii Remotes, which not only responded to button presses like traditional controllers, but could be moved and rotated by the player in the real world, creating an effect on-screen.

Nintendo put its innovative controller ahead of traditional aspects such as graphics and processing power, creating a system capable of playing a very different selection of video games than its rivals. It was seen as a major shift in strategy which was also mirrored to some extent by the already available [[Nintendo DS]] handheld, and Nintendo worked this concept to a great extent, capitalising on similar extensions such as the Wii Balance Board and Wii Motion Plus. Third-parties also got on board in the early years trying to persue a similar strategy, and from Nintendo's perspective it paid off, creating one of the most successful home consoles in history.

However, by 2010 much of the novelty had worn off - those in favour of traditional console gaming experiences migrating over to the [[Xbox 360]] or [[PlayStation 3]] to capitalise on the superior technology on offer. Third-party developers saw their games suffer on the Wii, with only first-party Nintendo games being seen to utilise the technology in meaningful ways. As a result, although more Wii consoles outsold the competition for much of the generation, software attachment rates were low, and many third-party publishers abandoned the system entirely. Later models stripped away GameCube backwards compatibility, and slowing sales caused Nintendo to develop and release a successor, the Wii U, built to regain the support the company had lost.

==Sega support==
Like many publishers, [[Sega]] was optimistic with the Wii when it first launched, and the vastly differing specifications to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 led to the creation of many Wii exclusive games. ''[[Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz]]'' was a launch title for the console, and was followed by titles such as ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'', ''[[Samba de Amigo (Wii)|Samba de Amigo]]'' and ''[[NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams]]''. Sega also published games attempting to appeal to more traditonal gamers such as ''[[The House of the Dead: Overkill]]'' and in the west, the controversial ''[[MadWorld]]''. It also published [[High Voltage Software]]'s ''[[The Conduit]]'', expected to be a top FPS for the system.

Though initially enthusiastic about the Wii, by 2010 Sega were merely releasing multi-platform games and niche titles such as ''[[Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns]]'', axing support entirely by the end of 2011. It is assumed, much like other third-parties, that Sega's titles did not sell particularly well on the console, with output instead being directed at the Wii's rivals with the expectation of generating more profit.

Sega was a major supporter of the Wii's [[Virtual Console]] service, allowing the system to play downloadable [[Sega Mega Drive]] and [[Sega Master System]] games, as well as a small selection of arcade games. Support for this service also began to deteriorate after 2010, although this may have simply been down to a lack of games to re-release at this point.

==List of Sega games for the Wii==
{{BulletPointGameList|Wii}}

===By region===
*[[List of Wii games in Australia]]
*[[List of Wii games in Brazil]]
*[[List of Wii games in Canada]]
*[[List of Wii games in France]]
*[[List of Wii games in Germany]]
*[[List of Wii games in Hong Kong]]
*[[List of Wii games in Italy]]
*[[List of Wii games in Japan]]
*[[List of Wii games in Mexico]]
*[[List of Wii games in Russia]]
*[[List of Wii games in South Korea]]
*[[List of Wii games in Spain]]
*[[List of Wii games in Taiwan]]
*[[List of Wii games in the United Kingdom]]
*[[List of Wii games in the United States]]

==Promotional material==
<gallery>
NintendoE32006ArtworkCD Wii take 0501.jpg
NintendoE32006ArtworkCD Wii 2discs 0501.jpg
Wii-mini1.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
<references />

{{NonSegaConsoles}}