I LOVE THE NINTENDO WII!!!!!!!!!!!

_{The Nintendo Wii broke every rule the gaming industry thought it understood. While Sony and Microsoft fought over polygon counts and processing power, Nintendo released a console with last-generation graphics, a TV remote-shaped controller, and a name that made people giggle. It then outsold both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, moving 101.63 million units worldwide and bringing video games to demographics — seniors in nursing homes, families at holiday gatherings, fitness enthusiasts — that had never touched a controller before. [videogameconsolelibrary]}

im a huge fan of older consoles, especially ones that have had a big impact in my chiildhood; the nintendo wii is my favorite for this precise reason. it was released the year i was born, and as far as i remember my parents got it shortly after release. it was always a Thing In My House during my childhood bc of this-- and my brother and i made use of it a lot

since then, it's become a special interest of mine! i still own my old childhood wii and it's in my room-- my family usually uses the virtual wii on the wiiU to play wii games now bc im hogging the old one lol. i like to play occasionally on it when i have time, i like replaying the wii sonic games like colors and the sonic storybook series but my favorite is wii sports/resort of course!!

it's hard for me to be specific outside of childhood nostalgia, but i think what has kept me so attached to the wii as a concept is how much it felt like a 'place'; a home where your channels lived, all set up next to eachother for you to go through with your little wii pointer. part of the 'home' feeling is also because of the channels-- it wasn't exclusively just for games, there were channels like the weather and news channel that were completely utility, making it completely reasonable to boot up your wii just to check the weather that day. it also had fun online activities via the everybody votes channel and the check mii out channel, and it was fun to check these on a daily or weekly basis. japanese wiis could also have a food delivery channel, making it even more of an "everything device"!

to me, the wii remains the most unique console to date, going beyond the limit of simply being a games console and becoming something more-- it will always hold a special place in my heart!