Nintendo Wii released on december 8th 2006 was a highly anticipated game console for three reasons 1.The brand new style of controller that nintendo was offering 2. The first affordable 3rd gen cansole 3. You would be able to download any game made by nintendo from the origional nintendo up to the nintendo 64. of course just like all of the other third gen consoles it sold out in the first day of it's debut.
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