Nintendo Wii Console (Black) with Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus Controller (Wii)

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The Wii was marketed to promote a healthy lifestyle via physical activity. It has been used in physical rehabilitation, and its health effects have been studied for several conditions. [251] [252] The most studied uses of Wii for rehabilitation therapy are for stroke, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, [251] [253] [254] and for balance training. [252] [255] [256] [257] The potential for adverse effects from video game rehabilitation therapy (for example, from falls) has not been well studied as of 2016. [251] The Wii [g] ( / ˈ w iː/ WEE) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, following the GameCube and is a seventh-generation console alongside Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.The Wii repositioned Nintendo as a key player in the video game console marketplace. The introduction of motion-controlled games via the Wii Remote led both Microsoft and Sony to develop their own competing products—the Kinect and PlayStation Move, respectively. Nintendo found that, while the Wii had broadened the demographics that they wanted, the core gamer audience had shunned the Wii. The Wii's successor, the Wii U, sought to recapture the core gamer market with additional features atop the Wii. The Wii U was released in 2012, and Nintendo continued to sell both units through the following year. The Wii was formally discontinued in October 2013, though Nintendo continued to produce and market the Wii Mini through 2017, and offered a subset of the Wii's online services through 2019. Fingas, Jon (October 20, 2013). "Nintendo stops selling Wii consoles in Japan". Engadget. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013 . Retrieved October 20, 2013. Nintendo introduces Wii Mini that's all about games". Nintendo of Canada. November 22, 2012. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018 . Retrieved November 27, 2012.

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