Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Wii

Wii

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 19, 2021 by Gog the Mild (talk) 17:18, 15 October 2021 (UTC)



The Wii is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. The fifth major home console released by the company, it is the successor to the GameCube and was released on November 19, 2006. Although a competitor in the seventh generation of video game consoles, the Wii aimed to appeal to a larger and broader target demographic, directing towards the "casual" market rather than the "core" audience. Features of the console include a controller that can be pointed at the screen to function as a pointing device, Wi-Fi connection via WiiConnect24, and easy-to-navigate software. The console was formally revealed at E3 2005 by Satoru Iwata under the code name "Revolution". Other variants, such as the Wii Mini, were also released. The console won numerous awards and was praised for its broad audience simplicity with some criticism for hardware limitations. By 2016, the Wii had sold over 100 million consoles internationally and was followed by the Wii U in 2012.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Sonic the Hedgehog, but soon to be Accolade (company).
 * Main editors:, (retired), , , , , , , ; the top ten editors after the FAR
 * Promoted: March 16, 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: Reworked, expanded, and improved in FAR here. Not only also a level 5 vital article, it's also coming towards its 15 year anniversary. Evan Amos was also amazing enough to make such a shnazzy image of the console since its last TFA. Panini! 🥪 13:17, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. Panini! 🥪 13:17, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support we can't not have this on the page Great Mercian (talk) 07:29, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Gog the Mild (talk) 23:22, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Keres🌑(talk • ctb) 19:16, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support; especially with the lovely header image. Thrakkx (talk) 23:30, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support - Always nice to see FAR saves of older articles on the main page again. Hog Farm Talk 15:23, 15 October 2021 (UTC)