Technology in Entertainment: The Nintendo Wii

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Technology in Entertainment The Nintendo Wii
Ricky Cheung
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The Past

• Black-and-white television sets
• Old school games
• Atari
• Atari 2600
• Atari 5200
• PONG
• Other
• Donkey Kong
• Pac-Man

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PONG

• Black and white screen
• Two players (bars)
• A net
• A ball
• 2-D motion

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Wii Tennis

• Multi-color gameplay
• 2-4 Players
• A physical net
• 3-D motion

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The Present

• Color television
• Highly advanced consoles
• Playstation 3
• Xbox 360
• Nintendo Wii
• Bluetooth and Wireless remotes
• Interactive play over the internet

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Nintendo A Little History

• Incorporated in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi
• Original name Nintendo Koppai
• Started out in the playing card business
  (Hanafuda)
• Other business segments include taxi companies
  and love hotels
• Eventually branched into the video game industry
• Focused mainly on video games
• First video game was Computer Othello (1978)
• First mega-hit was Donkey Kong (1981)
• NES first system (1985)
• Follow-up systems
• Console - SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii
• Handheld Gameboy (and variations of), DS

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Head of the Pack

• The Wiimote
• Consists of the Wiimote and Nunchuk
• Three dimensional movement allowed by
  accelerometers and sensors
• Breakthrough in gaming technology

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Unique features

• Mii
• Personalize your character
• Use these characters in-game
• Others can visit your Mii via internet and
  leave messages

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Competition

• Direct competition consists of Sony PS3 and Xbox
  360
• Nintendo claims that they are not competing with
  Sony or Microsoft
• Were not thinking about fighting Sony, but
  about how many people we can get to play games.
  The thing we're thinking about most is not
  portable systems, consoles, and so-forth, but
  that we want to get new people playing games.
• The Wii is more than just a gaming console

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A Way of Life

• Wiiconnect24
• Six primary channels
• Disc Channel
• Mii Channel
• Photo Channel
• Wii Shop Channel
• Forecast Channel
• News Channel

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Wiiconnect24

• Updated through wireless internet connection
• Updates in-game weather via the Forecast Channel
• Madden 2007
• Download new levels and stages for games
• Konami Elebits
• E-mail, SMS, and text messages

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The Future

• The Wii opens up a new way to play
• New gaming systems will probably try to follow
  the Wiis success