The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others. , the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, with more than 101 million units sold; in December 2009, the console broke the sales record for a single month in the United States. 

The Wii introduced the Wii Remote controller, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and which detects movement in three dimensions. Another notable feature of the console is the now defunct WiiConnect24, which enabled it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode. Like other seventh-generation consoles, it features a game download service, called "Virtual Console", which features emulated games from past systems. 

It succeeded the GameCube, and early models are fully backward-compatible with all GameCube games and most accessories. Nintendo first spoke of the console at the E3 2004 press conference and later unveiled it at E3 2005. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller at the September 2005 Tokyo Game Show. At E3 2006, the console won the first of several awards. By December 8, 2006, it had completed its launch in the four key markets. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was the name of the controller that the WII introduced?
2. What controller did the Wii come out with?
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Q2:
1. What gaming system did the Wii come after?
2. What came consule preceded the existence of the Wii?
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Q3:
1. When was the Wii released?
2. What was the day that the Wii came out?
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Q4:
1. How many units has the Wii sold worldwide?
2. How many Wii units have been sold across the globe?
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Q5:
1. Which company makes the Wii?
2. Who is responsible for production of the Wii?
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Q6:
1. When did Nintendo first speak about the Wii?
2. When was the first time that Nintendo brought up the Wii?
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Q7:
1. What is the generation of the Wii?
2. Which numbered generation is the Wii console?
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Q8:
1. What two other notable seventh generation consules did the Wii compete with?
2. What were the two other 7th gen consules that the Wii was in competition against?
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Q9:
1. What feature permits one to download and emulate games from older system?
2. Which feature lets a user download and simulate games from previous systems?
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Q10:
1. What did the Wii Connect24 permit users to do?
2. What were people able to do thanks to the Wii Connect24?
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Q11:
1. When did the prototype for the Wii come out?
2. When was a prototype version of the Wii created?
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