14 million. That’s the number of Wiis that have been sold in the 12 months since the console, formerly known as The Revolution, launched in November 2006. It became the fastest selling console in history and even managed to put a decent margin between itself and the Xbox 360, which already had a year’s head start. Nintendo couldn’t be happier with its success; the console which inspired countless jokes about its name and had been panned by critics for being underpowered has blown through all expectations placed on it. While the games have been less than stellar with a slew third-party titles of questionable quality, the first-party games — games released by Nintendo itself — have been monstrous hits. Games like “Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess” and the recently-released “Super Mario Galaxy” have been among the highest rated, most anticipated games of all time. But is the Wii running out of steam or is it just getting started?

It only makes sense that as games get larger and more dynamic that console developers would want to take advantage of having on-board storage. The Xbox set a precedent by making a hard drive a standard component at a time when such a device was a questionable extravagance. In those days, there was [...]

On October 1, Nintendo announced the Wii Remote Jacket — a durable, non-slip cover for the Wii Remote made of silicone and designed to provide a number of benefits to the player. Most notably, the benefit of not accidentally throwing the controller through your television screen. Although, I guess, if you really wanted to, you still could. There’s nothing to prevent you from doing it on purpose….