The Wii's successor 'Wii U' was released on November 18, 2012. The Wii succeeded the Nintendo GameCube and the early models are also fully backward compatible with all GameCube games and most accessories although in late 2011, a new configured model was released by Nintendo-'the Wii Family Edition' which lacks Nintendo GameCube compatibility. It competes well with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3.
The Wii is a seventh generation video game console which was released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006.