What Have Wii Here? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Nintendo DS

Nintendo originally made the Wii to look like the "Nintendo DS" system but there were afraid that if the "Nintendo DS" flopped they would have to go back to the drawing board so they changed it to what it now looks like. The system was revealed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2005 and was released in 2006.

Answer: Revolution

The console was codenamed Revolution until just before the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2006 when it was given the name Wii. The Nintendo company says the name is Wii, not Nintendo Wii, making it the first Nintendo game system released outside of Japan to not have Nintendo before the console name since the SNES system.

It was given the name Wii with the two Is resembling two people playing together. It also sounds like 'we' so as to say that the system is for everyone.

Answer: Wiis

When asked what the plural of Wii was, the Nintendo company said it is Wii consoles or Wii systems. Many people pluralize Wii saying "iis but, according to the Nintendo company that is incorrect.

Answer: White

It was released in white but they came out with black Wii consoles in 2009 overseas and 2010 in the US. Black Wii consoles were the most popular in the US when they were released in 2010.

Answer: Wii Sports

When the Wii originally released in the US it came with a remote and jacket, and "Wii Sports". Now there are other combinations that include other things such as "Wii Sports Resort" and a Nunchuk, a device that plugs into the Wii remote that allows you to play games such as Boxing on "Wii Sports" and Cycling on "Wii Sports Resort".

Answer: Ping Pong

The "Wii Sports" disk has the games Golf, Baseball, Bowling, Tennis and Boxing. It also has "Wii fitness" which allows you to practice things like hitting home runs on baseball, spin control on bowling, stuff like that. It then calculates your age depending on how good you played each game. If you played the game really well you'd get a lower age. If you didn't play the games very well you'd get a higher age.

Answer: Ear size

Mii characters don't have ears. You can change your height, weight, eyes, mouth, nose, hair color and style, and skin color. You can add facial hair to your Mii character. When you select your favorite color, your shirt becomes that color. You can add glasses to your character, you can give the character whatever name you like. You just can't add ears.

Answer: Floater

On the Wii remote the are different button which when you push them they throw different pitches. When you hold down A you throw a screwball, when you hold down B you throw a curve ball, when you hold down both A and B you throw a Splitter and when you don't hold down any buttons you throw a fast ball.

Answer: Baseball

In bowling and golf the players may alternate using the same remote even for both players. In baseball one player is pitching while the other player is hitting so it requires two remotes.

Answer: Archery

All the games on the "Wii Sports Resort" disk require the Wii Motion Plus accessory. Only certain games like cycling, archery and wakeboarding require the Nunchuk.