Wii Family Edition

Wii Family Edition ウィー Wii

The White Wii Family Edition

Release dates Japan: N/A North America: October 23, 2011 Europe: November 4, 2011 Australia: November 11, 2011 South Korea: N/A China: N/A Hong Kong: N/A Taiwan: N/A

Technical specs Compatibility with 12cm Wii Game Discs 729 MHz "Broadway" IBM CPU 243 MHz "Hollywood" ATI GPU 88 MB total memory Full list below

Related information Console generation: Seventh generation Pokémon generations: I*, IV, V* Console type: Home Colors: White Blue Black* Red* Pink*

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The Wii Family Edition is a revision for the Wii. It was released in North America on October 23, 2011, in Europe on November 4, 2011, and in Australia on November 11, 2011; it has not been released in Japan, however.

It was discontinued worldwide on October 20, 2013.

Comparison to the original Wii

• The Wii Family Edition is incompatible with Nintendo GameCube games or hardware like the original model was.
• This model is designed to sit horizontally, rather than upright like the original model.

Technical specs

• Compatibility with 12cm Wii Game Discs
• 729 MHz "Broadway" IBM CPU
• 243 MHz "Hollywood" ATI GPU
• 88 MB total memory, 24 MB Mo-Sys 1T-SRAM, 324 MHz, 2,7 GB/s bandwidth
• 512 MB internal flash memory, for game, channel, and data saving
• SD memory card bay for expansion of save space. Initially, the system supported SD cards up to 2 GB; after the Wii System 4.0 update, the system supports SDHC cards up to 32 GB, but games released before the system update may not read SDHC cards.
• Supports GameCube memory cards (except Wii Family Edition and Wii mini)
• Two USB ports for expansion and/or networking capabilities

Pokémon games

On game discs

Most Wii games are released on the Wii's own 12cm discs. There are four known games that feature Pokémon.

Title	Genre	Release
Pokémon Battle Revolution	Battle simulation	2006
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Versus fighting	2008
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Action-adventure	2009
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond	Action-adventure	2012

WiiWare games

WiiWare

WiiWare games are special games downloadable via the Wii Shop Channel. Two Pokémon games have been released worldwide, and a third has been released only in Japan.

Title	Genre	Release	Cost
My Pokémon Ranch	Virtual life	2008	1000 Wii Points
Pokémon Rumble	Action RPG	2009	1500 Wii Points
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare)	Dungeon crawler	2009	1200 Wii Points

Virtual Console games

Virtual Console games are old games that were originally released on past consoles, and have now been re-released on the Wii Shop Channel. Like WiiWare games, they can be downloaded after being bought. There are two Pokémon games that have received this treatment, plus the original Super Smash Bros. game.

Title	Genre	Original system	Original release	VC release
Pokémon Snap	First-person rail shooter	Nintendo 64	1997	2007
Pokémon Puzzle League	Puzzle	Nintendo 64	2000	2008
Super Smash Bros.	Versus fighting	Nintendo 64	1999	2009

External links

• Nintendo (Japanese)