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Nintendo's hugely popular and influential video game console system considered as technological device and social phenomenon.The Nintendo Wii, introduced in 2006, helped usher in a moment of retro-reinvention in video game play. This hugely popular console system, codenamed Revolution during development, signaled a turn away from fully immersive, time-consuming MMORPGs or forty-hour FPS games and back toward family fun in the living room. Players using the wireless motion-sensitive controller (the Wii Remote, or "Wiimote") play with their whole bodies, waving, swinging, swaying. The mimetic interface shifts attention from what's on the screen to what's happening in physical space. This book describes the Wii's impact in technological, social, and cultural terms, examining the Wii as a system of interrelated hardware and software that was consciously designed to promote social play in physical space.Each chapter of Codename Revolution focuses on a major component of the Wii as a platform: the console itself, designed to be low-powered and nimble; the iconic Wii Remote; Wii Fit Plus, and its controller, the Wii Balance Board; the Wii Channels interface and Nintendo's distribution sys

Who reads Codename Revolution: The Nintendo Wii Platform (Platform Studies)?

Author

Jones, Steven E. & Thiruvathukal, George Kuriakose

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262301312

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Games, Science, Computer Science

Rating

3.21 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13