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There's a Wii console? I only know the controller.
Are you new to this world? Or just a youngling? While Wii wasn't a high power console, it exploded from easy of pickup and play games, and a good set of add on devices to expand its use. I.e. for lightsabre games or bowling it had a Gyros plugin to install into the wand controller so it couldcalculates rotations in space. The balance board was used for tracking your weight from things like step workout, or you could use it for ski games, or balance challenges. You could add traditional style controllers to play something like SuoerMario, or steering wheel to pop the controller into and hold the wheel in the air in front of you to drive,
No. Just didn't care then for yet-another console and forgot about it. But the controllers are neat on PC.