Things unkonwn about the Nintendo Wii

Early designs had the Wii intentionally looking very similar to the DS.

(Nintendo ultimately rejected the similar design for fear of confusing gamers, and possibility of collateral damage if the DS failed.)

Did you know you can "mod" your Wii?

sites like "wii-modchips.com" will sell you a modchip that you can solder onto your Wii's motherboard (if you're brave enough) and allow you to play free ROMs of classic Nintendo games on the Virtual Console, watch DVDs, and more.

TV commercials for the launch campaign

TV commercials for the launch campaign ("Wii love to play") were directed by Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for screenwriting Traffic.

While most of us have only seen the Wii in white, it has been also been shown off in black, silver,

Interlink Electronics has filed a lawsuit against Nintendo claiming it infringed on its patents for

A bureoning "homebrew" community is creating independent software playable on the Wii through the O

The Wii sold nearly 6 million consoles worldwide in its first 3.5 months in release, while the XBOX

The PS3? Barely worth mentioning at approx. 2 million.

Nintendo recently made the Wii the centerpiece of its Fun Centers it donates to children's hospital

The DS and Wii will interact. So far just one Wii title -- Pokemon Battle Revolution -- has been an

The move suggests more integration could be on the way, or it could be dropped just as quickly as Nintendo gave up on Gamecube and Game Boy Advance integration after including the feature in just a few titles.

A number of sites have reported that the Wii costs just $158 to produce, making it the only "next-g

The breakdown: Graphics chip: $29.60, CPU: $13.00, DRAM: $7.80, Optical disk drive: $31.00, Power supply: $11.30, Manufacturing cost: $19.50, Cost total: $158.30

(Wholesale price: $195.99). Sources: Wikipedia, Kotaku.com, Jostiq.com, Starlight.org