when nintendo entered the video game market with the wii
Nintendo video game consoles The Wii was released on November 19, 2006 as Nintendo's seventh-generation home console. Nintendo designed the console to appeal towards a wider audience than those of its main competitors, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, including "casual" players and audiences that were new to video games.[8][9]
List of Nintendo 64 games Of the console's 389 official releases, 196 are region-locked to Japan, 296 to North America, and 242 to Europe. The Nintendo 64 was first launched in Japan on June 23, 1996 with Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64, and Saikyō Habu Shōgi; in North America with Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64; and in Europe with Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. The last game to be published for the system was the North American-locked Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 on August 20, 2002. The best-selling game is Super Mario 64 with 11 million units as of May 21, 2003[update].[4] Regardless of the higher cost of cartridge production and of continued criticism[5][6] over releasing a cartridge-based system,[7][8] the total unit sales of Nintendo 64 software has exceeded the total unit sales of Nintendo GameCube software.[9] The Nintendo 64 library is to date the smallest overall library of game titles on a Nintendo home console.