Codename Revolution: The Nintendo Wii Platform

by George K. Thiruvathukal and Steven E. Jones

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026201680X
• ISBN13: 9780262016803
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher