Popularity of the little console is exploding, with Nintendo expecting to double the Wii user base. And its little brother, the DS, is also proving popular.

Best-selling games console in the world.

No sane gamer is going to head out and buy this as their new console, but we'd advise 360 and Wii owners not to forget about Dre - there's some truly superb games still coming out for PS

Microsoft claims to be leading the pack, and claims it's won the next gen console battle. But the Wii is hot on their heels.

Nintendo launched today a new communications tool – Wii Speak which is an accessory to the Wii Speak Channel.

Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata has said that the Wii has stalled due to its failure to release "the next thing". But is he talking about Wii 2?

Die hard fans pounce on next-gen console.

You'll never hear the last of it

Wii now outselling Xbox 360 and PS3 worldwide.

A Wii a day keeps the doctor away, Nintendo president hopes.

Coming to the Wii, Star Wars is.

Free news channel accessed through the next-gen console.

But how does it stack up? We look at the big N's latest gaming release in context. The verdict? Not as expensive as Sony's priciest.

Selling at a rate of one per second.

Pure fun in a box. Get some friends round and swing your Wiimote until the early hours

Long-dubbed “The Greatest Show on Earth” within the games industry, E3 is on again and the hype machine has already fired up.

Planes, trains and automobiles on standby.

Japan's already got them but we could see movies on the Nintendo Wii very soon

Wii update 4.0 brings support for high capacity memory cards, so more room for your downloads