What on earth is a Wii?  Well, it's Nintrendo's new name for it's next-gen console, taking the place of the Revolution.  Personally, I think its a bad idea in North America, the place where we got accustomed to the name of "Revolution".  I will call it Revolution but it will still be Wii, it doesn't matter to me.  Sure, it sounds good in japanese but we speak English!  The best name in english is the "Nintendo Revolution", not the "Nintendo Wii".  There you have it folks, the system competing against the "PlayStation 3" and the "XBox 360" is called the "Nintendo Wii".  Nintendo's 7th generation system.  This is a sad day for the English speaking world!