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Home console released in 2006
This console released with a unique remote-style controller with motion controls and sensors to detect your movements. This console featured a wide variety of casual games, as well as an online download service, welcoming more people to gaming than ever before.
RVT-001
Wii NDEV
The Wii NDEV is the main development kit for the Wii console. The machine has all of the Wii's normal hardware and most of the Wii's ports and standard features, but is encased in a big black box with additional ports for connecting to a computer and cannot boot unless connected to a host computer. Though it lacks the Wii's disc drive or internal hard drive, all its development and debugging software can be read from the NAND, and disc titles can be emulated from a program on the host computer. A few different versions of the NDEV exist, with later versions adding wireless capabilities so Wii Remotes don't have to be wired to the NDEV.
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RVT-R Reader
The RVT-R Reader is a debug version of the Wii, with an actual disc drive. This allows developers to test their prototype videogames in hardware most similar to a standard retail Wii console. RVT-R Readers were also occasionally given to reviewers and publications on a temporary basis to review games prior to official release. There are wired and wireless variants of the RVT-R Reader; wired variants require a Wii Remote to be wired through a port on the bottom.
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Unidentified
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RVT-R Disc
An optical disc that contains Wii developer software and work-in-progress games. They're incompatible with a standard Wii console.
RVT-004(-01)
The most common variation of RVT-R disc to find. I'm uncertain what the difference between the two RVT-R discs are, as I've not been able to find any original model discs.
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RVT-H Reader
The RVT-H Reader is a Wii development kit that loads prototype games from a built-in hard drive rather than a host machine (NDEV) or an optical drive (RVT-R). The lights on the front of the dev unit indicate four virtual disc slots, and the buttons on the front mimic the actions that can be performed with a regular disk drive. The mini USB slot on the front of the console connects the RVT-H Reader to a PC, allowing the contents of the hard drive to be managed. The probable purpose of the RVT-H Reader is likely for testing prototypes on similar hardware to retail, but without needing to burn and waste several discs.
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MIDI Adapter
The MIDI adapter is a small blue box that plugs into WII dev kits via the GameCube controller ports. It's unknown what purpose it serves.
