Ah yes, the Wii mini, the console that failed due to launching after the Wii U. First announced on 27th November 2012 by Nintendo of Canada, days after the Wii U launched in the United States and Canada, it released on 7th December 2012 (six years before Super Smash Bros. Ultimate came out) in Canada, coming with a red Wii Remote Plus, a red Nunchuck, and a copy of Mario Kart Wii. Guess which one sold the most (and without the Wii mini at that)? Predictably, Mario Kart Wii. On 28th February, 2013, it was announced that the Wii mini sold 35,700 units in Canada alone, since its release. The Wii mini was announced for an Europe release at the same time with it releasing on 15th March, 2013 in European countries, except for the UK, which had to wait until the 22nd of March. It was later announced later in 2013 for a release in the US on 17th November 2013.
There was also a bundle exclusive to Greece that contained the same contents but instead of
Mario Kart Wii, you get
Super Mario Galaxy. You can see the box for it on the right side. Despite its poor reception and sales, it lasted until after the Nintendo Switch launched, when it was discontinued on the 12th of November in 2017, a few weeks after
Super Mario Odyssey released. It costed $99.99 in America and £79.99 in the UK. Enough history, it's time to talk about the console itself. It was a budget version of, you guessed it, the Wii, with all internet features being removed such as the Wii Shop Channel, taking away the Virtual Console and WiiWare games as a result alongside the downloadable channels, WiiConnect24, and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. It also has no SD Card slot so bye, bye Photo Channel. It cannot play GameCube games like the
Wii Family Edition. Have fun trying to plug your GameCube controllers in and inserting your GameCube Memory Cards because the slots for those are gone. It cannot output 480p since it only supports composite cables. Instead of inserting discs through the drive, you open the disc slot door via a button and push your disc into place. You then close the door.
Déjà vu anyone? Instead of six built-in channels like on both the original Wii and the Family Edition, there's only there and those are the Disc Channel (obviously), the Mii Channel (also obviously), and the Wii Menu Manual (just like on the Wii U's vWii). If you're looking for a console to play Wii games on and find a Wii mini, you may as well just buy the original Wii, which can also play GameCube games, a Wii U, which can also play newer Wii U games, or heck, even a Wii Family Edition, unless if you want to collect all four or if you don't care about which one you get.
Ah yes, the Wii mini, the console that failed due to launching after the Wii U. First announced on 27th November 2012 by Nintendo of Canada, days after the Wii U launched in the United States and Canada, it released on 7th December 2012 (six years before Super Smash Bros. Ultimate came out) in Canada, coming with a red Wii Remote Plus, a red Nunchuck, and a copy of Mario Kart Wii. Guess which one sold the most (and without the Wii mini at that)? Predictably, Mario Kart Wii. On 28th February, 2013, it was announced that the Wii mini sold 35,700 units in Canada alone, since its release. The Wii mini was announced for an Europe release at the same time with it releasing on 15th March, 2013 in European countries, except for the UK, which had to wait until the 22nd of March. It was later announced later in 2013 for a release in the US on 17th November 2013. 
