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Cracking open the Wii

2007-09-07 09:37:06

See what makes Nintendo's console tick.


Bill Detwiler at ZDNet Asia's sister site TechRepublic got his hands on a Nintendo Wii a while back and took the thing apart piece by piece for readers' enjoyment. Here is an excerpt.



TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking Open" in which they take a look inside a variety of gadgets. Follow along as Detwiler documents the carnage and reconstruction in his own words.



Credit: CNET Networks