Hey all Wii owners.

because Nintendo are more tight lipped than MS and Sony about manufacturing methods for their consoles, I'm trying to determine how much cost cutting has been done to the Wii since launch, and to see if I can identify where they have, for example, switched to a differenet Manufacturing size (ie 90nm to 65 nm to 45 nm)

So if you could all look at the underside of your Wii, and tell me

Model No

Power Rating on the Wii itself

Date and place of purchase (I don't need a specific day, Month or quarter is fine. Don't go by seasons, because they differ around the world)

Also look on the power brick and type both the input and output exactly

So for me it would be

Model no - REV-001(AUS)

Power Rating on the Wii = 12V 45W

Date and Country of purchase = Launch unit from Australia

Power Brick input230-240V 50Hz 52W

Output 12V 3.7A

Thanks for your time, and check back to see the astounding results later on.

Actually, I may post them in a new thread, if I do I'll link to it from here

Model no: RVL-001(USA)
Power rating: 12V 45W
Date and country of purchase: launch day in Canada
Power brick: Input: AC 120V 52W 60Hz
Output: DC 12V 3.7A

ok, I'm not at home, but mine was bought ~Jan 15 07 in the US. I'll get the details later.

Model No: RVL-001 (USA)
Power Rating: 12V 45W
Date\Country: US ~01/2008
Input: AC 120V 52W 60Hz
Output: DC 12V 3.7A

Marked for later: I'll update with more info when I find a moment to break away from work.

Model No.:
Power Rating:
Date/Country: Launch unit from Japan (December 2006)
Input:
Output:

Model no: RVL-001(EUR)
Power rating: 12V 36W
Date and country of purchase: Launch day in Sweden
Input: 230V, 50Hz, 52W
Output: 12V, 3.7A

Model no - RVL-001(USA)

Power Rating on the Wii = 12V 45W

Date and Country of purchase = April 2007 USA

Power Brick input 120V 53W 60Hz AC(RVL 002 (USA))

Output 12V 3.7A DC

Model no: RVL-001(USA)
Power rating: 12V 45W
Date and country of purchase: Bought on July 22nd, 2007 in São Paulo, Brazil (US Import)
Power brick: Input: AC 120V 52W 60Hz
Output: DC 12V 3.7A

Tagged for later participation.

And here it is.

Model No: RVL-001 (USA)

Power Rating: 12V 45W

Purchased: I won it as a prize. I know it was purchased sometime before May 2007, in Canada.

Power Supply Input: 120V 52W 60Hz

Output: 12V 3.7A

*place holder*