super smash bros

On this day in 2006, Nintendo released the first Wii ever to gamers all over the world. The motion sensing tech may not impress many today, but anyone who had a Wii as a kid will remember how excitingly novel (and awkward) it felt to play Wii Sports with the family for the first time. Sadly, last year the Wii era came to an end after Ubisoft released the final game for the console. 

We've collected some nerdy Wii memes from over the years to commemorate the day and hope our fellow gamers enjoy them as much as wii did. 

Gamers certainly aren't known for their hygiene, so we have to take this opportunity to provide you with some roasty memes. It's perfect timing, given the whole "sweaty gamer" trope, which you can read about here.

Because at the end of the day, if you don't shower or wear deodorant, then you deserve to get made fun of. Them's the rules.

It's pretty much an agreed-upon fact that Waluigi is the best Mario character. And if you don't agree, take it up with the rest of the internet. Without further ado, here's a roundup of dank memes (and even more here) in honor of our favorite cheating purple dude!

Super Smash Bros fans, we've got just the content for you. If you're not a Smash addict, then these memes may not hit home as much for you, but we hope you'll still get a kick out of them regardless. After all, most of us grew up at least occasionally playing the game!

Some memes and Tweets to celebrate today's release of the newest installment in the Super Smash Bros universe!

Warning: spoilers ahead!

Get it? Wii chuckle...? We know, bad pun, but we hope you'll enjoy these Nintendo-related memes regardless.

Here's a lil collection for all the geeks out there!

Can't Nintendo throw Waluigi and his fans a bone? The trailer for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, despite its blaring claim that "Everyone is Here" is missing one important absence - that of the purple-clad villain-version of Luigi. This absence caused an uproar on Twitter, a tsunami of memes on Reddit, and even a dramatic piece from The Washington Post.

Waluigi is one of the most meme-able characters in the Nintendo universe (check out this entry from Know Your Meme) so it's no surprise that the community has chosen to rebel by flooding Reddit's r/dankmemes community with memes of the weirdly lovable character. We've rounded up some of their best work, as well as Twitter's most mournful reactions so that you, too, can understand this unforgivable injustice.

This one's for the gamers.