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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. 

If you're in the mood to feel judged, then these trending dank memes are for you. They feature video game director Masahiro Sakurai (creator of Kirby and Super Smash Bros) telling us how not to play a game. It's been used across every dank corner of the internet, and we gotta say that we're fans of it.

We share a lot of general gaming meme galleries, but why not show some love for a classic? Nintendo's original The Legend of Zelda was first released in 1986, but since then there have been over twenty Zelda releases and a ton of spin-offs. It only makes sense that the internet would churn out a lot of dank memes dedicated to the game and its characters. And we've got a bunch of 'em right here for you.

We need to be honest with each other: Animal Crossing is the only thing really keeping our sanity in tact at this point. Or, what was left of it anyway. For some of us, it's the only thing we can really look forward to upon waking up in the morning. 

So here are some memes for when you're not playing the game!

Because literally no one has anything better to do, we're all still obsessing over Animal Crossing. Scroll down for some fresh memes, and click here for our last roundup of Animal Crossing memes!

Animal Crossing fans everywhere are embracing the quarantine thing right now because a.) there's practically an endless amount of time to play, and b.) the game was just released on Nintendo Switch. So when you're not actually playing the game, there's always these memes to browse through! 

And in case that's not enough, we've got even more!

In case you're unfamiliar with the Nintendo game Animal Crossing, we'll break it down for you: you play as a newcomer to the town, and immediately Tom Nook, a tanuki store owner puts you thousands of bells (currency) in debt when he forces you to purchase a house. Your goal is to complete tasks in order to pay off your debt.. 

Now check out some more Nintendo memes here!

Many of us Millennials grew up playing the Legend of Zelda games with our friends and siblings throughout the '90s, so we thought you'd appreciate these memes in honor of our favorite Nintendo game. So scroll down for the memes and click here for even more Nintendo memes we think you'll like too!

These old-school gaming memes are for the '80s and '90s kids who grew up with Super Nintendo and yearn for the days of Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda, or Donkey Kong Country. 

Thanks @Snackytuna and @super.memetendo for these funny and clever video memes that we're really loving at the moment!

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!