Oh no! It’s the last Tech With Taylor for the semester. But, the technology world has saved the best for last.

1. Nintendo announces Canada-only $99 Wii Mini

The first question out of your mouth should be, “Wait, didn’t they…”

Yes. Yes they did just release a new console, the Wii U.

“Okay, so what’s the Wii Mini?”

It’s a smaller, less expensive, holiday-season-only version of the Wii. With no GameCube support. Or Internet.

“Wait, there’s no Internet support?”

None.

“How am I going to play all my Wii games online then?”

At this point, we’d both laugh because, seriously, Wii games online?

But let’s get real for a second. Why does this thing exist? Why not drop the price on the original Wii and call it a day? Why release the device only in Canada? It doesn’t exactly have the strongest market for video games.

The removal of Internet support isn’t a huge deal — for Canada, who has “almost third-word access to the Internet,” according to Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos in an interview with GigaOm.

It’s an interesting move by a company with an already confusing lineup of consoles.

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And honestly, that’s it. I was hoping Apple would have released iTunes 11 by now (which they are rumored to today,) but it didn’t work out like that. Thanks for reading, guys! I’ll see you all next semester.

EDIT: Apple finally released iTunes 11 today. It’s a complete redesign that runs smoothly and works seamlessly with iCloud. Download it!