I'd have to go with the wood grain Atari 2600, I'm a sucker for 70's designed electronics.
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Although the wood-grain Atari 2600 was also my first thought upon reading the title, I think the Wii's minimal footprint is impressive considering that—in the case of the original model—it's also a GameCube.
In contrast to the Wii's 2006 release, the Wii Mini is arguably not yet 'retro' with its 2012 release, but definitely looks a lot sleeker, albeit not worth the loss of GameCube functionality for its minimal size savings.
Compared to both, the Wii U is super bulky, and lacks much use beyond improved emulation capabilities now that nearly all of its exclusives have been re-released for the Switch.
Even before the Wii Mini, "regular" Wiis were being made without all the GameCube ports and functionality... then the Wii Mini cut costs even further and did not even have Wi-Fi!