Wii Countdown Clocks
 

I found some information on the wiichat.com forums about a memo that was sent around UK Virgin megastores that has information about "Nintendo Wii Countdown Clocks". The memo looks real to me, but I'm not really an expert at these things. This might very well mean that Nintendo will finally release the release date to the Wii very soon, which is very good news. :D

Here's a link to the original post with a pic of the actual memo attached:
http://www.wiichat.com/latest-ninten...-tomorrow.html

We'll see ;) It's day over in the UK, so any word about these clocks would be showing up shortly.

But for all we know that could be a Word document printed out and marked up.

Who cares. Looks fake anyway.

Pretty much. Eeeeeeehhhh, more e's and h's, this can just be chucked into the current IGN Wii thread for shits and giggles. What a mess!

Head of Games

Sounds like bad engrish.

Or maybe just British engrish. :)

Anyways, regarding my earlier post, it appears that there has been some new information about that memo. From the same board
Post #25 on the thread I linked too earlier if anyone is interested.

Yeah, internet rumours on the internet suggest Nintendo will announce the launch date and other Wii related information type info at the Leipzig games convention next week.

Didn't want to start yet another Wii thread, and seeing as we don't have an official one yet ::winks at mods:: I'll post this here. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/...tm?POE=TECISVA
Of specific interest the article lists the Wii's specs. Now I know this matches what was leaked on the net sometime ago, but this is the first time these specs have appeared someplace as official as USA Today

Wow, I completely forgot about that convention (though I shouldn't given that it's the only one that's escaped downsizing). I guess that clicks with earlier rumors about developers having Wii games on shelves relatively soon.

Will anyone mind if I edit the thread title, or is it too soon to have an official Wii thread?

I don't even think users can edit their own thread's title, so you'd have to have a mod's decision on this matter.

And now comes this from IGN http://wii.ign.com/articles/725/725645p1.html
I think the 199.99 price point is perfect. The only way the Wii should cost 249.99 in my opinion is if they bring it old school and inlude a game i.e. Wii sports.

Yeah, we'll start up an official thread when we've got a lot more concrete information and such, which shouldn't be too far away I guess. Maybe we can have a contest on who creates it, it'll have to be fancy! The winner could also get a luxury prize like an old issue of the UK's terrible '64 Magazine', it'd be worth millions (of tears).

We should have a contest and see who can make the most terrible opening post for an official Wii thread. Worst one gets to run the show for a while complete with PM/IM hotline with Infernal and I on who to ban from the thread and muck with post options. It'll be a horrible, terrible mess.

How's that sound?

Forgive me if this has already been stated, but has Nintendo confirmed if Wii will have LAN capabilities or not?

Well the gamecube could do it so I wouldn't expect any less. Will it be used a great deal? Maybe. I don't recall that many games across all platforms using it to begin with. Would make co-op gaming fun for those that can afford the setup.

Yeah it's not a very common feature but it's still nice to have. I think that the newer, inevitable versions Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart, and Mario Party would be pretty sweet if they supported LAN on Wii. Yes online is nice, but getting a bunch of people together to play such frantic games with the wiimote seems like really good times. (Especialy if you throw a little alcohol into the mix)

EA has perhaps leaked a price:

Phish 'n Tjips

Sounds rather good, though I expect a slighty higher price in Europe. I'd be extremely happy if the European price would be around $260. Mmmhh, nice and cheap. Especially if I also have to pay around $173.15 for a couple of games...

This still isn't officiially confirmed, and even if it was, it's only the Japanese retail price. :(

I'm getting kind of annoyed at this point. They really need to freaking hurry up and anounce the worldwide launch date and price point.

By the way, dunno if it's been posted but Peter Molyneux, the head honcho at Lionhead Studios doesn't seem to enjoy having fun and moving too much. Here's what he said on a French site about the Wii at Leipzig:

Translated:

"It's really tiring and much too physical for me to do these movements with the controller. You just can't keep doing that for hours; you have to move your arms, your hands, get up, etc. You just look ridiculous."

What a pompous prick.:eyebrow:

I can't stand moving while playing video games! Sometimes I remove my heart before I turn a console on because I know it'll always be moving. I've even build a machine that presses the buttons on the control pad for me, used some old dog food cans, a plastic knife and the guts of an old Mattel Speak 'n' Spell.

That reminds me of the guy who claimed to make a time-travel device out of an Etch-a-Sketch, a syringe, and orange juice.

http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/ga...molyneux_1.jpg

"I'm controlling the game... WITH MY MIND."

You steal all my ideas :(

Big Wii news on IGN tonight?
 

"At 1:15 PST -- yes, late tonight or early tomorrow morning, depending on how you look at it -- Nintendo is holding a conference entitled "Wii Prove Our Promise." Clearly there's going to be some Wii developments."

I almost forgot that that confrence was at the end of Aug. Thats good stuff. Hopefully we can get a release date finally. Anyone heard any other rumors about what they are going to announce?

I heard Leipzig is a convention and it's good to...you know...find content there. I heard they're announcing SECRETS.

Just follow the news. Here's all that there is. They're hours away from it, and I'm sure it can be found live.

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/5196