[Wii] Official Nintendo Wii thread

If I had one wish it would be that it launches sooner than 2 days after the PS3. If it really had an October release, that would be incredible.

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http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732669p1.html

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Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

So roughly, NES games = $5. SNES = $7. N64 = $10.

Those prices seem pretty fair to me. I was hoping for less for NES games, but it's a decent price for SNES and N64 when you get right down to it.

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1:38 a.m. EST [update 7]: Famitsu reports 30 Nintendo games and 30 PC Engine/Megadrive (Turbo-Grafx/Genesis) games before end of year. Ten new virtual console games every month after that!

NICE. 60 VC games before the end of the year is pretty gnarly. All I want is Dracula X: Rondo of Blood.

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2:45PM: Virtual Console will accept purchases via credit card, or via prepaid cards purchased in-stores.

It's or! Hooray!

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From Joystiq-

1:55 p.m. [update 8]: And the other shoe drops. Famitsu is reporting a December 2 launch and 25,000 yen price for Japan.

That's roughly $200 in US dollars... December 2nd seems a bit late though. They DID say they would launch before PS3, right?

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It's a clusterfuck right now. I will wait until Iwata announces it before I come to any conclusions. Any idea on how long this conference will last?

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I honestly can't think of a good reason to launch this thing after the PS3... Skills had a point, but still, don't you think it would be better to come before so that people can see it and use it before forking over $600 for the PS3?

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Better translation:

2:06 a.m. EST [update 10]: The press release is up. It lists the contents of the Wii box: Wii console, Wii remote (w/ strap) Nunchuck attachment, Wii AC adaptor, Wii A/V cable, Wii console stand(?), sensor bar, sensor bar stand and two AA batteries. Also, it seems the 25,000 yen price includes tax.

Looks like the 25,000 price includes tax, so now I would be even more surprised if it launches for $250 in the US.

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2:09 a.m. EST [update 11]: Gemaga reports 3,800 ($32.35) yen cost for the remote, 1800 ($15.32) yen for the classic controller, and 1800 ($15.32) yen for the nunchuck attachment.

Hah! Mine has translated prices, I win

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That was a very nice video. All these games look so damn fun it's mindblowing. I imagine there will be a different video shown in the US tomorrow.

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That's an awesome, AWESOME list of devs for the Virtual Console. I think they just kicked the bejesus out of Live Arcade with that.

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I don't know why people are bitching about the $250 price tag. It's still the most affordable next-gen console on the market, and it's not like they said it would be any less. The hype had us hoping for less, but realistically, $250 is a good price. If it was less, some consumers might think of it as being too cheap and not a good system, as opposed to a great system for less.

Virtual Console games... Well, it's not ideal, but you pay for convinence. I have every single NES and SNES game with some Genesis games emulated on my Xbox for free. The downfall? My Xbox rarely works and the controller sucks. With Virtual Console, you're essentially paying for convinence, and also, more variety with MSX/PC Engine games. I don't mind the prices. I just won't buy any NES games because after thinking more about it, I feel $5 is a bit too much. $10 for N64 games is solid though.

I actually think the weather and news channels are nice features. They're marketing this thing as more than a game machine, and they actually used their brains and added on some stuff that matters. I can totally see myself using those features.

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Q: Metroid Prime 3?

A: 2007 game


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

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Metroid was high on my launch list... Oh well, Excite Truck is a FANTASTIC replacement.

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Originally Posted by chaofan

Did IGN say, "home-brew movies"?

Like, as in, can you play media (apart from photos) by putting on SD cards and sticking it in your Wii (oh behave!)?

I didn't have a reason to go get a 2GB SD card until I read that. Should be a real cool feature. I'm excited to see more of these features in action.

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Originally Posted by Malmer

I'm getting slightly more interested in Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
Anyone else having an eye on this title, and why?

Yes, because the game is essentially you swinging around a big hammer destroying everything in your path. What's not to love?

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It's locked, officially

I hope all this Gamestop bullshit is a filthy lie, as well... If that's true, it's going to be much harder to get my PS3 so I can make triple profit via eBay

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Gah, that blows... Hopefully it will use the existing connector that they've used on all their systems, so that people with GC component cables can just use that instead.

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Originally Posted by Omnislash124

Coupled with Excite Truck, Launch is still pretty amazing.

And WarioWare! And also, don't forget about all the third party games coming out too. We have Super Monkey Ball, Metal Slug Anthology, and Red Steel at the very least to look forward to. I'm hoping Ubisoft cleaned up Red Steel's controls since E3. No question, this will be one of the best launches that I've seen in many years.

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Originally Posted by Slayer X

P.S.
Has anyone else seend the add-on for the Wiimote to make it more like a gun? I hope that's out at launch for Red Steel, it would make the game so much cooler.

True, but dont forget about the swordplay. That would make that portion a bitch to play.

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http://www.videogamesblogger.com/200...-june-2007.htm

Opera will be free untl June 2007. I wonder why they're going to start charging for it after that, though? Meh, oh well, good news indeed!

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Red Steel looks really slick.

Tony Hawk looks like an old man wearing really small glasses.

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Looks like we're gonna have many more Wiis than expected!

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6159406.html

Quote:

Citing industry "checks," UBS analysts Alex Gauna and Steven Chin claim that Nintendo already made 2 million Wiis by the end of September. They go on to predict that, "at least 7 million and potentially as high as 9 million more units are in the build plan for Q4 06. This production ramp handily exceeds a publicly announced target for 6 million units to ship by year's end."

Besides being music to Nintendo fans' ears, the report should also hearten shareholders of the Broadcom Corporation, which makes the wireless integrated circuits in the next-gen console. Broadcom supplies "one Wi-Fi and two Bluetooth ICs [Integrated Circuits] into each packaged Wii, with the potential to enjoy additional Bluetooth sales from additional controllers." According to UBS estimates, that means the Irvine, California-based company will be selling between 7 to 9 million Wi-Fi ICs and 14 to 18 million Bluetooth ICs this year alone.

That's really something else. 2 million already made with potentially 9 million more? 11 million total Wiis by year's end? CHRIST THAT'S AWESOME!

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Wii to have an upgradable Linux operating system!

Originally Posted by Iwata Himself

Wii is the first system from Nintendo that we can continue to be involved in (via operating system updates) after the customer buys it. This means that Wii will greatly expand and diversify the ways in which people will enjoy games in the future. I hope you are looking forward to it as much as I am.

Go here and then scroll to the bottom.

Sounds like a pretty cool thing. Hopefully that will also lead to updates in the software bundled within the system and stuff.

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