[Wii] Official Nintendo Wii thread

Hmm I'm gonnna be slightly dissapointed if $250 is indeed the price for the U.S. It's a very reasonable price but meh... I guess I got too caught up with the $170 rumor. Besides, I'm sure that 360's gonna have a price cut for the holidays so the $200 mark would have probebly been a better route for Nintendo. Oh well.

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I dunno. The more I see "$250 Wii confirmed!" on different sites, the more it's not sitting well with me. And there's no remark anywhere as to how many wiimote-nunchukus it's gonna come with and no word on the classic controler. This seems to imply that there probebly won't be a classic controller in the $250 package and only one wiimote-nunchuku. Come on Nintendo, $199.99 isn't that difficult to pull off!

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Originally Posted by Solis

That's a pretty high price for classic games, compilation packs of 10 games usually goes for around $20 in stores. They're really milking them for all they can...

Maybe they'll have a cheaper pricepoint in the states? Those dollar amounts were merely converted from the yen prices that they anounced for Japan only so far right?

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

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?

Wow maybe NYP's info was false after all. I can't imagine Japan getting a cheaper price than the states. The late launch date isn't all that great, but frankly, I'd rather have the cheaper price with a slightly later launch date rather than sooner and slightly more expensive.

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NYT should have fucking waited a bit longer. All they did now is cause a whole lotta confusion.

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Originally Posted by NES Oldskooler

$50ish for the controller + nunchuck is pretty brutal. I'm hoping most multiplayer games can be played with just the remote.

I guess the higher price is to be expected considering that Wiimotes have a lot more going on than the other next-gen console's remotes.

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Wasn't Metroid suppose to be a launch title as well?

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OK fair enough. I suppose this also makes sense since FPS's aren't as popular there.

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Movies:

Wii Main Menu Navigation: http://www.wii.com/jp/movies/wiimenu/

Mii Channel: Creating your avatar: http://www.wii.com/jp/movies/miichannel/

News Channel: http://www.wii.com/jp/movies/newschannel/

World Forecast Channel: http://www.wii.com/jp/movies/forecastchannel/

This comes standard in Wii's start up menue?! If so then that's GREAT! I love all those extra little options! Awsome presentation there!

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And that's one slick packaging box.

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Wii's NY event hasn't happened yet. So, (despite all the premature "confirmations") as far as I'm concerned, the U.S. price and release date aren't set in stone yet.

Even though it probebly won't happen, this is what I'd idealy like:

- Wii for $199.99
- Released in early November
--Package includes:
---WiiSports
---2 Wiimotes and nunchukus
---Voucher for one or two free VC downloads
---Horizontal stand/Sensor bar/all needed cables


Considering what they revealed in the Japanese show, the actual plan's probebly far, far off from the set up I suggested. Oh well, it's nice to dream I guess

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Wait a minute! Where's Super Monkey Ball? I thought that was a launch title as well! Grrr...

Anyway, has Nintendo stated how much the Opera Browser costs? Also any word on how much a Wii keyboard will cost? I really don't wanna type by pointing and clicking. Or does Wii have a USB port for any ol' keyboard?

For the most part, everything's good. And even though I justified a higher price for it last night, $60 for a second complete controller is pretty steep. And you know you're gonna want four thanks to Nintendo's great multiplayer games...

Sigh...I guess we couldn't expect them to get everything right.

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It's incredibly stupid on their part. $250 isn't really expensive. We get that. However, 360's bound to have some sort of a price cut either around Wii's launch or at the very start of the holiday season. Unless they drop that $50 mark quickly after launch, it's gonna cause them to lose some consumers. It's even more annoying when you remember that Nintendo's not selling Wii at a loss. The console, VC games, and extra complete-controllers could all stand to be a little bit cheaper. (Well the controler more like a lot cheaper)



Anyway, here's a video showing some Mii awsomeness. I must say, I'm absolutely in love with Wii's interface.

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I'm not sure if this was posted, but does anyone have an official, confirmed, list of launch-DAY games for Wii outside of Japan?

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Oh and a reminder to those who think my deal is excessive, do recall that Nintendo bundled both the NES and SNES with TWO CONTROLLERS back in the day. And like Infernal said most of Wii Sports is only fun with two or more people so to demonstrate it properally they should include two sets of controllers. This will also give developers assurance that players will always have two sets of controllers. Including the classic controller is also good for every player that wishes to play Smash Bros Brawl. However putting the classic controller aside let's take a look at having two controller sets would allow. You've seen their drum game before, no? Can't be done unless you go out and buy a second controller. I think it's bullshit that you can't play a game SINGLE PLAYER without having to buy another controller. That's like if back in the day they had forced players to buy another N64 controller for Goldeneye so they could strafe instead of putting c buttons on the controller. Now hey if Nintendo decides they want to bundle an extra controller with games like that drum game then fine but what about the 3rd parties. What if they wanted to make a boxing game using two wii controllers. They can't count on everyone having two wiimotes. By having two sets of controllers they would eliminate this problem.

I totally agree with you. They're kind of screwing over the consumers, 3rd party developers, and ultimately themselves here. I can't say that it's a super huge deal. But i'm definately very, very annoyed with the route they've chosen.

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Oh thanks Infernal! I was under the impression that Warioware-Wii was a launch title too.

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Originally Posted by BlueMikey

Or maybe I'm just disappointed in the backlash I see here. Nintendo always said "Wait until we tell you something" and we all speculated and now that Nintendo didn't meet our guesses, people are upset at a company that will probably put out the most enjoyable console since the Dreamcast.

Yeah, I'm sure Wii will be as charming as DC. However, you can't say that Nintendo didn't set us up for false hope. (even if it wasn't direct). Stating way early on that the price won't exceed $250 rather than saying "it'll be $250" , implies that the price is going to be less than the stated amount. My biggest issue here though, is the controller. Sure getting only one with the cosnole kinda sucks but the price for additional complete controllers is seriously bugging me. It's more than a 1st party Wii game!

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Originally Posted by IGN Article
Internet Channel
Go here to access the Opera internet browser. In addition to supporting flash (making this a step up from the DS browser), the browser uses the Wiimote to zoom in and out. The browser will normally cost money, but Nintendo will make it available for free download until June of 2006.

This HAS be a typo. ...right?!!?


And Infernal, stop torturing me with awsome Wii interface pron. ;_;

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Originally Posted by HazelGuy

Regarding the controller price and the two parts being sold seperately, remember that its not just the nunchuck that will be used with the Wiimote. There was the light gun attachment with plenty of potential for expansion later on down the track. Say you want to play the new duck hunt game or whatever, rather than buying an entire lightgun you can just buy the attachment for it and clip your Wiimote into it.

That's why they should have also had an additional offer/option of buying both the nunchuku and wiimote bundled together for a cheaper price. I said it before and I'll say it again. It costs more than an actual 1st party Wii game! Am I the only one that see's something wrong with this picture?

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Why does the token female monkey look like she's just recieved a suprise anal sex entry from her backside?

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Originally Posted by JazzFlight

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119592

What the FUCK is this shit.


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...if true.

Yeah I just came in about to rant about this crap too! If it is true, I think i'll just preorder at toys 'r us or purchase it online.

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I'm not going to get into a thing where the same people who laughed it up that the PS3 wouldn't come with an HDMI cable are now downplaying Nintendo's similar scenario with only providing AV cables.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no! You cannot imply that the lack of an HDMI cable is similar to Nintendo's AV only offering. On none-HD TVs, better cables such as S-Video and others make a minute difference. Yeah, you'll see some improvement, but really, only true videophiles will get a kick out of it.

HDMI cables, however, are essential for HD viewing. I remember working at best buy and seeing side by side comparisons of HD footage one with and one without HDMI. Without it, you actually seem to lose some texture and end up with some patches of discoloration. And since Sony's talked up HD as a primary feature of PS3, it's a much bigger blow for them to not include HDMI cables, as opposed to Nintendo including AV cables only with their none-HD machine.

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Not true. Component is actually capable of carrying 720p/1080i and p to the television. The only reason HDMI (and DVI HDCP) exists is as a means for Hollywood to prevent piracy.

I don't know what comparisons you've seen Metal Sphere but all the comparisons we had set up at our store had very noticable differences between HD with HDMI VS. without. Then again, I'm not an HD gamer so perhaps this distinct drop of visual quality in none HDMI HD content is only native to movies, shows and sports events as opposed to videogames. It doesn't really matter though. Point is, that top-notch visuals are big part of PS3's appeal. So, having high quality cables are much more important for it than they are to Wii and it's "modest" visuals approach.


Anyway, back to EB/Gamestop's mandatory $50 trade in only nonesense, it's apperantly sort of true. They're testing it out in Hawaii and Guam. They might make it a widespread policy depending on how it does in those areas.

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Store? Best Buy? Circuit City? Even boutiques devoted to home theater and all that goes with it are terrible places to compare given that signals are split an ungodly number of ways, settings are way off and the environment doesn't lend itself well to these kinds of things.

The store's Best Buy. And we actually had two out of the box TVs running to their own DVD players. One using the HDMI port, and one using A/V. The settings were also default factory settings. The only thing I could give you out of those three things you mentioned would be the enviroment, which I guess I can see how it can kind of offset things to a degree.

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Ironically enough, 25-50 HDMI cables (the "cheap" non-Monster ones) are just as good as their overpriced brethren. High quality is a non-issue with digital, as it's either signal or not. So, the cables don't matter and neither does their quality. HDMI or not.

Then good for people who are planning to buy a PS3 right away.

Anyway, the point still stands that having A/V cables only out of the box for Wii is just fine considering that it's not suppose to be a machine for graphic fanatics or HD-videophiles.

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Someone called in EBGames' C-service line to bother them about their shitty Wii preorder test/policy idea. It's kind of a prank, and a little long. Yet, it's informative, and at one part, where the dad yells at his son to go to his room, it's PRICELESS

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I can't recall if this has already been mentioned, but if you go here, you'll find high-res pics of most of the confirmed, launch titles. Just put "guest" for log-in and "nintendo" for password.


There are lots of great, great pics. The cake however, goes to the following high-res entry:




























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I'm really like the cover for Warioware: Smooth Moves. Goofy, slick and minimal.

Anyway, get a load of this!

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AMN: Is the game still scheduled to come out on launch day?

SEGA: Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is on track to be there right on shelves with the launch of the Nintendo Wii.

Um, what? I've been really looking forward for the new Monkey Ball game, so I was kinda down when it was said that it won't be a launch date title. But now it is? OR ISN'T IT? JUST LE ME KNOW FOR SURE AND STOP PLAYING WITH MY HEARTSTRINGS! ;___;

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