well, they kept adding hardware features to the wiimote, ps3 is practically out of the picture, so really they have their reasons.

Quote :

"Online news media publications on Thurs. were guilty as charged for flubbing Nintendo's Wii media event meeting time to readers. Video game publications worldwide this morning reported that the event would be held in Japan at 8:00 p.m. EST when in fact the meeting was scheduled for 1:00 a.m. EST."

250 AND wii sports will be bundled.

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 1:13 AM. Reason : 4]

9/14/2006 1:02:31 AM

Quote :

"The Times also re-confirmed that the most anticipated game for the Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, will be available by the end of the year, as will Excite Truck."

This better not mean it isn't a launch title anymore.

9/14/2006 1:50:59 AM

The launch titles were ALWAYS in launch WINDOW. its about 5 weeks....zelda will ship just before the holidays no doubt.

9/14/2006 1:52:38 AM

They promised us that the Wii would be under 250!

That's friggin gay. I had my heart set on a 220 price..and i dont really care about Wii sports.

9/14/2006 2:54:23 AM

Yep. Under $250. As in $249.99. Fuckin gay Dunno why I'm surprised though

9/14/2006 2:59:06 AM

BTW, Wii sports WILL NOT come bundled:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/14/nintendo-wii-november-19th-250/

9/14/2006 8:42:59 AM

I'm waiting on official press conference to believe ANYTHING reported.

9/14/2006 8:50:53 AM

Quote :

"Nintendo will launch Wii in Japan on December 2 of this year for 25,000 yen, it revealed. North America will get the system first. "

wha?

9/14/2006 8:57:09 AM

price is $250


haha, told you so!


hopefully the info is wrong, none of this really impresses me.

9/14/2006 9:03:56 AM

The official announcement will be at noon today although I believe the leaked sources.

9/14/2006 9:08:12 AM

I believe the leaks MAY be true, but I still have my doubts. The only official word is that it will be released in Japan on Dec 2nd, and I find it really hard to believe that we'd get it here before they got it there. Unless Nintendo is really going after Microsoft on this one and trying to get all the American market share possible.

9/14/2006 9:13:57 AM

Nacho, there's an easy answer:

Thanksgiving/Black Friday


That's when they get the most sales, so they have to have it on the shelf by then. That's why we're taking priority.

Japan's hot sales period is right before the summer, if the Wii were luanching closer to that window, they would get it first.

It's all economics.

9/14/2006 9:17:35 AM

BOO!

it's official now, Nov. 19th @ $250 w/ Wii Sports bundled

Twilight Princess + Excite truck ON LAUNCH DAY.

9/14/2006 9:42:11 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/14/live-at-nintendos-nyc-wii-press-conference/

If anyone wants to follow along "Live".

9/14/2006 9:49:05 AM

dammit i guess its time to beat windwaker

9/14/2006 9:51:12 AM

yikes, bogus news, but it's good, cause Wii Sports is included now for $250:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/14/wii-packaging-revealed-wii-sports-bundled/

I gotta find out when my local EBGames starts taking pre-orders...

9/14/2006 9:58:48 AM

I honestly can't believe they are only giving people one Wii Controller... the whole premise of the system was multiple people coming together for fun games.

You just know Microsoft is going to drop the price on the Core console to match Nintendo and wouldn't surprise me if they bundle something like Kameo or PGR3.

9/14/2006 10:02:50 AM

^ Couldn't agree more. $250 isn't $250. You hafta buy another controller (I know, every console does this, but the Wii was FOCUSED on multi-player and would've garnered mass praise if they broke the mold and tossed in 2 controllers) and you even hafta use Wii Points to d/load the Opera internet browser (no free internet?)

$250 sounds ahight now, but when the core 360 tanks to near $250 and maybe includes some sweet extras, it'll be different.

The only reason I'm still (probably) on the bandwagon to buy one is that my wife would actually play this with me.

Well I'll be....

Quote :

" Wii Remote has MSRP of $39.99. Nunchuk attachment has MSRP of $19.99."

So $60 freaking dollars for an extra controller? Cool Nintendo. Now we fully understand the low price point on the console. We're looking at $310 + tax before we even buy a game..the bargain is beginning to fade. And just to painfully remind myself, no HD, either.

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 10:13 AM. Reason : .]

9/14/2006 10:08:35 AM

yeah, I agre.


This announcement was really dissapointing.

Should've bundled an extra controller, should make the extra controllers cheaper, VC games are priced a tad bit too high, you gotta PAY FOR OPERA??!?!?!

all said + done, it's not really all that cheap. And I was hoping it owuld come sooner.

But watch, everyone will be singing Nintendo's praises anyway. It's the cool thing to do nowadays.

I'll be getting one anyway, for the record.

9/14/2006 10:30:51 AM

Quote :

" "Beginning on launch day, until the end of calendar year, offer 30 legacy titles. Next year, ten new titles a month. 500 Wii Points for NES Games, 800 Wii points for SNES, 1000 for N64 Games. 2000 Wii Points for $20.""

haha, yeah right. no fucking way I'm paying $5-10 for roms of games I already own

9/14/2006 10:53:21 AM

so you pay 500 wii points and you get ALL the NES games they release that month?

9/14/2006 10:56:35 AM

They are actually pretty smart to do this. They have spent like the past year hyping this thing up like crazy and getting price speculations between $99 and $300 to the point where tons of people have already gotten excited and in the "I'm getting one no matter what" mindset. So they just add to the price a bit because they know all those people will be getting it anyway.

9/14/2006 10:57:12 AM

I was hoping that the system would be $200, but with the extra game, I'll accept $250.

It is Wi-Fi ready though, so I would guess you could compare the Wii to the Premium X-box before you compare it to the Core system.

I'm going to hate having to shell out some $$ to get 2 or 3 controllers though. And we're not even getting into all the other plastic perephrials that will be released soon (gun, wheel, whatever).

Opera may not be free, but I don't need a browser on my Wii when I have a laptop.

The VC prices aren't too bad. I mean, the GBA was selling remakes of Super Mario 3 for $30. I'd only get the handful of games I really liked through the years.

I'll still be getting one.

One thing's for certain: Sony really shot themselves in the foot with their system. Nintendo left the gate late for the last generation and they finished in last. Lets see if Sony repeats.

9/14/2006 11:04:58 AM

It wasn't the slam dunk I was hoping for, but I'm pretty happy at the moment. We know Zelda will be there on launch day and Wii Sports as a pack-in game is nice, but the controller pricing is bad and the $250 for the console is disappointing. Photo features are ok, but not a big deal.

Zelda pretty much guarantees the system will sell out, especially in Japan. Next year they can drop the price and not lose anything. VC prices seem very reasonable to me, especially if they put in some online functionality.

9/14/2006 11:07:18 AM

^^^ Precisely.

The brains behind this are genious. They launch 2 days after the PS3 launches (on eBay, mind you at a 300% markup since they'll be none in stores anywhere), and mom goes in to get lil kiddie a PS3, but instead find a stack of Wiis at less than half the price.

Christmas shopping done.

It's brilliant on Nintendo's part, as they WILL outsell the PS3 / 360 through Q1 '07, but after these little strategic moves to sell more consoles goes away, they'll fall away again, per usual.

One thing I was REALLY expecting is Nintendo to actually embrace online gaming this time around. Now I hear Pokemon is the 1st online title, not slated 'til next year? You mean the Wii's Madden '07 isn't online capable. Bump that. While I desperately wanted to love this thing so I'd have a console my wife would actually play as well, I'm not so sure anymore.

No HD (this is crucial, I rarely watch any channel not in HD 'cause it just looks awful)
Massively expensive controller / VC titles
No "real" online gaming factor

So it leaves me wanting a PS3, but even if I can get a 2nd mortgage for the $600 console, I'll bet the games are $65+.

Maybe it's just time to leave gaming

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 11:10 AM. Reason : t]

9/14/2006 11:08:17 AM

The only thing I am dissapointed in is the price of the controller

9/14/2006 11:13:37 AM

Im sticking with the Wii because its cheaper and i like nintendo's first party games.

9/14/2006 11:13:59 AM

Any news about whether GC controllers will work with Wii yet? I had heard it was something they were planning on implementing at one point. So, even if I can't get a bunch of WiiMotes, I will be able to play GC multiplayer on the system and other multiplayer games that come out on Wii and don't use the WiiMote (ie SSBB).

9/14/2006 11:15:59 AM

It does suck that 3rd party games will likely be $59.99 since they'll have to be consistent across all three major consoles.

^ I'm guessing that the "Standard" controller is the gamecube type controller. Being sold for $20, I think.

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 11:16 AM. Reason : carrot]

9/14/2006 11:16:03 AM

I'm pretty sure it still has controller slots for Gamecube controllers so people can play things like SSM:B with their old controllers and also things like Donkey Konga/Jungle Beat with the Bongos

9/14/2006 12:33:12 PM

^^When they announced Smash Bros. Brawl, one of the developers said to hold on to your GC controllers. I don't know if we should take that as confirmation or not. They also have another standard controller shell with a diamond formation of buttons.

^^Not necessarily. It's hard for a 3rd party company to justify charging $60 for a game that looks like an enhanced Xbox game.

At first I was disappointed that I have to wait until November 19, but that gives me plenty of time for Okami, FF XII, and Guitar Hero II.

9/14/2006 12:37:38 PM

Quote :

"So $60 freaking dollars for an extra controller? "

not if your friends own a wii

9/14/2006 12:54:33 PM

^ WTF kinda excuse is that? This very same thing could've been said for EVERY console ever made!

Nobody wants to haul their controllers around, and what if your friend is *GASP* your wife/S.O./child?

9/14/2006 1:12:33 PM

Who plays video games with their wives or girlfriends?

9/14/2006 1:13:26 PM

my gf likes brain age, but complains when it tells her her brain is 64 years old

9/14/2006 1:37:50 PM

Quote :

"$250 sounds ahight now, but when the core 360 tanks to near $250 and maybe includes some sweet extras, it'll be different."

By the time the 360 core drops to $250 and includes extras the wii will be going for $175 (guess), but yeah. I'm waiting on the 360 price drop, I might scoop it up when the 720 comes out.

9/14/2006 1:39:37 PM

Here's what I want to know:


when you download the VC games, where are they stored, if at all?
Do they store on the internal flash memory?
Do they stay in your account, and then download when you want to play? (possible since they're all relatively small roms)
Can you put them on the SD cards?

If it is all online, as I suspect it probably is, that kind of sucks taht you have to be connected to play.
If it isn't, what happens when you run out of memory?

9/14/2006 1:39:53 PM

^^^^ I like how you conviently left out kids.

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 1:40 PM. Reason : ^^]

9/14/2006 1:39:57 PM

If you've got kids you should be old enough to afford $60.

9/14/2006 1:45:45 PM

Quote :

"Sony recently announced that it would ready 400,000 PS3s in North America and another 100,000 in Japan for the system's launch. Nintendo said it plans to ship 4 million Wii units worldwide by the end of the year. "

Sony's lack of supply allows $250 Wii. As soon as Sony has plently of PS3s on the shelf Wii's price will fall. Gamers forget these companys are like all others just trying to make money. Nintendo is a very profitable company even with the GameCube in third place.

9/14/2006 1:48:45 PM

ps3's will be gone their first night, and be prices at 1-2k on ebay by a bunch of tools. we'll all probably be able to get wii's by xmas.

9/14/2006 1:54:09 PM

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/presentation/06.html

virtual console vids.



does anyone know the word on HOW you get internet access? ethernet port?

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 2:10 PM. Reason : 3]

9/14/2006 2:06:10 PM

ANSWER MY QUESTION!

9/14/2006 2:11:40 PM

^^you have your choice, ethernet port or via the built-in Wifi

9/14/2006 2:12:40 PM

^^^ I bet it can connect wirelessly through the USB wifi hub that works with the DS. Or at least that is probably one of the ways.

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 2:13 PM. Reason : ]

9/14/2006 2:13:12 PM

Quote :

"Do they store on the internal flash memory?"

Quote :

"Specifically, Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced that Virtual Console games would cost 500 yen ($5), 800 yen ($8) or 1,000 yen ($10); we're presuming these prices are for NES, SNES, and N64 games respectively."

N64 games were no bigger then ~10MB. Youre not gonna run out of flash space very easily.

9/14/2006 2:19:58 PM

what i'm saying is, let's say I buy every first party nintendo game ever. They're not all gonna find on the interal flash.

What happens theN?

9/14/2006 2:30:33 PM

^ SD card, yo

9/14/2006 2:30:57 PM

^^ there are only 30 right now.

Quote :

"The Specs: The Wii console has 512 megabytes of internal flash memory, two USB 2.0 ports and built-in Wi-Fi capability. A bay for an SD memory card will let players expand the internal flash memory. Design was optimized with state-of- the-art processing technologies that minimize power consumption, keep the console compact and enable the “sleepless” WiiConnect24 mode."

.

http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2006/9/14-31

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 2:44 PM. Reason : 4]

9/14/2006 2:34:05 PM

^^ you really think they're gonna let you put them on SD cards, and have their ROMs "in the wild"?? Think again.


^granted, there are 30 now. But they're releasing 10 new one a month (or is it 5). Eventually, there will be enough out there that you will run out of room. I just NEED TO KNOW what would happen. I realize it's kinda like "what would happen if everyone on earth jumped at the same time", but I just have to know.

9/14/2006 2:52:40 PM