Wii Launch and Price

[Fry]

The Wii (wii.com) website is now in english.

http://www.nwiizone.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/wii_box.JPG
Japan Release date= 02 December

http://onnintendo.com/Posts/2006_09/42/1/00001.jpg
American release date- 19 November (A "Wii Sport" package will be released)

We will get In the box:
1 Wii
1 Wii controller strap (look in pic)
1 Wiimote
1 Nunchuck controller
1 AC adaptor
1 AV cable
1 stand and support plate
1 sensor bar
1 sensor bar stand

Here are a bunch of features the Wii has out of the box.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/channel _1_pic.jpg
The Wii is known to be able to store photos, and this is obviously an image editor.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/channel _2_pic.jpg
This seems to be software that allows people to replicate themself in a game!

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/channel _3_pic.jpg
An easy to use Weather report on your Wii.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/channel _4_pic.gif
Speaks for itself…a News Channel!

Here (http://wii.com/jp/movies/miichannel/) is a link to video's demonstrating these new features

More new features and some news

-WiiConnect24 will feature a BBS-like message board system that can cross-post to and from cell phones computers and other Wii consoles. Specifically, the company plans to use Wii Connect24 to not just browse the internet, but also to bring some TV functionality to its users.

-The price of the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console Games where revealed during today conference:

NES games USD $5
SNES games USD $8
N64 games USD $10

As many as 60 of these "classic" Virtual Console titles will be available at launch. Like the Microsoft XBOX Live marketplace, "credits" can be purchased for use towards new VC games.

Developers supporting the VC on Wii
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/virtual _img1.gif

-Pricing for games in the US will be between $40 and $50 per new title. Iwata promises that at least 25 Wii titles will be available by the end of the year, including new Mario and Zelda.

Here (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/ movie/lineup.html) is a nice new video preview of Wii games and how the controller works, Looks great!

http://www.nwiizone.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/preorder_wii.jpg

[Lettermaniac]

That sounds pretty good, all for $215. Thanks for that Fry.

[Fry]

Reports say the US price will actually be closer to $250 US.
EDIT- here (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/ movie/lineup.html) is a nice new video preview of Wii games and how the controller works, Looks great!

And here (http://wii.com/jp/movies/miichannel/) is the Wii menu and you can see the Wii has "channels" wich include a Character custimisation menu (not sure for what games), A web browser, Pcture veiwer and Weather Channel.

[Lettermaniac]

Cool, this is actually sounding more and more appealing to me. For about $500 NZ, thats actually great.

[Fry]

EDIT- All information added to first post

[Lettermaniac]

That menu looks pretty cool, and the promise of 25 games is good. Theyre also not too expensive, so they say.

[Pignoah]

Fry that's awesome, nice one.

[Fry]

Nintendo have also said the Wii will launch with 16 games on Dec 2.

[eli]

USA gets it november 19th :)

EDIT: New zelda footage: http://movie.nintendo.co.jp/data/wii_preview/prese ntation/wiizelda2.swf

[Fry]

Wii Announced Titles
September 14th, 2006
Full list.

Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Forever Blue [working title] (Nintendo)
Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
ExciteTruck (Nintendo)
Dragon Quest Sword (Square Enix)
Samurai Warriors Wave (Koei)
Red Steel (Ubisoft)
Fire Emblem (Nintendo)
Super Swing Golf Pangya (Tecmo)
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
Necro-Nesia (Spike)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Atlus)
Sonic (SEGA)
Wing Island (Hudson)
Pokemon Battle Revolution (Nintendo)
Bleach Wii (SEGA)
One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Bandai Namco)
Dragon Ball Z Sparking NEO (Bandai Namco)
SD Gundam Revolution (Bandai Namco)
Crayon Shin-Chan (Banpresto)
Tamagotchi (Bandai Namco)
Hajimete no Wii [Shooting, table tennis, air hockey, pool, fishing] (Nintendo)
Elebits (Konami)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
Super Monkey Ball (SEGA)
Tsuri Master [Fishing] Hudson
Variety Game (Bandai Namco)
Variety Game (Taito)
Harvest Moon Wii (Marvelous)
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
Kororinpa (Hudson)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
Battalion Wars II (Nintendo)
Bomberman Land (Hudson)
The Dog Island (Yukes)
Wii Music (Nintendo)
Wii Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
Machi Kuru Domino (Success)
Compile Puzzle (Compile)
Cooking Mama (Taito)
Project H.A.M.M.E.R. (Nintendo)
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)

[B]New Games Announced
September 14th, 2006
These are according to the Wii.com Japanese website:

SD Gundam REVOLUTION (tentative name)
Fencing action (tentative name)
SSX (tentative name)
Tiger woods PGA TOUR (tentative name)
Mah-jongg Wii (tentative name)
DRAGON QUEST SWORDS
Fishing master (tentative name)

[5tatic]

This is getting me excited about the Wii.

[Olin]

Oddly, I want a Wii more than before. Not that I didn't want it already, that is.

[-SPIKE-]

idk sounds kinda gaii to me, but if your a hardcore nintendo use. your dream has come true, i mean this thing dosent do any more that what a computer can do. just buy a computer.

[Fry]

I cant wait after seeing this new info i thought the wii would be poo (pun intended).

I've cleaned up the first post and added some screens of these Channels, i will post PAL region pricing when i get it.

[Xan]

Looks very interesting. But i don't think i'll buy one. If it really lives up to its name, i may consider getting one

[Olin]

idk sounds kinda gaii to me, but if your a hardcore nintendo use. your dream has come true, i mean this thing dosent do any more that what a computer can do. just buy a computer.What the hell are you on about? I can say that about the PS3 as well, actually it would be moreso for the PS3. However, you should realize that these are CONSOLES THAT PLAY GAMES with some features you can get on the PC, but the Wii uses the Wii controller for all of this so it's a LOT DIFFERENT.

[Fry]

idk sounds kinda gaii to me, but if your a hardcore nintendo use. your dream has come true, i mean this thing dosent do any more that what a computer can do. just buy a computer.I think the motion sesitive control is what more people are excited about, no PC has that and the other features are just a bonus. Plus for $250 US you cant go wrong. Not to mention a average PC would cost 4X that amount and would only produce average graphics uness you get a new Graphics card that would cost as much as the Wii

[Xan]

A Wii class Resident evil game makes me think of all the possibilities with the motion sensetive control. It would probably be amazing

[5tatic]

Dead rising on the Wii would be awesome.

[Fry]

Videos from the english Wii (www.wii.com) site

http://wii.com/en_US/images/thumbs/thumb_menu.jpg
Click to play (http://wii.com/en_US/images/index/b_play.gif)
The Wii menu screen allows you to select from a variety of Wii Channels with ease.

http://wii.com/en_US/images/thumbs/thumb_mii.jpg
Click for video (http://wii.com/en_US/images/index/b_play.gif)
Create 3D caricatures of yourself, your friends and family with the Mii Channel.

http://wii.com/en_US/images/thumbs/thumb_news.jpg
Click for video (http://wii.com/en_US/images/index/b_play.gif)
Catch up on current events each day with the latest headlines on the News Channel.

http://wii.com/en_US/images/thumbs/thumb_forecast. jpg
Click for video (http://wii.com/en_US/images/index/b_play.gif)
Check the weather forecast where you live or around the world on the Forecast Channel.

[Lynk]

Looks nice.
I can't wait to play the Wii when it arrives over here.

[Xan]

The awesome part is also the free Online with Wii. I'm liking this alot more than a PS3 right now.

I'm only hoping that least half of the services will be free. But i doubt it

[Fry]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/m ovie/lineup.html
That is a video demonstrating some of the games and how the controller will work.

[TONY_ak47]

I know what I'm getting my hot smoking sexy beautiful girlfriend.

[Piggus]

Looks awsome. I'll probably have to wait until next year to get one though. :(

[zombienm]

I'm getting one. I'm not even the slightest bit interested in the PS3 or Xbox 360. At all.

Wii all the way for me.

[Fry]

I just found a Red Steel (http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?c lient=ca-pub-6219811747049371&dt=1158292804156&lmt=1158292804&format=728x90_as&output=html&channel=3503761944&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DN_r vrAVi0wY%26eurl%3D&color_bg=FFFFFF&color_text=444444&color_link=0033CC&color_url=0033CC&color_border=FFFFFF&kw_type=broad&kw=Video%20Games&ad_type=text&cc=100&u_h=768&u_w=1024&u_ah=738&u_aw=1024&u_cd=32&u_tz=570&u_java=true)video that also demonstrates how the Wiimote will work, It looks alright.

[Lettermaniac]

The controller is definatley gonna be cool. That list of announced games on the last page is impressive aswell.

[eli]

Official:

Australia will get Wii at 7 december.

[Fry]

Nice find Eli, Below is all the known information only missing europe's release date.

The Wii (wii.com) website is now in english.

America - 19 November 2006 = $250
Japan - 04 Japan 2006 = 25,000 Yen
Australia - 7 December 2006 = $399
Europe - 8 december 2006 = £179

http://www.nwiizone.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/wii_box.JPG
Japan will only get the basic pack.
http://onnintendo.com/Posts/2006_09/42/1/00001.jpg
A "Wii Sport" package will be released for the U.S, Australia and Europe

We will get In the box:
1 Wii
1 Wii controller strap (look in pic)
1 Wiimote
1 Nunchuck controller
1 AC adaptor
1 AV cable
1 stand and support plate
1 sensor bar
1 sensor bar stand

Here are a bunch of features the Wii has out of the box.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/channel _1_pic.jpg
The Wii is known to be able to store photos, and this is obviously an image editor.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/channel _2_pic.jpg
This seems to be software that allows people to replicate themself in a game!

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/channel _3_pic.jpg
An easy to use Weather report on your Wii.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/channel _4_pic.gif
Speaks for itself…a News Channel!

More new features and some news

-WiiConnect24 will feature a BBS-like message board system that can cross-post to and from cell phones computers and other Wii consoles. Specifically, the company plans to use Wii Connect24 to not just browse the internet, but also to bring some TV functionality to its users.

-The price of the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console Games where revealed during today conference:

NES games USD $5
SNES games USD $8
N64 games USD $10

As many as 60 of these "classic" Virtual Console titles will be available at launch.
Like the Microsoft XBOX Live marketplace, "credits" can be purchased for use towards new VC games.

Developers supporting the VC on Wii
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/features/img/virtual _img1.gif

-Pricing for games
In the US will be between $40 and $50 per new title. Iwata promises that at least 25 Wii titles will be available by the end of the year, including new Mario and Zelda.

VIDEOS
Here (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/ movie/lineup.html) is a nice new video preview of Wii games and how the controller works, Looks great!

A preview of Red Steel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_rvrAVi0wY&eurl=) demonstrating how the Wiimote works

A new Zelda (http://movie.nintendo.co.jp/data/wii.../wiizelda2 .swf) video (thanks to Eli)

[eli]

WII LAUNCH DETAILS: European launch date December 8 2006, priced at £179 (249 Euros). Package will include console, Wiimote, nunchuck, cables and all that jazz. Oh and Wii Sports. Er, games will cost £35 - £39 in the UK and 49-59 Euros elsewhere. Europe, for example.

[iKlipse]

Graphics aren't to impressive but the control physics look pretty cool with the shooting and golf swings and stuff. The price is amazingly low though.

[Lettermaniac]

Yeah, $399 Aus means about $420 NZ, thats great really.

[Fry]

The price isn't really that low i mean for $100 more Australian you can get the basic xbox, but i still will be getting a Wii at launch.

Also the nintendo Wii is not region free despite what we were told ill post a link soon.

[Pignoah]

Region free?

[Xan]

Nope. Its been confirmed that its not region free

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/16/ 1319209&from=rss

[Pignoah]

What's region-free mean?

[Xan]

Look on wikipedia for awnsers. Should give you a brief explanation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_lockout for example

[Fry]

Also more news the Wii will ship with both composite and component cables despite people saying it wouldn't.

Link- (http://www.wiisworld.com/wii-news/wii-video-cable.html)