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The Wii Takes NYC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-wiinfo dept.

The news came in late from Japan, with details on the North American launch. This morning, Nintendo's New York press conference expanded our understanding of what's going to be happening on November 19th. 1up has coverage of the event, as well as Japan's virtual console pricing, the opening lineup details for Japan, and news that the ex-FFXII director is excited about the Wii. Hopefully this will mean innovative support of the platform by Square/Enix. Over at Gamespot, they have their own conference coverage, as well as a rundown on the system's media functionality and first-hand comments from the engineers that built it. Finally, for a bit of analysis, Next Generation explores what the return of the pack-in (the inclusion of Wii Sports with the console) means for the industry at large.

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  1. wii.com updated by oscartheduck · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just to make sure everyone noticed, wii.com just updated to English too.

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  2. Re:before people complain by ImaNumber · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wii (w/game and controller) - $250
    3 Extra Wiimotes - $120
    1 Extra Nunchuk - $20
    2 Retro Controllers - $40
    Rayman - $50
    Excite Truck - $50
    Zelda - $50
    2000 points for the VC - $20


    Total $600, the same price as the PS3 with nothing extra.

  3. Pricing summary for the lazy: by oneiros27 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Of the multitude of links, there wasn't one to Next Gen's summary. Here's a further condensed report:

    $250 : main system, 1 Wii-mote, 1 nunchucks, Wii Sports

    $40 : extra Wii-motes
    $20 : extra nunchucks

    $50 or less : new Nintendo made games (no cap on third-party games)
    $5 : downloadable NES games
    $8 : downloadable SNES games
    $10 : downloadable N64 games
    $?? : Opera browser ...

    and the gamecube version of Zelda:TS will come out ~3 weeks after the Wii version; Metroid Prime 3, not 'till 2007.

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  4. Re:excited by MindStalker · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is no "Wired" version of the Wiimote. The Wiimote always has the OPTION of being wired incase of signal problems or there being a lot of wiimotes in the same room (as was the case at the game conferences).

  5. Whoa! Wii to be Region-Free! by Optic7 · · Score: 3, Informative
    I think this will be huge. Supposedly developers will have the ability to make their games have a region lock if they want, but it seems like it won't be used by Nintendo themselves.

    Wii to be region-free

    This thing is starting to look like it has all the ingredients to be a big success.