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The Wii Hits the UK

Posted by Zonk on from the with-a-wiimote-to-the-face dept.

Gamespot is reporting on the Wii's launch in Britain. As with the U.S. launch, things seem to have gone quite smoothly. Celebrities and very long lines of gamers marked the occasion, with one store giving out pizza, merchandise, and champaign to their customers. From the article: "At Nintendo's official event in HMV on Oxford Street, celebrities Ian Wright, Nell McAndrew, Pat Cash, and Ricky Hatton turned up to play Wii Sports. Cash and McAndrew played Wii Tennis, with Cash winning two games to zero. Wright and Hatton sparred at Wii Boxing, with the ex-footballer winning the virtual game against the boxer. Heba Elgamal, who had been camping outside the store in an alley for two days, was first in line for a console at the HMV store, and it was presented to him by Ian Wright. Elgamal bought The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess with his purchase, and Wright asked him if Zelda was a fighting game--which didn't go down well with the crowd. " Errr ... who is Ian Wright? And how has he never heard of Zelda?

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  1. lol spelling by bassgoonist · · Score: 1, Informative

    giving out champaign

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  2. Wrighty by mike260 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Errr ... who is Ian Wright? And how has he never heard of Zelda?

    He's an ex-footballer. He's never heard of Zelda in the same way the poster's never heard of Ian Wright.

    1. Re:Wrighty by minus_273 · · Score: 2, Informative

      ah, over here people tend to waste most of their time on the national football league. Not too many games in a season though, roughly once a week. College is really big too.

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  3. Re:Ripoff by Frag-A-Muffin · · Score: 4, Informative


    I got my Wii yesterday, and I was *shocked* that it doesn't include any way of connecting it to the net. WTF! You need to buy an external adapter to connect it the net. F**king ripoff Nintendo.


    Obviously a troll, but I wanted to share this anyhow.

    The Wii, at $280CDN has built in wireless. To get wireless for an xbox360? How about $130CDN. That's almost HALF the cost of a hole Wii console that comes with 1 Wiimote, 1 nunchuk, built in wireless AND A GAME!

    Please, don't talk about the Wii as a ripoff troll.

    * And for those of you who want to argue that the xbox360 has built in ethernet, and the wii doesn't. All I have to say to that is, at least they're charging a reasonable price to add it!

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  4. Cool, hope you like it by j0se_p0inter0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Have fun guys. Good luck getting a console at launch and spending some time with it. Myself, my brother, and friends agree this is the most fun we've had with a console since the SNES. Don't forget to order some component cables though, it makes a pretty big difference if you're running an HDTV.

  5. Re:So that's where all the classic controllers wen by Mike89 · · Score: 2, Informative

    We got the same packaging in Australia :)

  6. Re:Ripoff by FinchWorld · · Score: 2, Informative
    To be fair anyone buying the official Xbox360 wifi adapter (especially if your a slashdotter) deserves to be parted with there money. For my xbox orginal I got a access point (that can be run in a multitude of other modes as well) for £20 (about $30 USD) that plugs in via ethernet and does the job.

    That said didn't know the Wii had it built in, release a jedi game and I'll have one soon.

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