Nintendo WiiU Price and Release Date Announced

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 13, 2012 @01:32AM from the water-sports-games-I-hope dept.

YokimaSun writes "Nintendo has revealed the release date of the Wii U: in Japan it will launch on the 8th December, and in the U.S. it will launch on November 18th. The console will ship in two versions: a basic version with 8GB of internal memory and a Deluxe version that has 32GB of internal memory and comes with a stand and docks. Both versions have 1GB of main memory and as much again for game memory. Nintendo claims the console is 20 times more powerful than the Wii and supports 1080p visuals out the box. It comes with an HDMI cable. All existing Wii accessories will work with the Wii U, but the new Tablet Gamepad will set you back around £100/$173 when you convert yen over. The price of the Deluxe SKU is $350." Here's a list of launch titles.

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Re:Still thinks Japan is the center of the world by donaldm · 2012-09-13 01:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Can me an Xbox fanboy if you like
Ok show me an Xbox fanboy and I think with allot of pressure we can squeeze him into a can, however it may be a bit painful :)

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Re:Still thinks Japan is the center of the world by crazyjj · 2012-09-13 02:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Well, it appears they listened to me. Good for them, for realizing I was right.

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Re:It will certainly succeed by synapse7 · 2012-09-13 02:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Well if the Wii U gets Skyrim Dawnguard that would put it a notch over the PS3 for some people.
Re:Still thinks Japan is the center of the world by littlebigbot · 2012-09-13 04:52 · Score: 3, Funny

Shh...just let him have his moment.