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Nintendo Wii Launch - 6 Days
This thread will be updated frequently, and will have all the information you need to know.
United Kingdom - 6 Days - 8 December 2006
North America - Out now!
Japan - December 2
Wii Console Price: £180
Wii Game: £30-40, Amazon.co.uk suggested
Wii Remote Cost: £30
Wii Nunchuk add-on: £15
Wii Classic Controller: £15
Wii Zapper: TBA
Visual Looks:
Wii Console
Wii Remote
Wii Remote + Nunchuk add-on
Game Box Art
Wii retail box
Video Demonstrations
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (SPOILERS)
Red Steel
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Wii Sports
Excite Truck
Wii Play
Call of Duty 3
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Far Cry
Wii getting ripped out of it's box!
Inside the Box:
- Wii Console (white)
- Wii Remote with strap
- Nunchuk
- Wii AC Adapter
- Wii Stereo AV Cable
- Wii Stand
- Wii Stand Plate
- Wii Sensor Bar
- Sensor Bar Stand
- AA Battery
- Wii Sports game
Launch Titles:
The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess
Wii Play (including Wii Remote)
Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam(Activision)
Madden NFL 07 (EA)
Need For Speed: Carbon (EA)
Happy Feet (Midway Games)
Rampage: Total Destruction (Midway Games)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
Gottlieb Pinball Classics (System 3)
Super Fruit Fall (System 3)
Cars (THQ)
Barnyard (THQ)
Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (THQ)
Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII (Ubisoft)
Far Cry Vengeance (Ubisoft)
GT Pro Series (Ubisoft)
Monster 4x4 World Circuit (Ubisoft)
Open Season (Ubisoft)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
Red Steel (Ubisoft)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft)
Wii Interface
Wii provides a very unique and user-friendly interface for you to browse in.
You will get 6 satisfying features for you to browse in, these are, the wii menu, Mii Channel, Forecast Channel, Photo Channel, News Channel and Internet Channel. For more information on these channels go here
Wii Statues
Sites Currently Taking Pre-Orders.
NONE. YOU WILL NOW NEVER GET ANY WII BEFORE CHRISTMAS, TRY EBAY.
Wii Points
Wii points are something used to purchase features for the Wii via Wii Shop Channel. For example you can purchase a NES game for 500 Wii points. £0.75 makes up 100 Wii points. You will need to purchase a "Wii Points card", in order to use this system.
* NES Games = 500 Wii Points
* SNES Games = 800 Wii Points (900 Wii Points in Japan on selected games)
* N64 Games = 1,000 Wii Points
* Sega Genesis Games = 800 Wii Points (600 Wii Points in Japan)
* TurboGrafix 16 Games = 600 Wii Points
Also, another advantage would be consumers would put up Wii points for offer after you buy something. For example, if you buy a Wii game you will get 1500 Wii points.
Virtual Console
You may have heard a few things about Nintendo's Virtual Console, but not quiet sure what it is. The virtual console is another feature in the Wii, which allows you to download NES, SNES, N64, T16, Genesis, Commodore 64 and MSX games.
There is one catch thou, Nintendo's virtual console is not free. You will be required to pay £3.50 for NES titles, £5.60 for SNES, £7.00 for N64, £5.60 for Genesis and £4.20 for TurboGrafx-16 in able to play these.
This thread will be updated frequently, and will have all the information you need to know.
United Kingdom - 6 Days - 8 December 2006
North America - Out now!
Japan - December 2
Wii Console Price: £180
Wii Game: £30-40, Amazon.co.uk suggested
Wii Remote Cost: £30
Wii Nunchuk add-on: £15
Wii Classic Controller: £15
Wii Zapper: TBA
Visual Looks:
Wii Console
Wii Remote
Wii Remote + Nunchuk add-on
Game Box Art
Wii retail box
Video Demonstrations
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (SPOILERS)
Red Steel
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Wii Sports
Excite Truck
Wii Play
Call of Duty 3
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Far Cry
Wii getting ripped out of it's box!
Inside the Box:
- Wii Console (white)
- Wii Remote with strap
- Nunchuk
- Wii AC Adapter
- Wii Stereo AV Cable
- Wii Stand
- Wii Stand Plate
- Wii Sensor Bar
- Sensor Bar Stand
- AA Battery
- Wii Sports game
Launch Titles:
The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess
Wii Play (including Wii Remote)
Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam(Activision)
Madden NFL 07 (EA)
Need For Speed: Carbon (EA)
Happy Feet (Midway Games)
Rampage: Total Destruction (Midway Games)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
Gottlieb Pinball Classics (System 3)
Super Fruit Fall (System 3)
Cars (THQ)
Barnyard (THQ)
Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (THQ)
Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII (Ubisoft)
Far Cry Vengeance (Ubisoft)
GT Pro Series (Ubisoft)
Monster 4x4 World Circuit (Ubisoft)
Open Season (Ubisoft)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
Red Steel (Ubisoft)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft)
Wii Interface
Wii provides a very unique and user-friendly interface for you to browse in.
You will get 6 satisfying features for you to browse in, these are, the wii menu, Mii Channel, Forecast Channel, Photo Channel, News Channel and Internet Channel. For more information on these channels go here
Wii Statues
Sites Currently Taking Pre-Orders.
NONE. YOU WILL NOW NEVER GET ANY WII BEFORE CHRISTMAS, TRY EBAY.
Wii Points
Wii points are something used to purchase features for the Wii via Wii Shop Channel. For example you can purchase a NES game for 500 Wii points. £0.75 makes up 100 Wii points. You will need to purchase a "Wii Points card", in order to use this system.
* NES Games = 500 Wii Points
* SNES Games = 800 Wii Points (900 Wii Points in Japan on selected games)
* N64 Games = 1,000 Wii Points
* Sega Genesis Games = 800 Wii Points (600 Wii Points in Japan)
* TurboGrafix 16 Games = 600 Wii Points
Also, another advantage would be consumers would put up Wii points for offer after you buy something. For example, if you buy a Wii game you will get 1500 Wii points.
Virtual Console
You may have heard a few things about Nintendo's Virtual Console, but not quiet sure what it is. The virtual console is another feature in the Wii, which allows you to download NES, SNES, N64, T16, Genesis, Commodore 64 and MSX games.
There is one catch thou, Nintendo's virtual console is not free. You will be required to pay £3.50 for NES titles, £5.60 for SNES, £7.00 for N64, £5.60 for Genesis and £4.20 for TurboGrafx-16 in able to play these.
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I'm probably just going to get M64 games and a few SNES ones.
I've got Mario 64 and Bomberman 93 so far, but may get some more later on, particularly if either of the Pilot Wings games come out.
I've got Mario 64 and Bomberman 93 so far, but may get some more later on, particularly if either of the Pilot Wings games come out.
Shooby wrote:
> On that topic, has anyone actually forked out for a VC game yet
> or have you all been busy playing Zelda?
Yeah I've bought the following:
Sonic - in hindsight this was a bad idea, completely forgot about Sonic Mega Collection...
Ristar
Donkey Kong Country
Bomberman
Bonk's Adventure
I know emulators exist - hell, I have about 10 discs containing libraries of all Sega and Nintendo stuff, but VC is all about convenience :)
> On that topic, has anyone actually forked out for a VC game yet
> or have you all been busy playing Zelda?
Yeah I've bought the following:
Sonic - in hindsight this was a bad idea, completely forgot about Sonic Mega Collection...
Ristar
Donkey Kong Country
Bomberman
Bonk's Adventure
I know emulators exist - hell, I have about 10 discs containing libraries of all Sega and Nintendo stuff, but VC is all about convenience :)
Alfonse wrote:
> Yeah man, how is that supporting the wii?
Well it's new levels and stuff I think. A quick skim-read of IGN's review seemed to indicate that they'd got hung-up on the lesser graphics of the Wii version and heavily based their score on that (I believe they said the graphics would have been laughable on the Cube let alone the Wii).
It looks fun, I hope it plays a bit like Serious Sam's calmer sections but with more stealth.
> Yeah man, how is that supporting the wii?
Well it's new levels and stuff I think. A quick skim-read of IGN's review seemed to indicate that they'd got hung-up on the lesser graphics of the Wii version and heavily based their score on that (I believe they said the graphics would have been laughable on the Cube let alone the Wii).
It looks fun, I hope it plays a bit like Serious Sam's calmer sections but with more stealth.
The VC got an update several days ago, quite disappointing really.
On that topic, has anyone actually forked out for a VC game yet or have you all been busy playing Zelda?
On that topic, has anyone actually forked out for a VC game yet or have you all been busy playing Zelda?
Yeah man, how is that supporting the wii?
Far Cry gets a 4 from IGN.
Ubi aren't doing very well with their Wii shooters, I expect it'll sell well enough though.
Ubi aren't doing very well with their Wii shooters, I expect it'll sell well enough though.
:D
One more possible owner - once they read it? ;)
One more possible owner - once they read it? ;)
Heh, what's one more Wii review on the web? :P
Yes. They were all...
...excellent...
But not about the Wii. So they lose. :D
...excellent...
But not about the Wii. So they lose. :D
Might do. Did you check for competing reviews before posting? ;)
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