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Sat 11/11/06 at 15:03
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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.
Fri 08/12/06 at 14:53
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Amazon receiving new stock at 3pm.
Fri 08/12/06 at 12:54
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I got mine today, one of our table legs is a bit shorter than the others.
Fri 08/12/06 at 11:44
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I still haven't recieved mine from Amazon. They are saying 14th or 15th. I did try to get another from John Lewis but they were out of stock, they only had 15 there... Gonna get another from Amazon.co.uk now.
Fri 08/12/06 at 11:32
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Smedlos wrote:
> who's had a Wii today then?

Just got mine from John Lewis without preorder! Managed to beat 100 people in the race up 3 storeys....I lost count of the amount of old women i pushed out of the way by the time i got to the top :)
Fri 08/12/06 at 10:26
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Christ, ignore the complete and utter moron that is me - I didn't even realise it had built-in wireless :D

Connecting now ^^
Fri 08/12/06 at 10:18
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Yay got mine ^^

Have no means to get it online though, dammit.

Looks like it's back out to buy some sort of USB Wireless adapter...
Fri 08/12/06 at 09:31
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who's had a Wii today then?
Thu 07/12/06 at 19:44
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I just checked, Amazon have despatched the one I ordered today, should be here tomorrow! And because it's a Christmas pressie, I can't touch it until my nephew opens it on the 25th.
Thu 07/12/06 at 18:49
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Hahaha, falling asleep whilst watching raw cost: your hygiene.
Pb outside in the pouring rain, destined to get koed by a tornado. Priceless.
Thu 07/12/06 at 16:40
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Not long now.

8am opening here. Boo! Still, I'll be there...

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