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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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Smedlos wrote:
> One of my biggest regrets is selling my SNES so if you can
> download games like Mario Kart I'll be very tempted to jump back
> to Nintendo.
I think Mario Kart will be a certainty :)
> One of my biggest regrets is selling my SNES so if you can
> download games like Mario Kart I'll be very tempted to jump back
> to Nintendo.
I think Mario Kart will be a certainty :)
Will they bother to make it online though?
They bloody well should do. It was quite a surprise not to see an online Mario Kart clone on the original Xbox tbh.
They bloody well should do. It was quite a surprise not to see an online Mario Kart clone on the original Xbox tbh.
I hope they do - Mario Kart on Gamecube was online-able through Warp-Pipe.
Most classics on XBLA feature an online mode so it can't be that hard to do. Just depends if Nintendo pull their fingers out and cater to what people really do want.
Most classics on XBLA feature an online mode so it can't be that hard to do. Just depends if Nintendo pull their fingers out and cater to what people really do want.
True, but the GC Version of MK was the worst by far for Battlemode.
One of the 4 (or was it 6?, pretty sure it was 4) levels was simply a square! A SQUARE!
Ah hell, I really want to get back into Nintendo gaming but they make it so bloody hard with their insistance on dumbing everything down.
One of the 4 (or was it 6?, pretty sure it was 4) levels was simply a square! A SQUARE!
Ah hell, I really want to get back into Nintendo gaming but they make it so bloody hard with their insistance on dumbing everything down.
Hedfix wrote:
> True, but the GC Version of MK was the worst by far for
> Battlemode.
i agree
> One of the 4 (or was it 6?, pretty sure it was 4) levels was
> simply a square! A SQUARE!
Think it was 4, and yes, pretty pathetic tbh.
> Ah hell, I really want to get back into Nintendo gaming but they
> make it so bloody hard with their insistance on dumbing
> everything down.
You're not wrong there, but imo it's fine as long as they don't dumb it down too much...
> True, but the GC Version of MK was the worst by far for
> Battlemode.
i agree
> One of the 4 (or was it 6?, pretty sure it was 4) levels was
> simply a square! A SQUARE!
Think it was 4, and yes, pretty pathetic tbh.
> Ah hell, I really want to get back into Nintendo gaming but they
> make it so bloody hard with their insistance on dumbing
> everything down.
You're not wrong there, but imo it's fine as long as they don't dumb it down too much...
Bullett wrote:
>
> You're not wrong there, but imo it's fine as long as they don't
> dumb it down too much...
Indeed, I'm all-for some simple game mechanics when they're put into the proper arena and that is the arena of online gaming.
There's so many games that simply boil down to 'move, point and shoot' but put that online against other people and it's wonderful.
It's frustrating to be confined by one console's online setup when another's is world-class.
>
> You're not wrong there, but imo it's fine as long as they don't
> dumb it down too much...
Indeed, I'm all-for some simple game mechanics when they're put into the proper arena and that is the arena of online gaming.
There's so many games that simply boil down to 'move, point and shoot' but put that online against other people and it's wonderful.
It's frustrating to be confined by one console's online setup when another's is world-class.
Hedfix wrote:
> It's frustrating to be confined by one console's online setup
> when another's is world-class.
Saying that though, if everyone had an online system as great as Xbox Live, it wouldn't be so special :)
Know what you mean about a simple game being made great when put online - look at RS3!
> It's frustrating to be confined by one console's online setup
> when another's is world-class.
Saying that though, if everyone had an online system as great as Xbox Live, it wouldn't be so special :)
Know what you mean about a simple game being made great when put online - look at RS3!
Yeah and then they screwed it up: what idiot thought it'd be a good idea to have an automatic extra 2 minutes of 'sudden death', upon a draw, that you couldn't turn off?
Morons.
Morons.
Haha, memories... :D
Yep, and tomorrow it all starts again. :D
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