Wii got a release date!

Flame Buster · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:13 am Post subject: Wii got a release date!

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157573.html

It seems the Wii will retail in the US for $250, while it'll go for $213 in Japan.

The release date is November 17 in the US and December 2 in Japan.

The games are $50 apeice here while ranging from (about) $41 to $58 dollars in Nintendo's home country.

Wiimotes are $32 and the nunchaku attachment is going for $15.

Also, there were many other goodies.

Lots of juicy info! It seems Nintendo has finally broken their silence!

I do find it odd, though, that they're releasing it here in the US first.
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NumberGirl · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:16 am Post subject:

Zippo · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:01 am Post subject:

I can't wait for Nov. 19th! I'm very glad it's coming out before December - I won't have to worry about it interfereing with getting my friends/family Christmas gifts. My plan is to buy the Wii system, another game (probably Red Steel), an extra controller/nunchuck (so my parents/friends can play), and possibly the 50,000 Wii points/Classic controller. Good thing I have a full-time job to pay for it all ^^;;
*fangasms*
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Sai-kun · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:12 am Post subject:

lol more liek 19, November. *shot by Bemani fans*

Yay Wii. I can't waaaait. Wii Sports = win
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**Sketch** · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:24 am Post subject:

I have $260 saved up from my change excursion...so I'll keep collecting until about...the end of October. Ill probably reserve a Wii tomorrow then....if I can.

I don't plan on getting another game with it...other than Twilight Princess. Which I've had on reserve for about...a year or so now. I can change it to the Wii version now. \o/

I also changed the title to something cooler. \o\~
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**PlaguedOne** · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:26 am Post subject:

As a note when comparing the Japanese price tag:

"To get a better idea of what 25,000 yen is in USD, one needs to take purchasing power parity into account. While the direct translation is around $215, the latest PPP data ([url]found here: http://www.oecd.org/std/ppp[/url]) shows 81 units in Japan to equate 100 units in the USA."

So: 25,000 x (100 / 81) = 30864 Yen. Convert that number, and it's more like $262.75 USD.
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AngelfanA16 · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject:

Finally I can reserve a copy. Anybody know when any good games are coming out?
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Flame Buster · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

Well, Zelda and Metroid Prime 3 are coming out at launch.
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**Sketch** · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject:

Corruption is no longer a launch title as far as I know...I could be wrong however.
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Kupo.EXE · Darkloid Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 537

your not, and just in case no one has pointed it out, they launched a site with the dashboard features and console features in it.

www.wii.com

Unknown Neo · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject:

Well I know what I'm getting in the next 6 months. And the Wii gets cooler and cooler as we go.

Flame Buster · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject:

I just remembered that Corruption isn't a launch title..

I'm really pissed at G-faqs. The users there are actually complaining about the price and release date.
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Broken Goggles · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject:

Kupo.EXE · Darkloid Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 537

I was slightly taken aback by nintendo's comment 'below 250' over and over again then we get 250 on the button and I was hoping for 200. But I'll pay my three hundred canadian dollars and hopefully be left fullfilled and by fulfilled I mean filled the hole the PS3 would have left in my wallet.

**PlaguedOne** · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

It's not $250 on the button. It's $249.99, which is, in fact, below $250. XP

There were also a lot of reports, rumors and speculation that the Wii was going to be released before the PS3 launched. I think that's what most people are going on about in regards to the Wii launch date of November 19th.
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Synchro-Kun · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:14 pm Post subject:

Wii coming out before the Japan release isn't really weird. I rememebered, if memory serves right, that the DS was also out in the US before the Japan release.

Due to my somehow-idiotic-mind, I thought SSBB was a launch title, and now realizing it isn't, I am probably not going to get a Wii and might get a DS lite instead. One being Wii doesn't have much of the games I like (Yes, I know Twilight Princess is awesome, but it really isn't worth around 250 bucks to play it when I can play a GC version in my friend's house. XP) Again, if more news that is appealing to me come out, I might buy it. It's about time I get a new console, anyway. XD
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Shadowbass · Net Savior Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 124

The date doesn't surprise me. The price disappoints me a little since I kept thinking it'd be more around $220. This'll be the first system I buy at launch, though, since I just can't say "no" to a Zelda game.
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HeatShadow · Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:47 am Post subject:

November 19? $250? Sounds good to me. Releasing it before the PS3 would've been nice, but I suppose it can't be helped.

One nice thing about the release date, though, is that it's 3 days before my sister's birthday; maybe I can get her something Wii-related. :]

And I honestly don't understand why everyone's getting so worked up about bundling Wii Sports with the console itself. It's not that big of a game, and I doubt too many people would buy it by itself. Hell, it just means people who are still unsure can get a taste of true motion control right out of the box. Smart move, Nintendo.
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**Sketch** · Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:13 am Post subject:

Get her a wii-mote. XD

I really don't have a problem with the $250 or release date...I need to get secure $30 anyway to get me to $300.
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XHunter17 · Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:38 am Post subject:

Well from what I've seen from the Wii I can tell you its Worth 250.
Alot of people are looking at the games on release date and are waiting to get it later which is cool as well ^.^, But I've figure that the potential of the Wii is so great that the games that come out later for the Wii will be Awesome!
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