Wii is coming on November 19th

Time to get your Wii on!

Published on September 14, 2006 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

Nintendo announced last night that the highly anticipated Wii will be released in the U.S. on November 19th at a launch price of $250. The Wii will be released just days after Sony plans to release the PS3. While Sony has said they will have a limited number of PS3's available for the holiday season, Nintendo assures they will have "far more available than their competitor".

The Wii will reportedly include the Wii Sports title, a controller, and the "nunchuck" style attachment. Users will also be able to download and play games from the NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64, and NEC's TurboGrafx. These downloads will cost between $5 and $10.

The unit will also feature high speed internet capability, Wi-Fi, and have over 25 games available at launch time.

Comments

Life is a Game

on Sep 14, 2006

I think the Wii will outsell PS3 as is a lot cheaper

Island Dog

on Sep 14, 2006

More information about Wii weather. http://www.wii.com/en_US/movies/forecastchannel/

seldomseen

on Sep 14, 2006

Been waiting for this one for a couple of months, now! $250 seems about right. Don't know yet how people will adapt to the controllers... My local outlet says it will be backwards-compatible to use GameCube discs...we'll see. WiFi sounds good.

sixshot

on Sep 14, 2006

Here's what I tallied up...

Not out to make the most realistic graphics (+1/-1)
Geared to simplify gaming (+1)
No HD capability (-1, you cannot tell me that being able to view some of these games in at least 480p isn't great)
Comes with at least a game (+1)
Twilight Princess (+1)
'Cube version later (-1)
Classic games (+1), saved on limited memory (-1)
Networked (+1), no wired version? (-1?)
Slim design (+1)
'Cube compatibility (+1)

seldomseen

on Sep 14, 2006

Great Nintendo link, Island Dog! Interesting. For me, Mario in space sounds good for a first. Nine and eleven-yr-olds here...
sixshot: No wired?! Gotta be.

HD needs to be added...soon!
Graphics remain unknown...will make or break my decision. Good graphics are a must today.
Thanks, everyone, for the info and updates

kona0197

on Sep 15, 2006

Well anything is better than the overpriced and overheating 360.

sixshot

on Sep 15, 2006

No wired?! Gotta be.

Well the most we know is that they tout wireless networking. Personally this is all fine and dandy but only at the most minimal level possible. I'm glad that we're able to hook this little baby up to the network with the potential of having multiplayer games work over the 'net. However, having played games like Q3A, Counter-Strike, Guild Wars, WoW (during open beta), Battlefield 2, and Tribes, I cannot risk having network problems due to wireless issues. My home network, as it stands now, is wired for all desktop PCs and wireless only for the laptop and potentially the NinDS.

The part that I do not know fully if they're going to provide it is a wired connectivity for networking. This is a must for me but I am willing to deal with just wireless if it means that there'll be no RJ-45 port somewhere on the little slim box.

PhrozenMenace

on Sep 15, 2006

i think i might get one..its cheap..unlike ps3 thats never gonna come out

Island Dog

on Sep 15, 2006

Well anything is better than the overpriced and overheating 360.

I take it you don't have one. Because the heating problem has been pretty much fixed. I bought my premium 360 for about $350, which is a great deal.

PhrozenMenace

on Sep 15, 2006

i still prefer the ps3 over the other ones

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