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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 5:40 pm Post subject: [Wii] - Price announced

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2006/05/25/nintendo-announces-japanese-wii-price.htm

250$ for a real next-gen console. How fucking sweet is this ?! I'm buying one on launch day. Heck, i might pre-order one.

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject:

What was wrong with the PS3? Oh yeah, you couldn't feel your toes

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:45 am Post subject:

Suh-WEET! If anyone was wondering, here's the (translated) info from the horse's mouth:

Famitsu wrote:
6,000,000 Wii Units Estimated to Ship in Late March of Next Year

On May 5, 2006, Nintendo announced its earnings for March 2006 [note: that's the end of one of the financial quarters in Japan...I think] at the Osaka Stock Exchange. During the press question and answer session that followed, the issue of price for the next generation "Wii" game console was raised.

Nintendo indicated that they "do not intend to set the price at over 25,000 yen". Three generations of Nintendo hardware--the Super Famicon [Super NES], Nintendo 64, and Gamecube have all debuted at 25,000 yen. In addition, the number of consoles available at the end of next March is expected to be 6,000,000, along with 17,000,000 units of software (worldwide base - from notes in the earnings report).

According to Nintendo, the debut date and price will be officially announced at a later date.

Well, I'm excited. Now here's the real question--is it gonna be region free?

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:03 pm Post subject:

TOMaxwell wrote:
What was wrong with the PS3? Oh yeah, you couldn't feel your toes

I'm not too keen on the $600.00 price tag...
And I AM a sony fan.. ouch.

What I need to do is de-age 12 years, and move back in with my parents... Yeah...

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject:

$600?

play.com has it listed at £550 (albeit with 3 crummy games)

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject:

Jaymac wrote:
$600?

play.com has it listed at £550 (albeit with 3 crummy games)

There are 2 models, they range $499.00 to $599.00 usd ... Here's the first link I found on google.

Stray Dog Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 11

Hee... ^^;; Why did they call it the Wiiii.... T_T ^^;;

How many of you will buy one? I won't, I'm 772 pounds in debt for my macbook pro to my dad... ^^;;

Stray Dog Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 43

$250? I thought it was going to be $200.... Damn currency conversion...

If it was $200 and included all cables and adapters I need (even to run it on a TV that just uses coax), two controllers, and at least one game, I'd buy it.

I paid $200 for my Super Nintendo. I'm not paying more for another console that probably won't be as good. (oooh, everything is rendered now and has higher polygon count oooooh, I don't care, hire an artist and draw some damn sprites.)

The waggly controller deal seems pretty gimmicky, like every other non-controller accessory. (Lightgun, ROB, power glove, power pad, super-scope-6, virtual boy...) Sure it was cool to use a bazooka, for a little while, then it got tiring and boring. My guess is eventually people will get tired of waving around sticks and want a normal comfortable controller (which will be sold separately).

And if they market something as Backwards Compatible, that shouldn't mean you can run ROMs on it. That should mean that I can plug in my damn cartridges and play them without paying to download them. If I wanted to run ROMs I don't need a new console to do that.

</rant>

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:13 am Post subject:

the wii looks good to me

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2964751562925463883

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:49 am Post subject:

OMG!!! the Wii is a whore?

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:06 am Post subject:

My Wii-wii says Weeeeeeeee !

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject:

my only concern is that zelda will be the only good game

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:

Looks like NIntendo may have a chance at taking the incumbants by storm.....if they get any good games that is.

Tail-Wagger Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Age: 25 Posts: 2202

dstg_ll wrote:
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2006/05/25/nintendo-announces-japanese-wii-price.htm

250$ for a real next-gen console. How fucking sweet is this ?! I'm buying one on launch day. Heck, i might pre-order one.

i think this is the first time i've ever been "excited" about getting a console the day it comes out. i typically wait a few months to see what kind of 3rd party support the thing will have.

i have faith that the wii will wrock you.

Tail-Wagger Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Age: 25 Posts: 2202

fathertyme wrote:
OMG!!! the Wii is a whore?

what's wrong with that?