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UPDATED on 18TH

Broken Wii Promises
September 18th, 2006

The following is a list of some of the broken promises regarding the Wii.

1. Wii would have DVD Playback - They said it at E3-2005 and it was known for a full year and mysteriously dissapeared.

2. One or Two games would be Wi-Fi compatible at Launch - Mr. Iwata at E3-2005 promised that one or two games would be Wi-Fi compatible at launch.

3. Metroid Prime 3 at launch - This has been well known for some time. Nintendo confirmed Metroid Prime 3 at launch, unfortunately this isn’t the case.

4. “We are all about the Games..etc” - Nintendo has always had a philosophy of making consoles just that, a gaming machine (hence why past consoles weren’t “mini-vans”). Now the Wii can display photos, play videos, play MP3’s, browse the web, check news and weather etc.

5. Price of Wii - George Harrison: “Price is an important factor during the fourth quarter, when everyone tries to stretch their holiday dollars. We’ll have a mass-market price for a mass-market system.” IWata: “What we’ve been repeatedly saying is that it’s going to be an affordable price point, and when we say affordable, you may want to check our past records of price points, launching price points for any past hardware.”

6. Wii won’t launch last - PS3 is launching two days before the Wii in North America while launching about a month prior to Wii’s launch in Japan.

7. (Square-Enix issue) Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (Wi-Fi enabled) will launch with Wii - Unfortunatly FF:CC sequel is no longer on the launch list from Nintendo, even in Japan.

8. Smash Bros at launch - It was hinted at E3-2005 that Iwata was pushing his team for a Wi-Fi enabled Smash Bros at launch. Now it’s pushed till after Q1 2007.

9. When you see the graphics you will say “Wow” - The problem here is that while gamers will say “wow” to the prospect of how the Wii controller/interface will work, the promise was about the graphics.

10. USB to be used for virtually any type of storage device - Apparently the focus is now on the SD Card rather than the USB ports. In fact Nintendo wants you to buy their brand of SD Cards and perhaps in the near future, USB hard-drives. Other than this it looks like fans are in confusion regarding this statement.


UPDATED on SEPT 17TH

UPDATED, Amazon sells out on Preorders on the first day they announced it, and Nintendo World taking preorders on thursday.

UPDATED ON SEPTEMBER 16th

-Video Cable, Classic Controller Confirmation
September 15th, 2006

Nintendo has reconfirmed that the Classic Controller will cost $19.99. While many rumours were spreading around about an “all-in-one” video cable with component/composite/s-video would be bundled with the Wii, unfortunately it seems it’s just simply standard A/V (composite).

-Metroid PRIME 3: Corruption may go online.

-New Zelda Videos.
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/748/748589/vids_1.html

MAKE SURE to check out Wii.com too!!


http://images.usatoday.com/tech/_photos/2006/09/14/wii.jpg
Here is US Boxart,Some things already revelaed is launch date and Price.

PRICES

November 19th, 2006 - United States, Canada and the rest of the Americas. Price: $249.99 USD/$279.99 CAD.
December 2nd, 2006 - Japan and the rest of Asia. Price: 25,000 Yen.
December 7th, 2006 - Australia. Price: $399 AU.
December 8th, 2006 - UK and the rest of Europe. Price: £179/249 Euros.



http://wii.nintendo.com/images/02_game/feature_ss_zelda.jpg

Here are some of the more juicy parts.
All the details from the Article above: 25 New Games would be available this year for the Wii. System will be bundled with WiiSports (Baseball, Golf, Bowling and Tennis). Excite Truck will launch this year, Mario not till 2007. 30 Classic Games to be available at launch from $5-10. Wii can display Digital Photos. News Channel and Weather Channel will be in the system.

Virtual Console Info: NES - 500 Yen, SNES - 800 Yen, N64 - 1000 Yen, MSX Support, Pay by “Credit Card”. 30 Nintendo Classics, 30 Sega/Hudson Classics by end of Year and 10 classics released every month.

Official Press Release from Nintendo of Japan Click Here. Reveals that the bundle will include Wii, Wii-mote Strap, Nunchuk, AC Adapter, A/V Cable, Private Stand, Auxilary Plate, Sensor Bar, Plug Server Stand and two single three dry cell batteries.

Summary of New York Keynote: One Price, One Color, $249.99 is the pricetag and launch is on November 19th. Wii Boxing is included in Wii Sports five-pak compilation. Around 15 launch titles, 30 total launch window. Wii has MOVIE-PLAYBACK! So you can transfer movies to the Wii. Wii Message Board, Buy Web Browser using Wii Points. $39.99 Wii-mote, $19.99 Nunchuk. Zelda Gamecube on December 11th. MP3 in 2007. 2,000 Wii-Points is $24 CANADIAN.

Canadians get the Wii on November 19th for $279.99 CAD (its the best deal in the country compared to 360’s Core priced at $399.99 CAD). Wii is now confirmed to be REGION-FREE on First-Party, Third-party it is up to them to lock or not. HDD add-on possible for USB but nothing completely confirmed. Nintendo wants Flash Memory and SD Cards to be used. NO DVD Playback unfortunately (at least we can upload or play Videos through an SD Card).

UPDATE 20: List of Virtual Console Partners (Source):
Atlus
Bandai Namco
Banpresto
Capcom
Chunsoft
D4 Enterprise
Enterbrain
Hal Laboratory
Hudson
Irem
Jaleco
Kemco
Koei
Konami
NCS Masaya
Netfarm
Paon
Rocket Company
Sega
Square Enix
Sunsoft
Taito
Takara Tomy
Tecmo

Nice. Thanks for the update, sounds like the launch will be a success.

Nice. Thanks for the update, sounds like the lanch will be a success.

It was about 30 dollars more expensive than I thought it would be lol, and the controller is pretty expensive too.

Yeah, but for that technology, it's no wonder it'd be expensive.

Here are some videos to go with that info:
http://www.wii.com/en_US/movies/wiimenu/

Intresting, I am curious to see how the Wii turns out.

Intresting, I am curious to see how the Wii turns out.

The same here, right now it aint perceived very well by 80% of my friends. Once people try it, that mya change. And one more thing, Nintnedo is trying to reach the non gaming audience but with a price of 280 CAD, I think they will have a harder time jumping on the gaming bandwagon.

I like the way the UK is brought into this *sarcasm*
But great information, thankyou.

I like the way the UK is brought into this *sarcasm*
But great information, thankyou.

Yesterdays conference was Japan, todays conference was all about North America, Maybe tomorrow is for the UK.:eye:

The same here, right now it aint perceived very well by 80% of my friends. Once people try it, that mya change. And one more thing, Nintnedo is trying to reach the non gaming audience but with a price of 280 CAD, I think they will have a harder time jumping on the gaming bandwagon.

Compared to the 360 and the PS3's price, that's lunch money.

Compared to the 360 and the PS3's price, that's lunch money.

True You'd be paying atleast a bit over a hundred for 360 core and abit over 200 more for the core ps3.

wii= GAH the remote it burns! luckilly ssbb coming out for the wii, will beable to be played without a remote. with an actual controller.

25 games for all of 2007... Nintendo is really going down hill if no one will put their titles on their console. Good job getting the information though.

25 games for all of 2007... Nintendo is really going down hill if no one will put their titles on their console. Good job getting the information though.

You misunderstand, it is 25 games for this year, 2006. Basically between a 1 and a half month span, there would be 25 games.

Good news there. I really think the Wii will be a success among gamers.

I was watching the live feed from gamespot. It looked good the games they listed didn't look that great besides zelda and a few others.

I'm still suprised they are putting it out with no online play. Seems like that would hurt them but the price is right on the wii so it might not matter as much. It does suck though.

thats funny
it costs only 40 dollars more than a ps2

thats funny
it costs only 40 dollars more than a ps2

Here in Canada, you get get a brandnew slimline PS2 for about 129.99...:eye:

The only disappointing thing about this, is that it won't be released as soon as I expected.

And there is no pricing on the standard controller?

I was watching the live feed from gamespot. It looked good the games they listed didn't look that great besides zelda and a few others.

I'm still suprised they are putting it out with no online play. Seems like that would hurt them but the price is right on the wii so it might not matter as much. It does suck though.

it have online play...

The only disappointing thing about this, is that it won't be released as soon as I expected.

And there is no pricing on the standard controller?


It was stated, I believe the price for the normal controller in CAD was 39.99 and the nunchuk was 19.99, I believe, pretty steep for a controller.

think of what it can DO, though!

think of what it can DO, though!

Yes the Wii has alot of customization and the potential is almost endless.
But I am just not digging the fact that Id have to shell about almost 70 with the tax for a controller. I really hope it is lower.

Actually I meant this one:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4609/wiicontrollersunlockieh3.jpg

I heard it will be sold for 20 USD, but I'm not sure.

Oh, that classic controller, I really don't know, 20USD sounds reasonable.

My peoples said that the wii was held back to March and I was all like omg rly? and they were like ya super serial rly! So I dought they would be too incorrect, unless their robots then I would ask them if they were robots like rly.

My peoples said that the wii was held back to March and I was all like omg rly? and they were like ya super serial rly! So I dought they would be too incorrect, unless their robots then I would ask them if they were robots like rly.

Most retarded and pointless post I have seen all day, and this is including that rap thread.

I was hoping Nintendo would've settled for a lower price, and a larger array of launch titles.

I just hope they get support from larger developers, Ubisoft isn't enough.

I'm glad square enix had decided not to shun the wii. maybe we'll get a REAL final fantasy...

No, there were rumours that europe had it held back till march, but this was a load of crap when they said launch date of december 8 in europe.

And the price isn't so bad, the xbox 360 wireless controller is about 50 dollars, so it's not much more than that. For the amount of technology difference in the controllers, you're getting quite a bargain.

It was about 30 dollars more expensive than I thought it would be lol, and the controller is pretty expensive too.

you be smoking hard core my brother. Usual 360 and PS2 controlers started retail at $50.00, so that is hella cheap.

how much does the wii cost in sterlin (british money)

how much does the wii cost in sterlin (british money)

£179
December 8th
In Europe, software will cost between £34-£39 (49-59 euros), and there will be 15-20 games available from launch. Among the confirmed launch titles are The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Need for Speed: Carbon, Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam, and Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz.

As for accessories, Wii owners will be able to buy extra remotes for £29 (39 euros), a nunchuck for £14 (19 euros) and the classic controller for £14 (19 euros)

it have online play...


Right now it doesn't have online play. You can surf the internet on it but you can't play games online like with xbox live. They said they are going to add it but right now it's not available.

The fact that it's not available right now isn't a bad thing, they might have listened to people not liking the friends system so much for a console, and they might either perfect it or do it different and make it so we can play with anyone.

you be smoking hard core my brother. Usual 360 and PS2 controlers started retail at $50.00, so that is hella cheap.

Meh laid of the smoking...guess I'll just have to get used to it, its just that I am used to buying conrollers for 20-30CAD.


Right now it doesn't have online play. You can surf the internet on it but you can't play games online like with xbox live. They said they are going to add it but right now it's not available.

Well they said as for now only 1st party games will have online this year, next year other 3rd parties will be able to go online.

Why does every one think that there is a lot of technology in the num chucks, and thats why their price is high. Like 5 years ago I baught a lazer pointer movement w/e for my super nintendo. It was one dollar canadian... My friend got the bazoka for two dollars canadian. Both never touched.

Why does every one think that there is a lot of technology in the num chucks, and thats why their price is high. Like 5 years ago I baught a lazer pointer movement w/e for my super nintendo. It was one dollar canadian... My friend got the bazoka for two dollars canadian. Both never touched.


It can sense distance, position, direction, tilt, it has a speaker, it has rumble, its bluetooth wireless, its much more advanced than a SNES controller.

Why does every one think that there is a lot of technology in the num chucks, and thats why their price is high. Like 5 years ago I baught a lazer pointer movement w/e for my super nintendo. It was one dollar canadian... My friend got the bazoka for two dollars canadian. Both never touched.

It's obvious you're not here to come to an agreement, but to purposely troll this thread.

A bit off topic. Well very off topic. But look at the topics CarpetShark made. One will stand out.

I cannot wait for the Wii because I can just seem me using it when I am in college with 20 other drunks.... I mean testing out new ways of doing things such as drunken fight, and the throwing of chunks.

World of PornCraft

Ok... +1

Basis I will admit something, it scares me because with the Wii's powers they could truely create something like that and it sounds really freaking wrong.

I'm bumping your topic, thank me later, :3 and if your not good at math, the wii's controler is not one dollar. :p

and why would it be? The ps3's controller will probably be about 80 dollars wireless for less technology than the wii remote.

Yeah but I doubt they will do that. It seemed the PS3 controller will have a firewall plug in the back for some reason i have yet to figure out. Well it will be cool regardles.

I just hope Project Hammer is a decent beat-'em-up, most of the new games similar to that really just plain suck (I rarely use this term).

The online support is cool, considering there is a rumor there will be a MMORPG released for the Wii, based around the World of Mana.

Nice. I don't have enough time to read updates on the systems, so this topic comes in handy. I wanted them to make an MMO, and I thought they'd use the technology to do something like it. But I never knew they were seriously going to go through with it. It's alot of money on Nintendo's part...so yeah...

For the UK it looks like a steal.

The controllers on retail are still questionable. Why seperate the nunchuck from the Wii-mote and sell them sepreately. I'm no economics or financial expert but wouldn't selling them together make it cheaper on retail?

Above all, I pray that Wii Sports is online... I'll pwn you all at golf. :D2

because you don't need both to play some of the games, eg racing ones. So they're saving the consumer a lot of bother if the consumer doesn't need the numchuck.

Wii sports probably won't be online, and there are quite a few sports games in the wii sports package, bet you didn't know bowling was one of them?

Ya I saw the mana mmo on wikipedia, I think its coming out in Q4 or something, but its there some where on wikipedia. :)2

Yeah but I doubt they will do that. It seemed the PS3 controller will have a firewall plug in the back for some reason i have yet to figure out. Well it will be cool regardles.

There will be a MINI USB port on the PS3 controller, attatch it to the ps3 via USB Mini to USB, and that is how it will charge itself.

I think there called usb 1 not mini usb.

UPDATED, Amazon seels out on Preorders, and Nintendo World taking preorders on thursday.

For the UK it looks like a steal.

The controllers on retail are still questionable. Why seperate the nunchuck from the Wii-mote and sell them sepreately. I'm no economics or financial expert but wouldn't selling them together make it cheaper on retail?

Above all, I pray that Wii Sports is online... I'll pwn you all at golf. :D2

you are corect it would be cheaper to sell together, so that is exactly why they would sell them seperatly. I mean lets think about that one :) lol.

Plus that simple fact that not all games will require the nun chucks so why would they want to force people to buy them?

Now, who in their right mind wouldn't want a pair of nun chucks!!

Now, who in their right mind wouldn't want a pair of nun chucks!!

I know! IF Bruce Lee has em, we should all get some!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/viceflip/Wii/rev_bruce.jpg

o.0 im getting the wii...........for nunchucks

mmm.....m-m-m-mmm.... nunchucks. sweet, sour, savoury nunchucks. now in three delicious flavours. just try to eat the red ones last....

i didnt get the joke.........
but i still cant decide between ps3 and wii, even though twighlight princess pwns.

i didnt get the joke.........
but i still cant decide between ps3 and wii, even though twighlight princess pwns.

Take into factor which one you will believe will be the most entertaining, and if a PS3 fits your price budget, why not just get both?

cause im 15 and im broke and im only allowed to get one......

cause im 15 and im broke and im only allowed to get one......

Just like me, Wii FTW. XD