U.S. Nintendo Wii Launch Info

Post by **Yoon** » September 14th, 2006, 3:16 pm

For those interested, the online news site, DailyTech, has uncovered some information about the U.S. launch of the Nintendo Wii:

US Wii Launch Info

Wii to launch on November 19 and will be priced at $249

DailyTech brought you the details of the Wii's Japanese launch earlier today. Now, the US details for the launch have been officially announced by Nintendo. The console will launch in the United States on November 19 at a price of $249 and will be available at over 25,000 retail outlets. Also of note is that the console initially will only be available in white.

Wii Sports will be included with the console and will feature Wii Baseball, Wii Boxing, Wii Golf and Wii Tennis. Some of the launch titles that will be available include Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Exitetruck, Call of Duty 3, Madden 2007, Need for Speed: Carbon and Trauma Center[/b]. Around 30 first-party titles are expected to be available at launch priced at $49.99 each.

Legacy games will available for download and will be purchased using Wii Points -- $20 gets you 2,000 Wii points. The breakdown is as follows:

* NES Games: 500 Wii Points
* SNES Games: 800 Wii Points
* N64 Games: 1,000 Wii Points

Nintendo also announced Wii Channels. There will be a number of channels available to gamers including news, weather, photo, shopping and gaming channels. Gamers will also being able to browse the Internet using -- you guessed it -- the Internet Channel.

For more information on the Wii's launch, you can check out DailyTech's original article.

Source: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4170

Ghost B3N · Post by **Ghost B3N** » September 15th, 2006, 11:44 am

this is very interesting
i am thinking of buyin the Wii when its avalible in europe

ryo22 · Post by **ryo22** » September 16th, 2006, 3:46 pm

i will be buying a wii when it is released. the good thing is i wont have to camp out and wait for one.

Ghost B3N · Post by **Ghost B3N** » September 17th, 2006, 4:58 am

camp out xD
LOL

i wil never camp out to buy something~~
i am planning on gettin a wii.

i just read there wil be new FFCC for the wii /rice
samve for nintendo DS /rice
I WANT IT

note: FFCC = Final Fantasy Chrystal Cronicles

Jaegar · Post by **Jaegar** » September 17th, 2006, 1:09 pm

Legacy games will available for download and will be purchased using Wii Points -- $20 gets you 2,000 Wii points. The breakdown is as follows:

* NES Games: 500 Wii Points
* SNES Games: 800 Wii Points
* N64 Games: 1,000 Wii Points

Nintendo also announced Wii Channels. There will be a number of channels available to gamers including news, weather, photo, shopping and gaming channels. Gamers will also being able to browse the Internet using -- you guessed it -- the Internet Channel.

Source: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4170

That part sounds interesting. I mingt not get it at launch though. I'll probably wait for it to come out in a more interesting color (and maybe drop in price;D)

Post by **Yahoo** » September 17th, 2006, 1:28 pm

Hmm...
I wont be buying it for long time

Im only poor student ;D

phyxius · Post by **phyxius** » September 17th, 2006, 8:52 pm

i already sold my 360

Post by **Yahoo** » September 18th, 2006, 5:02 am

I dont have anything to sell to get it.
Ok, I have few bad computer but how much will I get from them? 20

Hadvi · Post by **Hadvi** » September 20th, 2006, 2:10 am

In europe the wii will be launched the 8th of december.
The estimated price will be