Nintendo Wii

[Family Fry]

There is a serious 50/50 chance they will say yep euro will get it first or god forbid we will actually get it before japan!
Launching the DS first in the states has never harmed nintendos sales in japan in the slightest, don't see why they can't, would be a very dedicated gesture to europe to launch here first.
We can all dream, sometimes though just sometimes dreams can become a reality

[Tig]

What if it was a complete googly and indeed Europe was the first to be getting the Wii?

This is the kind of talk that leads to world-ending disappointments.

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please let it be true

[Oblivion_is_here]

What if it was a complete googly and indeed Europe was the first to be getting the Wii?

Hello there. Welcome to Europe. We are not located on the gaming atlus... sometimes rocketships that transfer games between Asia and North America drop some of their cargo and we play them. It tends to just be FPS and GTA type games though. So instead we all import from Japan and America

[Oblivion_is_here]

Theres about as much chance of UK/Europe getting it first as there is Microsoft making a game about flipping over Lobsters to attack the feeble point for gigantic wreckage!


Seriously.. It wont happen. Quote me on it!

[nips]

That would quite possibly be the most niche game ever!

[Crisp_Rapper]

In other news, does anyone else think Excitetruck is looking rather sex, considering it's a game about trucks and all? Watch when he gets a big boost in the video. That **** goes at F-Zero speeds

it makes motorstorm on the ps3 looks decidedly sluggish.

[EvilBoris]

I think it looks like SFR!

Whoop! SFR with trucks

[themanwithapc]

I will eat my 360 pad if thats true!*

*

->Open Spoiler<-

maybe not

Someone actually said (prior to the 360 launch) they will eat their hat if the 360 was launched in all major territories before the end of 2005.

This is the kind of talk that leads to world-ending disappointments.

->Open Spoiler<-

please let it be true

Yeah I guess. Still, nice to have your hopes crushed by a multinational business.

Hello there. Welcome to Europe. We are not located on the gaming atlus... sometimes rocketships that transfer games between Asia and North America drop some of their cargo and we play them. It tends to just be FPS and GTA type games though. So instead we all import from Japan and America

Theres about as much chance of UK/Europe getting it first as there is Microsoft making a game about flipping over Lobsters to attack the feeble point for gigantic wreckage!

Seriously.. It wont happen. Quote me on it!

We DID get Castlevania DoS before the US and, more importantly, the black DS Lite before any other region.

No reason why it CAN'T happen, although having initially said what I said, I do seem to get the feeling that I've cursed it and we'll ultimately get a release date of November...2007

[Kotatsu Neko]

From IGN.

Glad to see lots of titles are on there way. New and old.
Getting a free Virtual controller for buying lots of points sounds superb! I hope it's availble in usa or uk.
Also I wonder if buying usa points will work fine for a usa console in uk.
and if buying uk points for a imported console will work.

The idea of being able to buy points on pre-paid cards should put to rest any worries about being able to buy games for the virtual console on imported systems.

[Oblivion_is_here]

Someone actually said (prior to the 360 launch) they will eat their hat if the 360 was launched in all major territories before the end of 2005.

Yeah I guess. Still, nice to have your hopes crushed by a multinational business.

We DID get Castlevania DoS before the US and, more importantly, the black DS Lite before any other region.

No reason why it CAN'T happen, although having initially said what I said, I do seem to get the feeling that I've cursed it and we'll ultimately get a release date of November...2007

We do occasionally get things before but not often and there not quite as big things. Black ds lite.. well we didnt have DS Lite at all before the other 2 regions and for the original DS we had to wait 5 months more than the other 2 main regions.
I'm not saying it is impossible but it's so unlikely it's not worth hoping for imo.
I want it to be out before xmas here but I'm only getting a PAL one if it's as cheap as a usa one (Which it probs wont be)

[EvilBoris]

We also got Mario Kart Double Dash before anywhere else!

[mr_sockochris]

"The worldwide debut of the Wii system happens right here in the Americas -- the same place where we debuted Nintendo DS. On November 19, it will be available at more than 25,000 points of distribution across the Americas. And with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $249.99. One price. One configuration. One color."

That quote taken from the conference in New York today pretty much confirms we will not be getting it first. I can't see it being in December so Nov24th is my guess. We'll find out in 12hrs time anyway

[Oblivion_is_here]

We also got Mario Kart Double Dash before anywhere else!

IF mario kart double dash had been any good I'd of been happy about it!

[Oblivion_is_here]

Anyone else happy that it seems to be back to the days of "Get a game with your console"?

I wonder if Wii sports will be a game in a case, or just a cd or if it will be built into the console.

[Tig]

We'll find out in 12hrs time anyway

We'll know for sure it's been delayed til 2007 when Iwata and Reggie come on stage looking like this: