Nintendo Wii

[Garny]

So if you wanna buy a second (or third or forth) controller you gotta get the 2 separate components?
Bit confusing for the mainstream, surely?

Bit daft isnt it

What happens if you cant get hold of both components?

[dvdmike]

not all games use the nunchuck

Wii Photo channel shown - Take your SD card and plug into your Wii. Massive amounts of thumbnails shown. NoA slideshow being run. Fun things to do with photos, puzzle scramble, doodle, and more.

[Crimson Day]

Bit daft isnt it

What happens if you cant get hold of both components?

You dont need both for every game, for example if you want and extra controller for Wii sports you just buy the Wiimote as the nunchuck isnt needed

[Garny]

not all games use the nunchuck

I didnt know that, thanks

[dvdmike]

Wii Weather
Wii News
Wii Messageboard quickly discussed.
Send messages to pc users, cellphones through Wii Messageboard channel.

Bet the mobile messages dont make it to the uk

[Bleeders]

Internet Channel discussed - downloaded with Wii points - once downloaded it can be accessed immediately

[dvdmike]

Reggie again with some more channels,
like weather reports and news headlines (which are updated nonstop through WiiConnect 24 so you can read them anytime).
A messaging service is also in place, letting you send messages to other users on the Wii or even to their cell phones (though Reggie didn't say exactly how this will work).
Finally, there's the Internet channel,
which is basically just the Opera browser--which you'll need to cash in Wii points to purchase.
But the Wii remote does seem uniquely suited to surfing the Web on your couch.

Reggie emphasizes the positioning of the Wii Channels interface for the casual, mainstream user.
Makes a point of saying the point that the Channels interface will come up immediately, with no lengthy boot-up process to get in the way.

^ optimised software are we listening Microsoft and Sony ???

[Kotatsu Neko]

I wonder if the US will be getting Hajimete no Wii (my first Wii). It's on the JP launch list and looks like another nice mini game compilation.

Wings Island looks good too. Looks as close as we're going to get to a next-gen Pilotwings.

And did anyone catch the Panzer Dragoon style bit in Twilight Princess? Pretty pretty.

[dvdmike]

Wings Island looks good too. Looks as close as we're going to get to a next-gen Pilotwings.

Thats the one looks like a non space Starfox

Wii remote sold seperate from nunchuck. Wiimote - 39.99 - Nunchuck 19.99

Zelda TP - Launches for GameCube on December 11th, Zelda for Wii first day

[Kotatsu Neko]

That the one looks like a non space Starfox

Not really, it's definately more Pilotwings. Flying about an island in a biplane doing aerial tricks etc.

[dvdmike]

I ment in the way thay talk in the vid thinking it may be linked

ROUND-UP

• Confirmed price of $249.99 on Nov. 19 in U.S. with Wii Sports pack-in. Worldwide debut is in U.S.
• Games will cost roughly $49.99.
• Virtual console games will be $5 for NES, $8 for SNES, $10 for N64. Super Mario 64, Super Mario World, Donkey Kong and Legend of Zelda at launch.
• Thirty titles in U.S. by year's end, about half at launch. Launch games include The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Excite Truck, Trauma Center, Madden 07, Need for Speed: Carbon, Elebits, Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz, Metal Slug Anthology, Rayman: Raving Rabids, Red Steel... possibly more.
• The remote will sell for $39.99, the nunchuck for $19.99. Gamecube version of Zelda will come out Dec. 11, after the Wii version on Nov19.
• Wii connects through wifi or wired internet connection
  
  Third party titles may be priced higher then 49.99, it is up to them. All first party games are widescreen
  
  4 million units by Dec 31, 6 million by end of fiscal year in march

[Geezer]

Be prepared that the day-1 prices will be higher than the manufacturer's suggested tag. Experienced and veteran hardcore gamers, who are not importing a system for the first time, know that buying a Wii-at-launch or a PSP-at-launch is not the same thing as simply buying a standard Wii or a random PSP on some supermarket shelf. You're paying for the privilege of getting it two months before the massive overflow. Mastercard would call that 'priceless'. There is never enough of the good stuff on a launch day, and Lik Sang is required to pay premium pricing to get earlybird stock in sufficient levels for everybody. We can only extend these offers to you during the first couple of months, while waiting for the market to stabilize.

They are ready for the moneygrabbing markups :/

[mr_sockochris]

USA details -

Date - November 19th
Price = $249

WiiSports packed in with EVERY Wii.
Zelda at launch.
Excitetruck at launch.
Around 30 games at laucnh priced at $49.99
30 Virtual Console games by the end of the year. Beginning in January, Nintendo will deliver 10 more VC games per month.
Wii remote is $39.99 and the nunchuck attachment is $19.99.

[dvdmike]

Metroid Prime 3 is a 2007 title

The first online game in Japan is Pokemon Battle Revolution - in Japan at launch - US shortly after

[Dezm0nd]

Zelda on Cube comes out Dec 1st... Wii it is then