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  1. Opium
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    Wii hope you enjoy this!

    Japan Event









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    ALL CONFERENCES ARE OVER​




    US Details



    Wii US Launch Details:
    Price - US$249.99


    Launch - November 19th


    Only available in White


    Wii Sports packed in! - inlcuding Tennis, Golf, Baseball and Bowling


    All the cables and sensor bar are included, only one controller plus attachment


    Wii channels - Photo, News and Weather


    Virtual console games to cost US$5-10 - 30 Virtual Console titles available at launch


    30 games in the 'launch window', half available for launch including (Zelda and Excite Truck) each costing US$49.99


    Super Mario Galaxy set for release in 2007


    Wii can play your own movie files you store on SD cards.


    Opera browser will need to be bought from the Virtual Console


    Extra Wiimote US$39.99, nunchuck US$19.99


    Zelda Gamecube version launches on December 11th


    CA$24 is 2,000 Virtual Console points



    Japanese Details



    Iwata reveals Virtual Console Prices, (converted from Yen) NES - US$4.25, SNES - US$6.80, N64 - US$8.50


    You can pay for VC games with either credit card or Wii points cards


    30 Nintendo and 30 Megadrive/Turbo-Grafx Virtual Console games before the end of the year


    10 more VC games every month after launch


    December 2nd launch in Japan for 25,000 yen - US$215.50


    Japanese Wii package - Wii Console, Wii Remote (strap included), Nunchuck attachment, Wii AC adaptor, Wii A/V cable, Wii console stand, sensor bar, sensor bar stand and two AA batteries


    Wii Remote - 3,800 Yen (US$32), Wii Nunchuk - 1,800 Yen (US$15)


    16 Wii titles available at launch


    Wii Sports not packed in, but supposedly Wii Sports features 5 sports games


    Opera browser channel released by the end of this year. It will be free on a promotional basis only. After June 2007 you will have to purchase it from the Virtual Console.



    European Details



    Launch - December 8th


    Price - EUR 249 / GBP 179


    Wii Sports included


    Games cost EUR 49-59 / GBP 34-39


    Only available in White



    Australian Details



    Launch - December 7th


    Price - AU$399.95


    Wii Sports included


    Only available in White





    Wii.com is up! First shots and videos of Wii user interface!

    Also, there is a preview video here, showing some footage of the games lineup, including some not seen before!
     
    #1 Sep 14, 2006
  2. x_comp

    x_comp GBAtemp Maniac

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    All right, fellow Europeans! Time to stay up and watch this live and forget about school, kiddies (J/K!) [​IMG]

    But seriously... I think someone will have a video up on Youtube later or somewhere.
     
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  3. bakhalishta

    bakhalishta my teef hurt

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    All I get is a coming soon screen... I assume that's just because the event hasn't started yet.
     
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  4. DhaosBR

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    Sheesh, i could be sleeping now, DAMN YOU NINTENDO!!!
     
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  5. science

    science science rules

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    Finally! Lets hope for an October release, mid November at the latest! I can't wait!
     
    #5 Sep 14, 2006
  6. yuyuyup

    yuyuyup GBAtemp Psycho!

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    The Wii is dogshit, I am holding a secret special rally in my Mom's basement to bring back the Phantom
     
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  7. vdeogmer

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    Hopefully we won't be losing sleep over another Joystiq-styled hypefest.

    J/k, Joystiq is still awesome, even if they did fire that one dude for hype.
     
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  8. Costello

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    soon 2:30 am...
    and the conference has been delayed, haha
     
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  9. science

    science science rules

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    Back? I don't remember it ever coming out...
     
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  10. _ORiON_

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    exactly what time will the conference start? sept 14 right? but what time?

    gmt?
     
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  11. Opium
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    Updated live feed. Grab the new link.

    *edit* haha, whoops don't worry about that, wrong feed. guess there's no live coverage at the moment. We'll continue to bring in the news of the event though as it happens [​IMG]
     
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  12. science

    science science rules

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    Hey Opium, I know its off topic, but why havent you commented on my sig? I just noticed your sig.


    Oh, and the Wii is great.

    Stupid live video keeps buffering
     
    #12 Sep 14, 2006
  13. Thorisoka

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    Isn't it the last June's Conference on the updated link ?

    edit : whoops. corrected.
     
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  14. Opium
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    yes [​IMG] a mistake on our part. Don't worry about that link everyone!
     
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  15. Orc

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    Nice livefeed. That just said "You're not going to school today, son."
    EDIT:
    OH SHI-
     
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  16. science

    science science rules

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    Uggh, is it normal for that feed to work for about 5 seconds, and then buffer?
     
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  17. phuzzz

    phuzzz Hooha!

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    YES
     
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  18. ridgecity

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    no way!! were's the link????
     
    #18 Sep 14, 2006
  19. Orc

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    10:00am in Japan so 9:00am our time. [​IMG]
     
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  20. Opium
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    Forget the feed. It's an old pre-recorded conference. Wrong link.
     
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