Wii hope you enjoy this

[squall3031]

god, that would be around $350 in australia

 

[bakhalishta]

I was hoping for a closer release date, but this is still awesome !!!

I need to go pre-order ir. RIGHT. NOW.

 

[thieves like us]

max carter says otherwise (and he's at the conference).

http://maxcarter.newsvine.com/_news/2006/0...h-date-revealed

I'm going with his price of $199 and us launch date of nov. 5th

I say kotaku, ign, and all of the rest have been had (or just really suck at getting facts prior to running stories).

 

[Sick Wario]

big mistake to me launching last, but with the worldwide hype, it seems Wii can't fail

Wii sports pack in is perfect

 

[jumpman17]

THIS JUST IN!!!

Guarenteed to be "giant enemy crab" free!

 

[jhoff80]

Wasn't there an IGN interview with Perrin Kaplan from Nintendo that came out after the original "under $250" was announced where she told Matt that we would be 'pleasantly surprised with the price' or am I just making this up?

 

[Orc]

My only complaints are VC prices, really and that's not a really big complaint. I'm still willing to shell out $5-10.
Now if only they'll put alot of PC-Engine CD games on VC. ;-;

Jeez, I'm kinda :/ disappointed now that I didn't go to school. lol

EDIT:

THIS JUST IN!!!

Guarenteed to be "giant enemy crab" free!

FUCK! I really enjoyed some Giant Enemy Crabs. :/ (ex. Megaman Legends, Vagrant Story)

 

[RingKing97]

NO MARIO AT RELEASE.... THEY ARE OFF THERE ROCKERS >>>> DREAMCAST IS GONNA HAVE A TWIN

 

[Nocturno]

$250? that price is high, I was hoping for a price under $200,, too bad, I guess I not buying wii at launch.. and wasn´t they releasing wii before ps3?

Wasn't there an IGN interview with Perrin Kaplan from Nintendo that came out after the original "under $250" was announced where she told Matt that we would be 'pleasantly surprised with the price' or am I just making this up?

maybe the price is going to be $249.99


and no mario at launch, that´s the same mistake they made with gamecube..

 

[palmarenko]

2:34PM: Virtual Console game pricing has now been officially confirmed. Iwata says the price of each game will start at 500 Yen, with SNES games going for 800 Yen, and N64 games costing 1000 Yen.

 

[Orc]

HAY GUYS THE SEATTLE PI LINK I POSTED HAS GONE STEALTH ON ME!

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Search seattlepi.com

I knew it lol

 

[jhoff80]

For that VC price, I hope that the DRM on the roms for the VC gets circumvented real fast.

 

[falcon64z8]

2:34PM: Virtual Console game pricing has now been officially confirmed. Iwata says the price of each game will start at 500 Yen, with SNES games going for 800 Yen, and N64 games costing 1000 Yen.

Quick someone convert that into us dollars!

~4usd famicom
~6.50usd super famicom
~8.00usd nintendo 64

 

[Renegade_R]

$250 better include two controllers. I think they were planning $200 but decided to shoe-horn Wii-Sports into it.

As for the Virtual Console games, I think I'll keep sticking to the ROMs until the DRM is compeltely broken.

I guess I have to wait for the US announcement today to find out more about what the hell is going on. I was seriously hoping for an October release date. Sigh Sigh Sigh.

 

[Orc]

2:34PM: Virtual Console game pricing has now been officially confirmed. Iwata says the price of each game will start at 500 Yen, with SNES games going for 800 Yen, and N64 games costing 1000 Yen.


Quick someone convert that into us dollars!

lol duh
500yen = US$4.25
800yen = US$6.80
1000yen = US$8.50

EDIT: SOMEONE BEAT ME GRAAAAAH.... here's some sauce...

1 USD = 117.512 JPY

 

[754boy]

$250 better include two controllers. I think they were planning $200 but decided to shoe-horn Wii-Sports into it.

As for the Virtual Console games, I think I'll keep sticking to the ROMs until the DRM is compeltely broken.

Cheap bastard lol

jk......but I think $250 WITH GAME is a dam good deal considering the PS3 is $600 without one. Already got the cash stashed away for release day

 

[jumpman17]

I gotta go to bed...hopefully more good news will be awaiting me when I get up tomorrow. It's 1:45 in the morning here and I got lots of Calc homework to do before tomorrow afternoon comes around.

 

[beedog19]

I think 250 is a little steep for the Wii, now if it includes more in the box ie: 2 controllers, classic controller it's more than worth it. If it doesn't I think I'll be getting zelda on GCN and waiting the next gen out until prices fall. I need to save money anyways.

 

[xiaNaix]

max carter says otherwise (and he's at the conference).

http://maxcarter.newsvine.com/_news/2006/0...h-date-revealed

I'm going with his price of $199 and us launch date of nov. 5th

I say kotaku, ign, and all of the rest have been had (or just really suck at getting facts prior to running stories).

I agree. Everyone jumped on the bandwagon of this NY Times reporter's post, which has since been pulled. Smells like the classic Nintendo bait & switch to me.

 

[Orc]

Where did they get the US$250 price anyway? Don't tell me from the Seattle Pi link? Because that was just taken down a few minutes ago...