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Wii Release Date, Price, And More

Postby Sage Of The Wise » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:10 pm

The Wii will be released November 19th for $249.99.(A cent less then they promised, how thoughtful). US versions will be bundled with Wii Sports, which will include baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, and boxing. Virtual Console games will cost about $5 for NES, $8 for SNES, and $10 for N64. Read the rest of the info here.

I'm alittle dissapointed about the release date, I was really hoping for a October release. The Wii sports bundle is nice, especially since I bet my friend $10 that they'd do it. European release date and stuff will be announced 12pm GMT. Hopefully it won't be March 07.
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Postby teeran » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:43 pm

I expected it to turn out being at least $300, because I didn't think they could sell a console like the Wii for as much as a PSP. I guess I was wrong then.
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Postby Sage Of The Wise » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:46 pm

I expected it to turn out being at least $300

They announced awhile ago (I think at E3) that it would be no more than $250.
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Postby teeran » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:00 pm

I know they announced it to be no more than $250. But game companies do normally break promises. Such as "no errors in the system" (or very few errors, but nothing serious), highly anticipated games (such as Metroid Prime: Hunters) get delayed, the list goes on (in other words, I can't remember the rest right now).
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Postby Sling » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:31 pm

In England the Wii is going to be priced at £179.99
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Postby Flibbo » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:52 am

i preordered mine today. I was reasonably pleased with pricing details.
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Postby Sage Of The Wise » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:25 pm

I cant find a store taking preorders yet, Gamestops advertiseing "Preorder bundles soon to come" so I'll probably look into that when it comes.
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Postby Flibbo » Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:41 pm

A good friend of mine is a big Nintendo fan and made this to help Wii buyers figure out how much they need to save. If you're english that is.
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Postby Greatchickenman » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:56 pm

Flibbo wrote:A good friend of mine is a big Nintendo fan and made this to help Wii buyers figure out how much they need to save. If you're english that is.


zomg he spelled them nunchucks.

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Postby Non-Sequitur » Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:56 pm

The original is not there anymore, but this one is.
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Postby Flibbo » Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:10 pm

Nun chuck chucks!
I remember them, *sigh*
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Postby Sage Of The Wise » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:30 pm

Well, the preorders at all the Gamestop stores started today at 10:00am, and prodeeded to be done at 10:01am. I went to 10 stores this morning and proceeded to miss the last preorder by seconds, everytime. The strange thing was that most of the stores where only getting like 10 at launch (before deducting however many the shop owner takes), which doesn't really seem to add up with Nintendo's talk about how many they are shipping.

Still better than the ps3 preorder amount around here though, which was like 2-3. Videogame companies just see Montgomery county MD as a dead zone as far as videogame sales go. Which is probably completly true, with the exeption of the small avid videogamer group, most people around here dont even know how to promounce Mario.
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Postby Sling » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:59 pm

I was going to Pre-order a Wii from Gamestation but I've spent most of the money I have in my account buying a New Guitar and getting my old guitar fixed. I get a £100 bonus in Christmas though so I still might be able to get one.
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Postby Sage Of The Wise » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:27 pm

Well, all of the videogaming world says that Nintendo is shipping 4 million this year, but Gamestop keeps assuring me that Nintendo is only shipping 500,000.(They've also assured me that Golden Sun is for the PS2 in the past.) Why does Gamestop have to be the only chain of stores anywhere near me that gets stuff the same month they come out?
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