Wii iNFO!!!!!!!!!

[Dehumanizer]

Featuring a compact design that makes it a natural addition to any television setup, the Wii console is white in color and can be displayed either vertically or horizontally


 

About 8.5 inches long, 6 inches wide and less than 2 inches thick (roughly the size of 3 DVD cases stacked on top of each other)


 

The Wii console communicates wirelessly with the Internet via IEEE 802.11 or a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor. Wii also can connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS.







The Wii is backward-compatible to all Nintendo GameCube games and includes four ports for controllers and two slots for memory cards


 

PowerPC CPU (code-named "Broadway"), made with a 90nm SOI CMOS process, jointly developed with and manufactured by IBM; GPU developed with ATI


 

A single self-loading media bay plays single- or double-layered 12-cm optical discs for the Wii console, as well as 8-cm Nintendo GameCube discs







Input: four Wii Remote controllers can communicate with Wii, which features a bay for an SD memory card

Output: an AV Multi-output port for component, composite or S-video


 

The Wii console can communicate with the Internet even when the power is turned off. The WiiConnect24 service delivers a new surprise or game update, even if the system is idle. Users can connect wirelessly using IEEE 802.11 or a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor.


* Super Mario Wii
* Super Smash Bros. Wii
* Metroid Prime 3
* Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Wii
* Animal Crossing Wii
* Killing Day
* Splinter Cell 4
* Madagaskar 2
* Legend of Zelda Wii
* Mario Kart Wii
* Donkey Kong Wii
* The Darkness
* Possession
* Madden NFL 07
* Suda51/Grasshopers Studio Title
* Minoru Nakai Title
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Two Titles from ?Artistic Quality?
* James Bond 007: Casino Royale
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man?s Chest
* Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
* Sadness
* Avatar: The Last Airbender
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
* Pangya Golf
* Elebits
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
* Tony Hawk?s Downhill Jam
* Red Steel
* Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting
* Spider Man 3
* Raid Over The River
* Midway Wii Project
* Disney/Pixar?s Cars
* TNA iMPACT!
* n-Space Wii Project
* Kid Icarus Wii
* Blitz Games Wii Project
* Camelot RPG
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2007
* Sonic the Hedgehog Wii
* Trauma Center Wii
* Cooking Title

Featuring a compact design that makes it a natural addition to any television setup, the Wii console is white in color and can be displayed either vertically or horizontally

About 8.5 inches long, 6 inches wide and less than 2 inches thick (roughly the size of 3 DVD cases stacked on top of each other)

The Wii console communicates wirelessly with the Internet via IEEE 802.11 or a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor. Wii also can connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS.

The Wii is backward-compatible to all Nintendo GameCube games and includes four ports for controllers and two slots for memory cards

PowerPC CPU (code-named "Broadway"), made with a 90nm SOI CMOS process, jointly developed with and manufactured by IBM; GPU developed with ATI

A single self-loading media bay plays single- or double-layered 12-cm optical discs for the Wii console, as well as 8-cm Nintendo GameCube discs

Input: four Wii Remote controllers can communicate with Wii, which features a bay for an SD memory card

Output: an AV Multi-output port for component, composite or S-video

The Wii console can communicate with the Internet even when the power is turned off. The WiiConnect24 service delivers a new surprise or game update, even if the system is idle. Users can connect wirelessly using IEEE 802.11 or a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor.

Well the conference has come and gone, and left us with a few new tidbits of information. The news more or less mirrowed that of the Japanese show. But here are the main key points:

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

* Wii Sports will be included with the Wii! "Everyone will get it when they buy a Wii." It will be the first 'pack in' game since the SNES.

* 25-game launch lineup, not surprisingly being led by The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Its the first Nintendo console to do so.

* Roughly roughly 30 games are to be released by the end of the year, and all first-party games will be in at $49.99 or under.

* Reggie unveiled the 'Wii Channels' interface which lets you start up a Wii or GameCube disc, as well as hitting the "Wii Shop Channel" to buy older games for the Virtual Console (and look for Super Mario World and Super Mario 64 at launch). After launch, Nintendo is estimating around 10 new games a month to be available.

* NES games will be available for 500 Wii points, Super NES games for 800, and Nintendo 64 for 1,000. Wait, Wii what? Looks like they're taking the same tack as Microsoft: Consumers part with fake money more easily than real money. A 2,000 Wii-point card can be had at retail for $20.

* The "Mii" channel is introduce. Mii lets you create your cartoon-like avatar to represent yourself within games. These profiles are stored on your remote and allow you to transport them around with you.

* Reggie starts speaking about WiiConnect24. Mentions the news and weather channel when Wii is connected to the Internet.

* Additional Wii remotes will be $39.99 (£20), separate from the nunchuk, which will be an additional $19.99. (£10)

* Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Gamecube has been pushed back until December 11.

* Metroid Prime 3 now a 2007 title.

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Topic Two
* WarioWare
* Wii Play
* Red Steel
* SD Gundam Revolution
* Tamagotchi
* Ennichi no Tastsujin (Taiko Drum Master)
* Trauma Center: Second Opinion
* Elebits
* Necro-nesia
* Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
* Super Swing Golf Pangya
* Wing Island
* Kororinpa (A Marble Madness-type game)
* Machariku Domino

In this months GameInformer mag, Nintendos Head of Localization Bill Trinen commented on a few points about the new Zelda title.

Here's the best bits:

"The game to get a T rating because of the more realistic graphics, so because of that you may see scenes and situations in the game that wouldn't have fit in a game like Wind Waker."

[Dehumanizer]

Well the conference has come and gone, and left us with a few new tidbits of information. The news more or less mirrowed that of the Japanese show. But here are the main key points:

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

* Wii Sports will be included with the Wii! "Everyone will get it when they buy a Wii." It will be the first 'pack in' game since the SNES.

* 25-game launch lineup, not surprisingly being led by The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Its the first Nintendo console to do so.

* Roughly roughly 30 games are to be released by the end of the year, and all first-party games will be in at $49.99 or under.

* Reggie unveiled the 'Wii Channels' interface which lets you start up a Wii or GameCube disc, as well as hitting the "Wii Shop Channel" to buy older games for the Virtual Console (and look for Super Mario World and Super Mario 64 at launch). After launch, Nintendo is estimating around 10 new games a month to be available.

* NES games will be available for 500 Wii points, Super NES games for 800, and Nintendo 64 for 1,000. Wait, Wii what? Looks like they're taking the same tack as Microsoft: Consumers part with fake money more easily than real money. A 2,000 Wii-point card can be had at retail for $20.

* The "Mii" channel is introduce. Mii lets you create your cartoon-like avatar to represent yourself within games. These profiles are stored on your remote and allow you to transport them around with you.

* Reggie starts speaking about WiiConnect24. Mentions the news and weather channel when Wii is connected to the Internet.

* Additional Wii remotes will be $39.99 (£20), separate from the nunchuk, which will be an additional $19.99. (£10)

* Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Gamecube has been pushed back until December 11.

* Metroid Prime 3 now a 2007 title.

out,tennis,golf,baseball)
* WarioWare
* Wii Play
* Red Steel
* SD Gundam Revolution
* Tamagotchi
* Ennichi no Tastsujin (Taiko Drum Master)
* Trauma Center: Second Opinion
* Elebits
* Necro-nesia
* Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
* Super Swing Golf Pangya
* Wing Island
* Kororinpa (A Marble Madness-type game)
* Machariku Domino

In this months GameInformer mag, Nintendos Head of Localization Bill Trinen commented on a few points about the new Zelda title.

Here's the best bits:

"The game to get a T rating because of the more realistic graphics, so because of that you may see scenes and situations in the game that wouldn't have fit in a game like Wind Waker."

"With Twilight Princess, the depth of story and its connections to past games means not only does it have twice the text as Wind Waker, but it includes a fair number of legacy terms that originate in past games, so consistency is a big focus there," Trinen noted. "We've also been given the opportunity to provide a lot of input on everything from play control to character design, so over time our role has grown from simply localizing the Zelda games to almost being a branch of the development team itself."

Read the article in this months GameInformer

[Pale Dim]

I'm more concerned about the TP! HOW DARE THEY CONTINUESLLY KEEP PUSHING THE @$%# GAME BACK? HOW DARE THEY? HOW DARE THEY?

[Jack]

Whoa, TP isn't pushed back. The Wii version is launching on time, Nov 19th, the GameCube version of the game however is pushed back to December.

[Hi no Seijin]

It's odd that they pushed back the Cube version of TP.  You'd think that it would be ready at the same time as the Wii version.

[MasterKeyX]

i am so happy the wii is coming out. I really cant wait for Wii sports!

[Rev Rabies]

too many wii topics!!!!!!

[MasterKeyX]

lol isnt it great? we are in midst-celebration

[Rev Rabies]

another wii topic?

[Rev Rabies]

no, it's topic flooding

[Rev Rabies]

stop it with the wii topics!

[Hi no Seijin]

How about we clump all of the Wii topics together instead of making a new one everytime?

[darkphantomime]

 

I thought I already reported this to the mods... but ah well, seems no one pays attention to the messages on 'report to mod'...

[Jack]

"report to mod" just emails the thread to me and a message. I'll do a little compacting right now...

[Pale Dim]

Okay, well, this is intresting....