WIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........anounced release

by the way all the retrogames are 4:3 so you can cheerup xerdo

 

Yes, you should be able to play with regular composite video, 4:3.
And Borman is right, all first party games support 16:9 and 4:3. The third party games will have 4:3 as a standard, with some going 16:9

Also, regarding composite/component...I sooo hope this is true:

 

Some games look very nice - that Dragon Ball Z is impressive. It's hard to think of it much more than just a novelty, and it is expensive for a toy. I'd probably wait a while and see how things go, perhaps wait for a price drop.

It is an exciting, but expensive, time to be a gamer.

 

People said Nintendo DS was a novelty/gimmik. I think we all know what happened there. Nintendo DS is quite under powered compared to the PSP, yet it's doing extremely well. I imagine the Wii is certainly capable of similar success. I do agree though, while 250$ is "cheap" compared to other consoles, I certainly don't consider that cheap in general. Those high resolution Red Steel shots were very nice. They don't look as grainy or compressed as many other Wii game shots.

 

i wasnt shocked that the price is $250, but i think everyone was hoping that like when they anoucned 64 at $250, theyd most likely anounce the price would be $200.

I think the motion senor technology is partialy what puts the price slightly higher.

I wonder if the weather channel will be utilized in some games.

And the fact that their throwing in wii sports, you can't really call it a bad deal.

Though these next gen controllers are now the price of a game.

I can only imagine the price to buy an extra ps3 controller.

 

all-in-one composite-component cable that is cool because I have HDTV for $250 the is good price
also does have 5.1 audio out ?

 

pretty much as exspected. Sadly wii games look no better then xbox 1 games.

It really feels nintendo was more trying to justify a $250 price by throwing in a 1st party game that might have not have sold well on its own.

Nintendo for "unkown reasons" :lol: delayed the gcn release of zelda.

$50 is too much for 1st party games. Wii games are not that much more expensive to make then gcn or xbox 1 games. Also if first party will be $50, you can bet 3rd party (specialy ea) will try selling their Wii software at $60. :fresh: Classic titles are a total Rip off $5 for a nes game, $10 for a snes and $15 for a n64 game?

The hub/system root is a total mess. WTF were they thinking on this one. I exspected better from nintendo. Actualy personaly I think PSP (which ps3 will adopt) is one of the best bios hubs ever done.

All in all I will try to get one (providing my gf lets me). I still want one (more so then a $600 ps3).

 

Your off on the prices, its $5 for nes, $8 for snes, and $10 for 64.

 

strip my one of that game so that i can play zelda at the same price.....

 

working at a used game store that sells nes,snes and everything else i think lots of people will gladly part with $5+ for some games here and there.i think the pricing is decent for the older games.
since some people have mentioned the price of the controller,is it my imagination or havent most controllers always been rather pricer at first.i thought ps2 and ps1 controllers were about $35 originally.

 

ARR! I WANT ONE N-O-W!!

 

Only Zelda? I liked many if not most of the games I saw on the preview video, even if they don't fit the classical meaning of games as we know them.

Price is still a bit high for a gamecube, and lack of DVD video support makes me want to kick them in the head. I can't believe they did it again! I mean , watching pictures off an SD card is cool, weather channel is nice, but my old folks don't mind watching a DVD everynow and then and they don't own a commercial DVD player - and for the truth of it, they can't handle the computer's S-video out connections too well either

I was hoping for a dongle at least

 

10$ for N64 is sick since they'll be 10 Euros here and for that much i can buy most n64 in cart format....

 

I want one and I might even afford it. $250 is about 3/5 of my current monthly salary.

This may be the first time I afford a console almost at launch. I'll still wait until after christmas, though. The early-adopter, pre-christmas markup in Mexico is likely to be one of epic proportions.

The Virtual Console games are fairly priced for our market, I think. There's the matter of how the mexican gamer is supposed to actually _pay_ for them (Credit cards are lethal here...) but I see N64 games go for 10 to about 30 dollars in the black market, and Super Nes games from about 8 to 35 (Yoshi's Island, for example, or ISSS Deluxe. Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy 6 might cost about 90 dollars if you can find them).

Nes games are cheap as hell here, though, 2-6 dollars each more or less (At least for famiclones).

Don't know whether I'd be willing to pay 10 dollars for a file. I guess, though, that eventually someone will come up with a hack or some sort of cheating option that will allow you to somehow play your own ROMS. Otherwise, I hope that they at least somewhat enhance the games. That'd be awesome.

Garlo - you seem to be the only other mexican here (not counting Eva01 who lives in the States). Do you own an X360? If so, are you able to get downloadable game content? Can you pay for ir with a mexican card, like Banorte or Banamex?

About screen types, I'm happy I get to play it on my good old 4:3 TV. It's really not such a bad unit, flat-screen and all, but once I get more class hours (and pay my debts), I might be able to get a new, 16:9 one on credit and pay it in 12 months.

 

The DS can be played for long periods though, and it's a new Gameboy. I can't see the Wii being the same. Likely senario is a normal controller for standard games with jigging around saved for between level stuff or mini games. Worst case senario is a glut of Warioware type stuff and sports sims.

Portable Nintendo machines sell like hot cakes. These days, Nintendo home consoles don't. If the PS3 does take off then the motion sensing controller might hurt Nintendo more than a lot of people expect, if only to knock a reason to buy off the list. Then there is the stupid name.

 

As I always say, only time will tell. And it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

 

Yeah, the flat rate for the games is surely a plus! But I still wanted NES games sold at 99 cents, Itunes style

Regarding the purchase of games, there will be Nintendo Points cards available at retail. 100 Points = One U.S. Dollar. I hope they create some sort of Retrocontroller/Nintendo Points bundle.

 

They said starting at, they never confirmed or said that ever NES, SNES, N64, etc. game would be those prices no more/no less. They said "starting at", whatever that means.

I hope the Wii games that use the classic controller can also use the gamecube controller. Saves to reuse old controllers. But then again the GC controller sucks for normal games. Which brings me back to the classic controller which I wonder WHY, WHY does it plug into the remote? That makes no sense... You're going tohave a wire out of the controller no matter what, why not plug into a GC port or something... I just find that goofy, but I'll live with it.

 

Have you forgotten that US prices do not include taxes/VAT?

$250 US = $198 Euro

Now, figure an average of 20% VAT and you've got a price of $238 Euro. The extra $12 Euro covers the cost of higher average employee salaries, higher shipping costs, higher advertising costs, etc.

-hl718

 

No clue what VAT is, but around here (USA) the sales tax adds another 19$ to the cost of the Wii working with a 0.075 sales tax per dollar. You may get it cheaper because the sales tax can vary I think depending on the store.