The Nintendo Wii international press conferences thread

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

The Core 360 shouldn't even exist.

Does it even sell?

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Core 360 is worthless.

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Originally Posted by Korly

I'm pretty disappointed by the Virtual Console.

If the games had achievements, enhanced graphics, and online play (with leaderboards) then I think those prices would be reasonable. But, all we're getting is a glorified emulator (unless there are some things that haven't been announced).

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Over a year ago they had mentioned adding online play to certain VC titles, so I hope that still holds up true.
The VC is kind of a double edge for me -- I know I could play the SNES/NES stuff from my PC with a PS2/360 controller, but I like the idea of having something hooked up to my TV and easily being able to jump into a game of something old with my fiancee. I definitally like the idea of VC N64, as I am hopeful that the games will run better on VC and all of the N64 emulators I've seen have been ass (Including the one that I saw on an xbox).

At the very least, being able to shuffle through a list of games and see games that I may have wanted to try but never did, plus all of the original content that is suppose to be coming to VC, has me excited.

From Next Gen:

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Originally Posted by Next Gen

Nintendo has confirmed to the NY Times that Wii will hit North America on November 19 for $250 in the US, with Wii Sports included. At the firm's Tokyo press conference it confirmed a Japanese launch date of December 2 at 25,000 yen ($215), less than half the price of PS3.

ImageAccording to the NY Times report, Nintendo will announce at its Thursday morning New York press conference that over 25 new games will be available by year-end for the Wii.

The Japanese launch will come with 16 games, according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata from ten different publishers (Wii Sports apparently isn't planned as a pack-in for Japan). "We want to propose a new lifestyle with Wii," Iwata said. "We want everyone in the family to play with it everyday." Nintendo has launched its Wii.com website including tons of images. The text is currently in Japanese.

The inclusion of Wii Sports in the U.S. will be a welcome surprise to consumers, who have gotten used to game systems only offering the core system at launch. Wii Sports includes tennis, golf, baseball and bowling, and was featured prominently at Nintendo’s E3 press conference. The lower Japanese price reflects the non-inlcusion of Wii Sports.

Games available this year will include The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Excite Truck, Madden NFL, Red Steel and Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam, among others. The NY Times also reported that the new Mario game for Wii won't hit until 2007. Nintendo will offer its Wii games for $50.

In addition, Nintendo will have ready about 30 classic titles for the Virtual Console downloadable games service. Games will cost around $5 or $10 dollars each, and include titles from the Zelda, Mario and Donkey Kong franchises, according to the NY Times.

Other information in the report includes a Wii photo channel, which allows users to display digital photos on TV via the Wii, as well as an “easy-to-use interactive news channel and weather channel.”

Web browsing will also be possible with the console.

Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime stated, “Our goal is to bring gaming back to the masses. You see that in our pricing, you see that in the number of units we plan to make available this year and you see that in how we are positioning the Wii to appeal to every member of the household, including but not limited to the hard-core gamer."

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Whenever Reggie or any of those asshats say "bring gaming back to the masses" I always scratch my head. Games are sold to more people now than ever. The game industry is bigger than ever, certainly bigger than when Nintendo was in charge of shit.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

Whenever Reggie or any of those asshats say "bring gaming back to the masses" I always scratch my head. Games are sold to more people now than ever. The game industry is bigger than ever, certainly bigger than when Nintendo was in charge of shit.

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It should be more like "trying to expand the market to people who don't give a shit about video games."

I suppose that doesn't sound as cool in a press release, though.

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Originally Posted by K3V

It should be more like "trying to expand the market to people who don't give a shit about video games."

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Those people are already playing Popcap games and Luxor and shit on their PC and cell phones. That is attracting way more people than a $250 console and a bunch of old games (that they weren't playing when they were new) ever will.

It's great framing on the part of Nintendo, but there's not a lot of substance to it.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

Those people are already playing Popcap games and Luxor and shit on their PC and cell phones. That is attracting way more people than a $250 console and a bunch of old games (that they weren't playing when they were new) ever will.

It's great framing on the part of Nintendo, but there's not a lot of substance to it.

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Is the VC even being targeted towards "the masses?" My impression was that a lot of the new stuff was the materal that was going to be targeted towards a bigger audience then just the usual gamers.

Just starting out, I'm not sure how many games I'd get for the VC, but I see it as a good opportunity to play some games I missed out on way back when. It's not going anywhere, so I can wait as long as I need for the VC to gain some momentum.

But what I've been looking forward to is the Wii's gameplay and the controller interface. The VC is just gravy. Also, I'm glad the launch is staying in November.

I'm glad launches have stayed in mid Nov. NOV 15TH BIRTHDAY FTW

More of the same but here is IGN's NOA Press Coverage.