Post by Raven @ 09:28pm 15/09/06 | 176 Comments
Nintendo Australia have finally released the Australian release date for their new console, the Wii, and a release date.
The following is the full text of the press release:
The following is the full text of the press release:
Australia, Melbourne, Sept. 15, 2006 – Nintendo will reshape the home entertainment and video game landscape with the launch of its heralded Wii™ home video game console. As part of a global launch period, Wii will arrive in Australia on December 7th. Wii will be sold as an affordable, mass-consumer product at an SRP of just $399.95. The price includes one wireless Wii Remote controller, one Nunchuk™ controller and the groundbreaking collection of five different Wii Sports games on one disc, which anyone can play using simple movements, experienced or not.Edit by trog: Here's the full press release. promoted/edited forum item
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Posted 10:09am 16/9/06
Its too expensive. In US dollars thats $300; $50 more than the US$250 launch in that region.
To charge more in Australia, a region that Nintendo perform so absolutely horribly in, is lunacy at its finest.
Posted 12:09pm 16/9/06
also, be wary of the "one free game" thign from toys r us, im certain its gonna be wii sports too! the consoles not expensive enough to warrant giving a free game on launch!
Posted 05:08pm 16/9/06
Posted 06:15pm 16/9/06
In this region they are so far behind their competitors its not funny; it really seems to me they should have taken a hit on the price just to move some product. As it is now, people who would have been a shoe in at the low $300 range will now reconsider.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a Big N fanboy through and through and will happily plonk down my hard earned come December 7. I
AU$400 is too expensive _for this region_. If Nintendo want to remain a niche here, they are on the right track.
Posted 06:21pm 16/9/06
Trauma Center: Second Opinion should be great if the DS version is anything to go buy, and Excite Truck (a sequel of sorts to the NES' ExciteBike) looks interesting too. Much of the press seem keen on Ubisoft's Red Steel, another FPS with some sword fighting.
Posted 08:13am 17/9/06
Ever notice there's no Nintendo section on GameArena? That is not a coincidence, no matter how much I'd like to see one.
Posted 03:41pm 17/9/06
Posted 07:40am 18/9/06
giving away a 100 dollar game when you buy a 400 dollar system.... at launch!!
im certain they'll be losing money...
Posted 11:27am 18/9/06
it could be a gamecube game of your choice!!! (wii plays gamecube games) ..... im gonna get to the bottom of this!!!
Posted 02:00pm 18/9/06
i told them that a game was packed in, and that if that was the "free game" that they are talking about, then it would be "gay".
they then told me i should go to EB and ask, to which i said i was interested in the free game deal, which only toys r us has... so EB would be no help.
he then said "i think its a choice of 3 games, from the different types, like RPG, ..." at which point i cut him off because there arent' even any RPGs launching with the system... as far as i know.
Why is the free game a big deal? because i probably wouldnt bother getting it otherwise. the wii looks cool but if theres no "free game" (except wii sports), then why go to toys r us over anywhere else?
This is poor work on behalf of toys r us, you cant just go saying FREE GAME!!!! and then not even have any details about it. no clue about range, no clue about ANYTHING! im gonna call a few other toys r us in brisbane today to see if i can get to the bottom of this.
Posted 06:05pm 18/9/06
i was going to call head office in bris but got sidetracked... i guess ill call them closer to the date.
Posted 10:01am 19/9/06
i tried OoT again after i finished wind waker but it didnt seem as nice as windwaker was. i really liked windwaker heaps! but... im in the tiny minority.
Posted 04:21pm 19/9/06
As for Zelda games, I'm in the Wind Waker minority also. My picks would be Link to the Past, Minish Cap and Wind Waker.
Though, the Master Quest edition of Ocarina of Time is ok... mainly because inside the giant fish dungeon, there are cows embedded into the walls. I thought that was pretty wacky. I'd mainly just recomment playing OoT so you have played through it, but when it comes to slickness, Windwaker has it beat. WW may be a bit on the easy side, but it's pretty fun to play because the controls are pretty nice.
The Mac spoof ad is gold.
Posted 01:40pm 20/9/06
my only other console to date is a sega mega drive...still works ..and occasionally when family friends come over with young kids it gets dusted off and they are forced to play sonic:P...even though they all play wow,cs, etc...i feel it's my duty to educate with some historic games..
only nintendo product is the original gameboy...yep the old brick...surprisingly that still works..
i asked T'r'US yesterday about the wii..the only thing they can confirm is the pre-order..regarding the games the guy said nintendo were pretty wierd about it all because their scared they wont have the numbers to deal with demand...basically..could be a case of we'll have the consoles but major game shortages..
anyway..i'll be waiting around jan-feb to get a wii...probably be cheaper with more packaged deals
Posted 02:46am 21/9/06
Also, god Bahamut Lagoon and Terranigma fantastic games!! Agreed Hashy!!
Although playing the japanese version of Bahamut Lagoon just confuses me.
I really hope that nintendo does a third (fourth?) version of Tales of Phantasia, awesome rpg.