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(most of the information found in this thread is from http://www.dsrevolution.com)

Nintendo's Next System: The Wii!
http://wii.com
http://wii.nintendo.com/index.html

[Edit]
I've edited this thread to be more of an info thread on the Wii, anyone can contribute to it. Still discuss it of course, but I'll edit this post everytime someone adds new info. This will help everyone understand what the Wii is, and have to only read one post, instead of searching through the pages for certain info.

[INFO]

Release Date/Price: (without tax)
Canadian Release Date: November 19, 2006 Price: $279.95
US Release Date: November 19, 2006 Price: $250
Europe Release Date: December 8, 2006 Price: £179/249 Euros
Japanese Release Date: December 2, 2006 Price: 25,000 yen
Australian Release Date: December 8, 2006 Price: $399.95 AUD
- If you are Canadian, and want to know what the total cost will be with tax, and any other extras, click here
- If you are American, and want to know what the total cost will be with tax, and any other extras, click here
- If you are Australian, and want to know what the total cost will be with tax, and any other extras, click here

Wii Box Art:
- This is the Wii Console Boxart:
http://www.dsrevolution.com/images/im/91988i_10317.jpg
- This is the style of the Wii Game Boxart:
http://www.ebgames.com/common/images/lbox/230044b.jpg

Specs:
- CPU/GPU: PowerPC CPU (code-named “Broadway”), made with a 90nm SOI CMOS process, jointly developed with and manufactured by IBM; GPU developed with ATI
- Media: 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
- GameCube Compatibility: The Wii is backward-compatible to all Nintendo GameCube games and includes four ports for controllers and two slots for memory cards
- Network: 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.
- Size: 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)
- Design: 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
- Input/Output: 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
- WiiConnect24: 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.

Games:
- Included with the Wii, will be Wii Sports, a virtual sports game where you use the Wiimote as a golf club, tennis racket, baseball bat and more!
- When first released, Wii games will cost $50 per game.
- A list of Nintendo-published games:
Wii Sports (included with the Wii)
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Excite Truck
Super Mario Galaxy
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Mario Strikers: Charged
Big Brain Academy
Battalion Wars II
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
To see a full list of confirmed Wii games, click here.
- A list of games that will be available on the Wii release date:
The Ant Bully
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Barnyard
Blazing Angels
Call of Duty 3
Cars
Chicken Little: Ace in Action
Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Elebits
Excite Truck
Far Cry: Vengeance
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
GT Pro Seires
Happy Feet
Ice Age 2
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Madden NFL 2007
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Metal Slug Anthology
Monster 4X4: World Circuit
Need For Speed Carbon
Open Season
Rampage
Rapala Tournament Fishing
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Red Steel
Sponge Bob Squarepants : Creatures from the kusty krab
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Wii Sports
World series of Poker

Extra Features:
- Channels: Weather, News
- Family Features: Make your own "Mii" (a virtual, customizeable character), Display your digital photos on the Wii.
- Internet Capability: Using an Opera Web Browser, surf the web to your favourite sites. Nintendo/Opera has not yet release whether you will have to pay for your Opera Internet Browser. If you buy the Wii before July 2007, you will recieve the Opera Internet Browser free, but anytime after that, you will have to pay for it. To see more about this feature, click here
- You will be able to buy an Ethernet kit for the Wii. This way, you will be able to connect to the internet using hook-up connections, and not just wireless.

Virtual Console:
- The Virtual Console is one of the factors that have led many gamers to choose the Wii. By buying "Wii Cards", which will be available for $10-$50, you will get a certain amount of points. With these points, you will be able to buy different NES, SNES, and N64 classics. NES games will cost 500 points, SNES games will cost 800 points, and N64 games will cost 1000 points.

Extra information:
- Profits are looking up for the Wii! Because of this, they have decided that they will be sending out more Wiis on the release date, so that they don't run out.

Not to dampen any of your possible hopes and dreams or times of picking your nose (ewww not that you do of course)but.......it's been the next console for quite a while.

Continuing...I fully agree with you Dohnutt! It will fully rock the socks off any random bystander..if that made sense to anyone with common sense.

But lets hope you don't just up and die on us.

Karnage wrote:Not to dampen any of your possible hopes and dreams or times of picking your nose (ewww not that you do of course)but.......it's been the next console for quite a while.

OF COURSE I PICK MY NOSE! Who doesn't?

It has, but the release date hasn't changed very much at all. It's set for October, and that's that. I hope.

You have no ideal how excited i am for the Wii! I can't wait. It will be the best system to date!
http://www.dsrevolution.com/index.php
There is where i get all my Nintendo need to know stuff. Like how the Wii is being released Nov 19th at $250. With over 30 games! I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus you can view the web from the Wii. Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!
But the Wiimote is sold at $49.99 or $39.99 and the nun chuck is separte at $19.99 so that's about $210-$180
just to have 4 people play. Ouch. But hell it will be worth it.
I'm loving the 360Wii combo. New and old gaming.

Hah, I can't wait. It's gonna be so SICK!
It uses Opera Web Browser, right?
What's the nun-chuck?

What!?!?! the nun-chuck is this....
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_2006/w ... unchuk.jpg
In the person's left hand.

Ohhhh. I just call it a joystick
Can't wait for the Wii Sports games. Those'll be sick.
And, LOZ:TP, and... there's 'sposed to be some sword fighting game, where you use the Wiimote as a sword. That'd be awesome.

Seeing as this topic is about a console instead of a game/game series, perhaps it should be moved to Off-Topic? Just a thought...

w00t. This is exciting news. I don't know whether I'll be getting it on the release date or on Christmas (most likely). But i do know i want these games: Z:TP, SM:G, SSBB, and MP3:C., especially Zelda:TP

Moving_Target wrote:But the Wiimote is sold at $49.99 or $39.99 and the nun chuck is separte at $19.99 so that's about $210-$180 just to have 4 people play. Ouch. But hell it will be worth it.

The Wii better come with 1 wiimote and 1 nunchuck. Too many addons is a hassle.

Dohnutt wrote:and... there's 'sposed to be some sword fighting game, where you use the Wiimote as a sword. That'd be awesome.

Red Steel?

It does. Just look at the dsrevolution.com site.
There are sooooooooooooo many great titles i don't know which to choose. But one is 4 sure all Wii players will be busy. 4 a long time.

$300 for us Australians... Thats like $50 more than you guys..

Now although the Wii was never meant to have for what PC gamers have called FPS, Stragety, and Roleplaying call "hardcore" the whole concept of a motion controller does change everything about gameplay. Now you have a controller that controls both motion and sensitibity.

I aplogize for even mentioning the misconceptions most PC gamers go through (of thinking hardcore....a gamer is neither hardcore nor casual) but I'm also part of another forum where their gaming devotion is mostly Xbox and PCs....

And not that I want to be picky, but I hope the Wii's Online Service can support more than 4 players. If they have at least 8, then I'm in.

Dabrowski wrote:Red Steel?

Yeah, I already knew about that one, but I thought there was gonna be a different one.

I'm gonna come to GameToast on my Wii Opera internet

Y'know, I started this thread, and it seems like I know the least about the topic. Oh well, its gonna be cheap, awesome, and awesome.
*dances around room* Great, now I'm all excited for it again. I won't settle down for another 2 weeks now. OH WELL!

Droideka88 remember that the Wii is a system not a handheld like hte DS. So it will be stronger. Also The DS online was a bit more like a test 4 the online Wii, so they can do all the nessacary stuff to have 8+ people playing together. But one down side is that they (as in Nintendo) is still using the not so friendly friend code system. You know to keep people from paying and having to be 18 or older. We just have to wait and see.

http://www.gameroobie.net/art/2006/4004.htm
*UPDATED WITH NEW INFO*
Yup, that's right, I've got some new info from http://www.gameroobie.net. Check the first post for details.

good 4 me that there is already a norwegian version of the website gameroobie.net the norwegian one is gameroobie.no so i knew the new release date for a long time now <.<
BTW: the (confirmed!) release date for the WII is December 8th 06 !

-zaborack

I'm hopefully getting myself a Wii on the Release date December 8th for us in Europe I've been waiting a long time for this

*UPDATED WITH NEW INFO*
Yup, I've updated the first post with Wii specs, Wii Game Cover Boxart, and other stuff.
Remember, feel free to post new info whenever you'd like!

according to your boxart, the wii comes with wii sports. Is that a bundle deal or is that the standard 250$. Because I rather have it cheaper than have wii sports.

From what I've read, it comes with the $250. In other words, it's basically free with the Wii.