There's a whole lot of stuff going on there.

I was wondering how they were going to present all the Virtual Console stuff. The listing on L!ve is quite terrible.

Unsure about the online content stuff... I suppose its easy to do if the console is online anyways.

I guess its a flight to Canada November 19th then.

Just to also clarify in that Wii game video, there's a few new Nintendo IP's tucked away.

The first being Forever Blue, Hajimete no Wii (table tennis, shooting, pool, fishing and some more) and Wii Big Brain Academy.

Pokemon Battle Revolution with DS link up....

I'm not a pokefreak but I can see that being exciting for some.

That video made me smile - cant wait to get my hands on this machine! Dunno which version to go for.....might have to endure the extra time and get the Japanese version.

NEED a Euro launch date bad - RGB is still my only display option so I need to get hold of a cable.

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Quick check tells me that any major city on the east coast of america is about £300 return... its an option... but lets see if Nintendo Europe sort it out first.

Some bloke on some forum, predicted these dates 2 weeks ago, he's also listed the EU launch will be 1st/2nd Decemeber. Suppose will have to wait till later to find out the dates.

Uploading your avatar to your Wii Remote is pretty classy.

And to geek out, I'm glad they've gone with (-) and (+) buttons, those other ones circulating were a bit guff. Obviously, the iconography and design is vital to gameplay.

Btw table tennis and boxing looks savage, I can't wait to rinse them. Also Project Hammer I'm the only person excited by that title, I'm excited to see how they're gonna execute the Wiimote functions into an all out action title.

In that game trailer there's a puzzle title created by Compile, I thought they were finished?!?

I gotta say I was disappointed in em' not showing off the GT Pro title, I wanna see that running.

Check the Pokemon movie it looks rude!!!!

http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/presentation/12.html&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

its freaking region free people

http://uk.gamespot.com/e3/e3blog.html?sid=6157671&topic_id=24981977

It's a little bundle of joy that machine!

Nintendo love us all just as much as Capcom love ME! I just found a massive Dragon Punch in Godhand which made me jump about the room. XD
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European launch date December 8 2006, priced at £179 (249 Euros). Package will include console, Wiimote, nunchuck, cables and all that jazz. Oh and Wii Sports. Er, games will cost £35 - £39 in the UK and 49-59 Euros elsewhere.

Europe get fucked in the ass, yet again. Played, Nintendo Europe

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Das ist goot - I have no faith whatsoever in Nintendo Europe anyway.

I'm gonna get the Japanese machine, then I wont have to endure composite for long until the UK/Euro
release and RGB cableness!

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Conundrum....

At least its THIS YEAR. And we appear to be getting the same games as USofA.

Early adoption issues as usual.

No point in making another Wii thread, but Capcom's next installment of Sengoku Basara will be heading to the PS2 and the Wii

Hopefully if this is done right and sells, we could see a wave of these action-brawling style games on the Wii

I want Wii Music. I do not see it on the list? Did it have a new name?

My First Wii? Is that a real title? The mind boggles hehe.

To my knowledge I dont think it's a launch title, all the sites I've looked at have placeholder dates, hope that helps.

Is that the title where you see the brer using two Wiimotes as drum-sticks? I need that now!!!1! XD

I am not sure. It is the orchestra title with the conductor. I hope it is not just a technical demo.

I've had too many wet dreams thinking about drumming along to Perfect Dark themes. The worst part is it's never going to happen. Soooooo......

I've spent serious hours staying behind at work so I can practice on the electric drum kits LOUD in order to learn from scratch how to maintain the rhythm with my four limbs so I can emulate that sampled drum goodness. I can play a few of the tunes but keeping the high-hats gentle on some of the covert music is tough stuff when you're being heavy footed on the bass drum.

I'd love to get into a covers band that plays the best of in-game themes. Forget all that FF/Zelda bollocks that's so popular with folks (that's been overkilled, and will continue to be necro-bummed with Wii Orchestra (still getting it - hoping for some dark, moody Metroid bits)) I'm talking obsolete stuff that only a few of us pick up on. Unfortunately I can't play guitar, drum, and play 2/3 keyboards all at once.

Now that Nintendo Europe have put the dampener on regionlessness, what to do eh?

US import is kind of a no brainer now, but I had all sorts of grief getting hold of a DS on launch. I've not done videogamesplus for hardware, but tronix and ncsx have always been good to me. ncsx tend to avoid console lauches though, at least they did with the 360.

I'm going to keep an eye on tronix - anyone got better suggestions? :s

www.movietyme.com/catalog might be worth keeping an eye on mate.

I really don't know what I'm doing. I know I'm not pre-ordering as I don't know where I'll be when it comes out. I'm pretty sure there won't be a shortage however. I've asked someone to pre-order me a US console but I doubt I'll get anywhere with that.

I shouldn't be thinking about games at all if my plans are successful - as I'll be too busy in a totally new career. Sod that though. On the other hand it may be beneficial waiting to find out about which cable's best (I can't touch composite, I'd rather play blindfolded) and all the regionness of the online bits.

Shit no, I was going to wait and see what you did and then copy you. Will you be able to run Japanese software on a US box, out of the box, if you see what I mean?

You're off to China right? But to do what? Sounds wicked though have you ever been? Brilliant country, spent a small amount of time there a couple of years back. Really great place.

movietyme would be great, didn't think they bother with consoles.

Hopefully the import shops will sort themselves out this week, and hopefully Nintendo are right about there being plenty to go round

I have a plan.

Stop me when you think its wierd.

I'm going to continue anyways.

Stage 1.
Dress up as Optimus Prime (1st Gen)

Stage 2.
Get on flight to New England, United States of Flab

Stage 3.
Purchase a floatilla of Wii

Stage 4.
Subtly craft the Wii boxes into the previously seen and legitamised Optimus Prime costume

Stage 5.
Get arrested by Michael Bay

Stage 6.
Be forced to watch Pearl Harbo(u)r

Stage 7.
Escape in an elaborate CGI car chase

Stage 8.
Completely miss the point of what I started with

Stage 9.
Conclude with happy ending and plenty of Wii

I'm going to teach little kiddies not only the English language, but the greatness of Perfect Dark 64.

I'm going to join the Communist Party and rear my little minions up through the ranks. When I'm rich enough I will be known as dictatorDave and change the Chinese flag to the dataDyne logo. I will then go to war with the US so that I can destroy Microsoft and take back Rare. I'd then slave-drive them into being good again.

Not a bad 12-month plan I don't think. Much more realistic than Jib's CGI fest.

Quality, props to you sir. That sounds like an awesome 12 months you've got laid out infront of you. Best of luck.

China already rules the world though (people just haven't realised it yet).

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Nintendo has snubbed the loyal band first to take the DS home by releasing a new, improved model,...N64 was the only console in the Japanese giant's history to escape the makeover.

I never realised the words "greatness" and "Perfect Dark 64" could be place in the same sentence together .

btw good luck in China.

Saurian, do you think the UK RGB cable will work with the Japanese console? This is a major issue for me, as my TV cannot do NTSC, and my only option is RGB >.<

I don't think we'll know until it actually gets released.

UK RGB cable doesn't work on an ntsc Cube, if thats any indicator. I thought we'd end up with a component only Wii, but I read that an RGB cable has shown up on a online shops.

True, but then Lik Sang (who are offering an RGB cable) have also stated that you'll be offered a choice of US, UK or Japanese Wii when the time draws near, so it could be a European cable they'll be selling.

From what I can tell from the pics (and there aint much to go on) is that it's an extension of what they did with the Cube; put the relevant component inside the cable you buy instead of the machine.

I reckon that all 3 regions share the same AV output so we'll be OK for RGB when they release their official cable.

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But if it's an extension of what they did with the Cube, wouldn't that mean that the offical UK RGB cable wouldn't work with an NTSC/J machine (as happened with the GCN)? I'm probably being thick here...

Yep!

It's not the standard Nintendo AV port on the Wii, nor is it the Cube's digital AV out. It's a hybrid of the two which most likely outputs a component signal - which will be converted over to analogue the same way as it is on the Cube via the chip inside the cable.

This is a whole new port - whether or not the UK Cube's RGB cable works with a Japanese machine is irrelevant.

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Freaky new AV connections are all part of the Wii buzz eh.

Lets hope we can get some VGA action from these.

I've not seen a list of Japanese cables yet... but then I haven't looked...

Whats that wacky d-sub type component cable they use, or has that been phased out?

They're still using the D Terminal cable in Japan,

If anything we'll be able to make a VGA cable out of an official cable D Terminal cable, should be able to tap the V and H sync same way as per the Cube.

The AV port outputs composite, S-Video and component on the US and JPN region machine. It makes no sense to change this output for the UK machine by revising the board when you can convert the Component signal to analogue RGB via a cable you charge extra for.

I strongly feel the official RGB cable will work on all regions.

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Not sure if these have been seen before:-

http://www.gfdata.de/archiv10-2006-gamefront/2313.html

Not matter how many times I see the Wii place next time to something else I'm always surprised by how small it is - such a sweet looking bit of kit. My Cube can't wait to meet his little brother.

http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/wii/?site=v3_05.html&l=enGB

I think we are all psyched for the photo channel.

the other hardware bits, photos:

http://www.cngba.com/viewthread.php?tid=16177294&extra=page%3D2

The brick looks GC sized...? And it has a classy shaved off corner like the main unit, designy!

three posts in a row!

phroar! nothing more exciting than Wii shelves... NOTHING!

http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/07/wii-retail-details-markup-and-endcaps/

I'm going to go and lie down now.

Awww man , look at all those lovely coloured controller protection cases. You know us manz are gonna be needing them!

Its sooo near!!!

Man, Nintendo really have gone down the whole iPod route, looking at those stands and the controller gloves. Fair play to ‘em too, it’s a scheme that works.

Pumped.

but... dog tags??

Yeah, all the kool kidz are wearin 'em these days, innit!

Talk about out of touch, Grandad!

How about -

People with similar tags noticing eachother in the street and breaking out into The Wii Dance?

You never know. I think I've got "Wii Butcher" down so far -

I just didn't think it through did I?

Now it makes perfect sense.