AWESOME!

Lol you can get weather news by using the Wii, imagine standing up in the morning, being in a hurry but curious about the weather, you just turn on the Wii, choose the weather option, and tadaa u got the weather predicition for the day, awesome and really handy!

UK Ripped off again

Well whoopie £179 to buy the wii in the UK, equiveilent to $336 US. Then £43 for an extra controller?! Getting a bit sick of Nintendo's Pricing policy. Wonder what the UK press conference was like : 'Well we're gonna make you all pay more for a Wii, but to make up for it we'll release weeks after everyone elase gets it' £150 would of been a fair price, and £25 for an extra controller.

Wooooowww!

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Wooooowww!

Finally we know when it's coming! I really can't wait to get one, pre-ordered at like 30 shops!

@ #2: Would you rather have it in December or March, like the DS? Anyway, i don't mind. As long as I get the console on or just after the release date and I don't have to share it with my f*"king brother, I'm happy!

liked how the posters made it seem like it was all good news.

The price is terrible for a system that barely shows the power of a gamecube. You are practically paying 150 dollars for the controller sensor. Also the EU gets it way late. Including Wii Sports is a nice gesture though. However the games look like they were done for the Super Nintendo. And as simple as a 5 dollar budget machine from Tiger electronics. It better be included or else no one would buy such a crap game.

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Way late?? U rather wait till march like Sony makes u to? Besides MS no one did a launch so close together before, so be gratefull.

#6

The difference is Sony's PS3 is a super machine while the Wii is a gamecube rehash with a new controller. Well I'm still exited it'll be release before christmas. Zelda is going to rock.

WTF?

Nintendo a gamers best friend? Nah they are just another money grabbing multi-national like M$ & Sony. At least M$ & Sony are ripping us off for next gen machines and not 5 year old technology.

ps3

ps3 isa new high tec monster machine,wii is not,so i will buy ps3 first,then wii

Ripoff

I can't believe so many people are blind to this ripoff. The Wii is a scam to steal your money. Nintendo is painting the failed GameCube as a next-gen product, and you retards are eating it all up. Talk about s***** fed morons. The Wii is not a next-gen system. It is debatable wether it's more powerful than the GC, and it is clearly inferior to the original Xbox because it can't even do pixel-shaders or play DVDs. Nintendo's backwards mentallity will destroy this industry if the Wii is successful, which is a real longshot. Realistically, the Wii will most likely be dead-in-the-water. However, if you cretans want to pay hundreds of dollars for a company's failed garbage technology, go ahead and help kill off the videogame industry once and for all.

wii ,sucks

if wii wins ,graphic evolution will slow down,on the next gen.

wii will wii will rob you

no comment

makes u think, maby the xbox360 iz a bargin at £20 more. all i can say iz that the wii iz wiielll expensive for old gen graphics.

at #11

Wii is capable of specular maps and bloom and at the end of the day Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess looks much better than any Xbox 360 game out right now. The price is pretty expensive but i'm going to import anyway so i'll save money on the exchange rate. Had my pre-order set in stone since last november. As long as Nintendo & Sega are making games for the machine I couldn't give a rats ass what anyone else says. Nintendo always make AAA titles and I love playing them. (aside from the Mario Party games after Mario Party 64)

As crappy as the Xbox 360 is, Zelda and Mario do not even come close to looking as good as even the worst 360 games. Besides, when was the last time Nintendo actually released a real AAA game, ten years ago? If people would stop being delusional and admit that the Wii sucks, then we can see some real progress in the videogame industry. Wii is bad for the industry and Nintendo is bad for gamers. I wish they would just give up already and be bought out like Sega was, so that the few decent properties they have can finally be put to good use.

No HD

Even if Mario and Zelda did have good graphics, they'd still look like ***** because Wii can't even do HD. #15 needs to get a clue.

#15

ur a tw@t 360 eats wii for breakfast but i already have a 360 and im gonna get a wii DIE SONY

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Seriously whats with all the hate? Just because youre 12 and dont have jobs and your parents live in council flats and cant afford clean underwear, doesnt mean this is a bad system, now shut up. Graphics arent everything and thats what makes me sick, how do you think everyone could possibly cope when playing a SNES or mega drive, they had gameplay! Now p1ss off.

Lol

Zelda and Mario Galaxy do not by any stretch of the imagination look better than any Xbox360 game. In my opinion, they look better than any Xbox game and well its Zelda and Mario. I love the Wii. I would gladly pay $250 for a Gamecube with the virtual console so I think $250 is a great pricepoint. Zelda and Mario have a lot of nostalgic value for me to go along with their great gameplay.

I don't beleive the number of people saying that £180 is bad for a next-gen machine - It's less than half as much as the PS3. OK, I admit it's a GC with a new controller and some new in-built apps, but it's the controller I want. It's just so innovative, and may even get my mum, dad and maybe even grandparents to get in on the action. I'm not saying it's an old person's console - From teenage titles like Zelda and titles for everyone like Wii Sports to kid-to-teenage titles like Mario, it's for ages 8-80.

Elderly people don't want to play videogames and they never will. It's so stupid trying to get parents and grandparents to play games. If your senile grandma wants to play a game, tell her to play "Let's remember what day it is." Wii sucks. It's true. Please stop being so blind.

Wii looks great, providing the first real chance to play in a new way since the birth of the light gun, as for the systems power, who cares? The GC produced some great looking games and too much next gen power is wasted on HD, not everyone has a HD set you know, so I fully expect Wii games to look just fine, no one thinks Resi 4 or Metroid Echoes look poor do they? So why not wait until you play a game on it before you take a stab at Nintendo for trying something different, at least you won;t have to remortgage the house to afford one, as with the PS3.

WOWWWWWWW!

WOW! I REALLY CAN'T WAIT! I AM SOOOO GUNNA PRE-ORDER THIS TOMORROW!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

price far too high

so 250e for the console? and 60e for the games? well, thats far too high imho. with that pricing policy nintendo will not be able to compete in the christmas sales with the xbox 360. ms will most likely drop the price for the 360 for christmas, and 300e is realistic for that console then. with 360-games and wii-games at the same price level and the 360 having much more games by now, nintendo will loose the "nexgen wars" due to pure dumbness. i thought they would not copy sonys mistakes, but obviously im wrong. so for me it will be a bye-bye nexgen until the prices drop into a affordable segment (150e the console and 40-50e for the games are realistic and affordable for the wii). also, i think nintendo does not notice one thing: if a toy (and thats how n markets the wii) is too expensive, it wont be baught. 250e for a toy? never.

omg u freeks man

dude the wii is like the best next gen console nd bythe way red steal blows of any 360 game ( i have the 360) and com on for the price its a bargen for 2 consoles the wii nd gamecube nd com on no more botton mashing like retareds it takes pure skiil to play wii games unlike ps3 nd 360 i mean would u rather puch 'X' or move ur hand to slash sum 1 i swear u ppl are only looking for the bad stuff i mean the wii will destory the ps3 for sure i am not sure the 360 ( couse i personaly like it ) but the wii is a new way to play games i have been playing gamees for over 10 years iam happy i dont have to push any more bottons like mad

HD

quote: No HD Even if Mario and Zelda did have good graphics, they'd still look like ***** because Wii can't even do HD. #15 needs to get a clue. by payday (Unregistered), at Sep 15, 2006 at 12:36PM Lolz Well all people DON'T have a LCD, Plasma or whatever, that is HD-Ready or are HDTV's =/

Exactly. I don't have HD, but all the TV shows look great on out 32", so I don't need HD. And anyway, even if the Wii had n64 graphics I'd still get it, for sheer innovation.

WII FTW

WII FTW... WII ALREADY WON LONG TIME AGO... PS3 IS DOOMED... X360 WILL SELL GOOD/OK, BUT WII WILL DOMINATE THE WHOLE GAMING INUSTRY... AND YOU CANT STOP IT, NOT ANYMORE... SONYFANBOYS, YOU ARE TOO LATE. STOP CRYING AND GET A WII OR A LIFE.