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Wii on EDGE: details (or rumors?) revealed |
Listed in: Wii Tags: CNN, N64, Sega
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One of these days, we're going to have an EDGE Magazine subscription FedExed to us on a regular basis. (To which one replies: "Why not go for UPS? It's so much cheaper"). Otherwise, we'll have to continue to depend on the kindness of strangers who can't stop talking about what they read in EDGE (and which we can't verify since we don't have an EDGE subscription). Anyway, a member of the NeoGAF forums, Rocked, chose to reveal some "Wii and DS tidbits" he read off of EDGE's latest issue (#169?). A couple of them were interesting, one non-gaming point was meh, and quite a few grabbed us by the proverbial (sweet spot). We quote Rocked here:
- CNN to provide content for the News Channel in the US and Japan.
- Sega has moved a significant number of development staff from PS3 to Wii over the Summer
- Although Nintendo has removed DVD movie playback from the Wii, it
plans to launch in Japan next year an enhanced Wii capable of such a
feature (What the...)
- Original MSRP for Wii in UK and US: £150 and US$ 200, but larger retail chains pressured them to change the price because they were concerned that they wouldn't earn as much from the intended MSRP
- Plenty of Wii Channel slots still remaining to be filled
- EDGE says that Wii Sports will be to Wii what Mario 64 was to the
N64.
Maybe someone didn't Photoshop a Wii DVD too late, buddy. (Although technically speaking, the Photoshop Wii-d is still wrong, if the "Enhanced Wii" reads off a DVD straight and not through a peripheral. On the other hand, they could make it so that the "Enhanced Wii" simply adds codes to the console so it can read from an external DVD drive... but this is all conjecture).
Hey, if any of you has EDGE in your bedrooms, can you please check this out for us? We'd be eternally grateful for the kindness of strangers. And if the DVD bit (and everything else) is on EDGE (169 or 168?), what do you guys think? (Until then, we're filing this under Rumors).
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All media forums tend to be biased. At least with CBS or Fox you know how you're being conned.
Don't really like having a single set media outlet being stuck on the system, but if I get the PS3 I'll be quickly messing around with the software anyway, find a way to load from the web logs I normally read.
Can't find anything one way or another on your info. I guess this is still in N-limbo.
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On the topic of DVD, lets hope that the DVD is allowed by purchasing a WiiChannel. Optional extra features that do not add cost or detract from the sole purpose of the console are always a good thing. Plus since its a mature-gen DVD drive, it should be much more capable than PS2 and even Xbox's capabilities.
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That "enhanced wii" piont is proof. We know Nintendo have said they could add Dvd playback as a download next year - it won't require additional hardware its purely a software thing. There is no way nintendo would confuse the market by releasing another wii
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seriously wierd. for a while I was going to resort to the Wii before buying the PS3. now my choice is kinda obvious.
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So maybe the rumors comes from there.
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