It's Official: $250 Wii to Launch November 19th
- September 15, 2006 13:35 PM PST
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GameSpot brings word that the New York Times has broken the launch news on Nintendo's Wii.
Nintendo has announced the specifics of the Wii launch:
- The Wii is $250
- The launch date is Sunday, November 19th for North and South America -- two days after the PS3 launch (Nov. 17th)
- No firm shipping numbers yet, but the article claims that the Wii will be "far more available in stores this holiday season" than the PS3
- Games will cost $49.99
- The Wii will come with Wii Sports
- Zelda and Excite Truck are due out in 2006; Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will wait until 2007
- The Wii will include web browsing abilities
Here is more information that was revealed at the Nintendo event in New York City yesterday:
- Nintendo hopes to release 4 million units globally by December 31, 2006.
- The GameCube version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be released in December.
There will be 30 games available during the Wii's "launch window" (November 19, 2006 through March 2007); 15 of which will be third party and will include:
- Bust-A-Move Revolution
- Call of Duty 3
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
- Elebits
- Excite Truck
- Far Cry Vengeance
- The Godfather
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Madden NFL 07
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
- Metal Slug Anthology
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
- Need for Speed Carbon
- Rampage: Total Destruction
- Red Steel
- Sonic and the Secret Rings
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
- Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
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THE VERDICT by Sid Shuman
Yup, it turned out to be true. $249.99 for the Wii....nice and cheap, but I guess I was hoping for $199.
Ah, well. It'll all come in due time...
