Wii Will Rock You

And finally our wait is over, and a new one begins. Information has finally been released on the ever elusive Wii during a New York Nintendo Conference on September 14, 2006. First of the release date, which personally made me quite happy since after all it is my birthday, will be November 19 with a price tag of $249.99.As for the Wii itself it will come with a Wii-mote (which includes the nunchuck and strap), AC adaptor, stand for console, A/V cable, sensor bar, stand for sensor bar, and two AA batteries. The Wii will also come with a WiiSports as you can see to the left, but also over 15 titles will be available upon launch with the price of $49.99, for first party games of course. The price for the third party games is entirely up to company though Nintendo has asked to make it reasonable of course. The price for addition Wii-mote will be $39.99 and $19.99 for the nunchuck attachment. As for Wii Channels, respectively known as Virtual Console, will have three games available online at launch and thirty by the end of the year. Games on the Wii Channels can only be bought "Wii points". 2,000 Wii Point cards will be available for $20, meaning for every 100 points you have $1. For example NES games will cost 500 points, or $5, SNES games will cost 800 points ($8) and N64 games will be 1,000 points ($10). Starting January the selections of games will grow by 10 each month. Classic Controllers for easier game play will be sold separately. Lastly, one of the things I found very interesting is the Mii. Mii is an avatar you create to like you or your friends and family. Get it, Mii? Quite "Wii"tty if you ask me. Well what you can do with this Mii is after creating you can use it as sort of a character in some games such as WiiSports or Wario Ware. You can also upload the Mii into you Wii-mote and take it around to your friends house at use it there. Quite the interesting little feature. And now I'd like to leave you with a quote by Mr. Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America president."One price, one configuration, one color." Ouch, quite the swing at Sony and Microsoft.