Joystiq posters play pre-conference prognosticators

I think that it will be $229 with 2 controllers, classic controller, and Wii Sports.

Release date will be a Sunday in October.

Early october in Japan, late october in US, late November in the rest of the world...

200$ including one wiimote/nunchuk + Wii Sports + a few free VC downloads

A great ATI card for great graphics... greater than most people think...

Info to be released this morning in Japan

Gameboy games downloaded onto the Wii will be downloadable onto a memory card for the DS. The memory card will fit into the GBA slot. GBA games are also going to be considered. Up to 100 separate games will fit onto one cart. As a plus, these games will be playable on your Wii. Price $1.99 - $4.99

Wait for it........

Only 30 minutes until the beginning of hte end of the speculation!

BEST MEGATON ANNOUNCMENT:

Wii name changed to "Revolution".

HAHAHAHA.

Going out on a insane crazy limb and guessing ultra-skimpy base package $99, package with extra controller and game for $149, and deluxe package with extra controller, the online library, and a couple games for $199.

I've posted my predictions at geekRECON.com for those interested parties. How does it sound?

Why do so many people think that it'll launch with more than one controller, a classic controller, bundled games, *and* the kitchen sink?

Starter Package-$179 1 controller with Nunchuck and a cupon for a free Virtual Console game.
Fun Package-$229: 2 Controllers with Nunchucks, a coupon for a free Virtual Console game, and Wii sports.

Release date: Sunday, November 5th.

Megaton: Amiga games on the VC! (Americans scratch their heads, Europeans piss their pants)

199 dollars. mario/duckhunt. 1 zapper shell. 1 wiimote combo. sometime in the next 60 days.

$199

October 17th

Wii sports, nunchuck, classic control, and wiimote included

I just saw this.

http://wii.vggen.com/news/news.php?id=2295

Interesting, no?

Especially considering the huge announcements coming tomorrow.

Gozan - HAHAHAHAhahahahaAHAHhaahhahahaa. So true. It would make a bit of sense though! Factor 5 were big players on the Amiga (Turrican beating Samus in the face) and with their [tenuous] links with Nintendo now... Gah. I gotta shuttup. The possibility of playing the Amiga R-Type 2, BC Kid and Turrican has me fucking chuffed.

$199.99 for the basic one controller + nunchuck, no game; or #249.99 for two controllers + nunchucks, 1 classic controller, Wii Sports bundle, both with one free virtual console download and on October 4.

there will NOT be two packages.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/13/psa-nintendos-international-press-event-schedules/

It said that the Japanese event started half an hour ago. I don't see any signs anywhere of that being the case. It'd seem that the source was mistaken, or that nobody in the entire USA has any press people in Japan right now.

WTF?

Joystiq, Kotaku, and IGN have no mention of the event going on in Japan as we speak. They all post the most ridiculous rumors that come from Miyamoto's dog and they can't make a post about their intentions on getting us information from tonight's conference. If it's not possible just let us know.

VR glasses
lightweight HUD with motion sensing

VR glasses
lightweight HUD with motin sensing

So far, nothing should be happening until 9pm eastern time, or 10 minutes after this particular post

$199.99 and Oct. 17th

Well, the post linked to in #112 said that it would be at 8pm eastern, or an hour and ten minutes ago at the time I'm leaving this comment.

Here's the realtime video folks.

Don't worry about downloading the language stuff. Just enjoy :)

http://www.irwebcasting.com/060607/03/74d18b0400/main/index_hi.htm

This webcast is from this summer june (060607) you can even see 18 6 7 at the top of that webpage!!! Where is the real thing? I hope Joystiq isnt pulling the same trick on us like last week.

Hey Joystiq, how about putting this up as a poll for the readers to vote on? Just put your guesses up and let us choose the date/price we think is most likely? It'd be interesting to see how close the collective readership is to the actual numbers.

$200 with WiiSports, 1 Wii-mote, 1 classic controller

@word #81$

"1 controler ["freehand" only, no nunchuck, no "classic"]...
Why one "freehand" controller only? Because it is the cleanest, simplest, fastest route to getting the system up and running in the non-gamer's home."

Good thinking... but Nintendo confirmed months ago that EVERY remote will come with a nunchuk. That's why everyone is including at least one nunchuk in their bundle.

@Jonn #104

"Why do so many people think that it'll launch with more than one controller, a classic controller, bundled games, *and* the kitchen sink?"

More than one controller - Nintendo is emphasizing the multiplayer aspect of the console. They even named it after it. So they should include more than one controller so people can play out of the box.

Bundle games - specifically Wii Sports - Wii Sports introduces the controller and gets multiplayer fun out-of-the-box. It would be a perfect pack-in.

Classic controller - used for Virtual Console, a main feature of the Wii. I personally don't expect it to be in the retail package, but sold for cheap, $14.99.

I hope the Wii is $300. Maybe then I'd have a chance at buying one.

They're going to be 500 or more on ebay throughout 2006 no matter what they cost. So the higher the cost, the better. For now at least

Since we're looking at not getting any info from Japan for a while, I'll throw in my guesses.

Price: $199.99
Package: Wii, 2 Wiimotes+Nunchuks, Wii Sports
Colors: Black & White a launch, with red & blue Wiimotes available also.
Release: November 5 US, probably 2 weeks earlier Japan.
Other announcements:
-Final details on WiiConnect24 and online service.
-Update of online APIs for 3rd parties so they can include online play before release.
-Profile system linked with online play, online downloads and parental controls.
-About 35-40 VC games (including previously unannounced 3rd party games) with more to be released weekly (around 5 a week).
-NES games $.99, SNES, Genesis & TG16 games $2.99, n64 games $4.99. New VC games between $4.99 & $9.99.
-Two (2) previously unannounced games for launch, both for VC, both brand new.
-Adapter to play VC games on your DS.
-Ability to play VC games from SD Card on a friend's Wii, but cannot copy them from SD Card to Wii, only the opposite way.
-Confirmed launch titles. Zelda:TP still confirmed for launch, Metroid Prime 3 delayed until December.
-4 new games announced for 2007. Kid Icarus, F-Zero, Brain Games & a brand new IP.

Quoted from above: "The controllers charge themselves everytime you move them!"

You know, I really love this idea. I just was given a watch that does the same thing, and while I think its unlikely that Nintendo will include this, it really is a great idea.

Zertoss: $199 today is cheaper than $199 in 1985. Counting inflation, if it launches at $199, it will be the cheapest Nintendo ever. My prediction: it will. With 1 controller (we already know it includes the nunchuck thing). I doubt there'll be a pack-in game, but it might include a coupon for a VC download. Many retailers will try to bundle it with Zelda, however, mark my words. Here's the kicker though: judging by Nintendo's recent marketing and design efforts, I think they're going to pull an Apple and ship the same day of the announcement. I remain unconvinced that that will necessarily happen tomorrow though.

I have two dreams for a megaton, neither of which will happen:
1) Their amazing slotload drive reads GDROMs and plays Dreamcast games, and Sega will start reprinting Greatest Hits DC games for the occasion;
2) They will release Play-Yan worldwide and update the firmware so that it allows transfer and play of VC games on the DS. And maybe even NES and Genesis titles on GBA.

I can dream, eh? My real suspicion for the megaton is more along the lines of "microphone in the controller" or "Gameboy games on VC" or even "yay! more developer support!" (Square maybe? They certainly love the DS...) A hobbyist developer program a la Microsoft's new X360 one would be nice, especially if somebody decides to write a third-party home media streaming program to take advantage of that WiFi and remote control.

Remember: One controller. No pack-in game. No free SD card (512mb inside). Opera built in. But that magic $199 price point is damn cheap in 2006, ya'll.