Korea getting its Wii on April 26
The launch happens a little over a week before Children's Day, a popular gift-giving holiday in the country. We'll have to wait and see if the Wii can pull Koreans away from their computer screens -- and Starcraft -- long enough to try out some console gaming.
[Via GoNintendo]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fernando Rocker @ Apr 14th 2008 2:33PM
April 26 is my birthday =p
mike @ Apr 14th 2008 2:36PM
let me guess, your turning 16 or 17.
Fernando Rocker @ Apr 14th 2008 2:39PM
24 =p
mike @ Apr 14th 2008 2:54PM
Im genuily shocked. Im 23 myself.
Chase @ Apr 14th 2008 2:54PM
Holy crepes, you're even older than myself. Goodness, gracious great-balls-of-fire. O_O;
Kye - NDF Sniper @ Apr 14th 2008 5:37PM
Fernando,
Identity theft is a real and major problem. If Fernando is your real name, you want to be very careful about what details you give of yourself on the interwebs.
If small pieces of information can be used maliciously.
I speak to you as a victim of I.D. theft.
Gun Barrier (=Gamer Tag) SSBB: 3952-6696-7009 @ Apr 14th 2008 6:54PM
what?! i thought u were 14! Hmm must have been some one impersonating you. wow, you're 6 years older than me.
Tiptup300 @ Apr 14th 2008 9:06PM
You don't have to be young to be retarded. That works at any age!
Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ Apr 14th 2008 2:33PM
I wonder if it will launch with MK and SSBB... That would be an awesome launch.
Microswirl @ Apr 14th 2008 2:42PM
Influx of $500 Wii eBay listings in 3...2...1...
Curtis the Claw: Brawl Code 1075-0441-3284 XBL - supapaypamawio @ Apr 14th 2008 2:43PM
How much does Wii Sports sell for if it's not in the box? It's not worth more then $10 in my opinion...And is Wii Play sold with or without the remote?
shawn @ Apr 14th 2008 3:16PM
curtis i sold my wii sports for like $35 on ebay so its worth the price of a new game basically and the darn thing was used,i was shocked i even got that much
Curtis the Claw: Brawl Code 1075-0441-3284 XBL - supapaypamawio @ Apr 14th 2008 3:31PM
Serious? I need to get my girlfriend to stop playing it so I can sell it haha.
deaftly @ Apr 14th 2008 2:48PM
Now Korea can buy it and get bored after a month of waggle
skidawg @ Apr 14th 2008 2:56PM
haha. +1
mike @ Apr 14th 2008 2:53PM
im genuily shocked. Im 23 myself.
mike @ Apr 14th 2008 2:55PM
ahh crappy comment system. sometimes you click reply and it takes you down to the comment box but it does not add "replying to *whoever*, in which case it acts as a new comment. Need to pay attention and make sure it says that your replying
cold school @ Apr 14th 2008 2:54PM
Stocks for Koreas top dust manufacturers plummeted today.
Trenchalicious @ Apr 14th 2008 2:54PM
Nintendo should focus on meeting demand in the damn countries who already have it instead of spreading themselves even thinner.
Chase @ Apr 14th 2008 2:59PM
*waits for planetary riot*
Moofree @ Apr 14th 2008 2:56PM
Now Koreans can buy even more products from the Japanese they supposedly hate so much.
SillyShiggy WSN (if it had one): lovsatan @ Apr 14th 2008 3:01PM
They can't hate us that much. They own all our pachinko parlors.
Moofree @ Apr 14th 2008 4:09PM
http://aog.2y.net/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=1550
"K.O. Korea Win!"
BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ Apr 14th 2008 3:01PM
Wonder how well the Wii version of PangYa will sell there...
M @ Apr 14th 2008 3:03PM
If nintendo really wants to make it in Korea,it should get some sort of Starcraft Port to the WII ,maybe with online and wiimote support.
HAR HAR ya lame joke
mr mobius @ Apr 14th 2008 3:06PM
It's now official. Wii has got 220,000 varieties of win!
The Artist formally known as Jesus @ Apr 14th 2008 3:08PM
On April 26 Nintendo will Zergling rush Korea.
On April 27 Korea's mighty Photon cannon defense will fall.
mike @ Apr 14th 2008 3:37PM
but on april 28th korea will use psionic storm, which will rape that zergling attack.
PojoMofo @ Apr 14th 2008 3:49PM
can you control nukes with waggle?? If so, we will all be speaking Korean in
Benny @ Apr 14th 2008 3:51PM
I hate it when comments are interrupted by nukes.
Donald @ Apr 14th 2008 4:00PM
Using greater than or less than signs in comments is bad, mmkay?
PojoMofo @ Apr 14th 2008 5:13PM
LMAO Even with my complete lack of HTML knowledge, I should have know greater/less than symbol was no good!
Benny @ Apr 14th 2008 3:49PM
I can see this all ending in disaster. There are enough gaming-related deaths in Korea as it is, and now we're giving them weapons.
It's a Japanese conspiracy...
jtizzlefurizzle21 @ Apr 14th 2008 4:02PM
i agree that no koreans will play wii without starcraft and if it did have starcraft 27 people will be dead on launch day
Velops @ Apr 14th 2008 4:34PM
Starcraft is old news to Koreans. It may surprise you but free-to-play MMOs are the most popular games in Korea. You may not like them, but the reality is that they have a lot of influence on the Korean market today.
colin @ Apr 14th 2008 4:57PM
the pirates are getting ready for new booty.
Evan @ Apr 14th 2008 5:01PM
A Korean free-to-play MMO spawned the Wii's SuperSwingGolf which until now has not been available in its country of origin. I wonder how well the non-free motion-controlled spin-off will sell compared to it's free mouse-controlled PC counterpart?
Sietepestes @ Apr 14th 2008 7:30PM
Screw Korea!
I want my Wii!!!
Schmobu @ Apr 14th 2008 7:56PM
Why call it a world wide launch when the rest of the world gets it two years too late.... to
manuel @ Apr 16th 2008 7:59AM
Put Starcraft on the Wii and BOOM, sell 49million consoles and 49million copies of the game in like 2 hours.