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[ConraDargo]

December 8th, that's not too shabby!

The price, on the other hand, is.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to say how much I hate it when companies block their staff from reaching certain websites, such as Eurogamer.net in this case *mumble mutter I really wanted to follow the conferecene live on the net*

 

[Wuschmaster]

Wait, €249 = $317.13?! Almost double the Japanese price, damn it O.O!
Okay, time to import the Japanese console for €167 ($212).

 

[santakuroosu]

What I get from this is that the US is going to be the guinea pig of the wii instead of Japan. Japan and Europe will probably get a revised software with some/all of the bugs found on US Wiis corrected.

 

[_ORiON_]

Wow that's a fucking high. :/ Guess getting my cousin in Australia to get me a Wii is out of the question then. I will most likely have to wait til December for the Japanese release

since getting the US version here will be too expensive. That or bite the US version and skip out on a few DS games (ex. Pokemon Rescue US, Pokemon D/P, Rocket Slime US, Gintama, YuuYuu and alot more.

)... hell maybe I will... who the hell buys DS games anywayÂ

off topic, but yeah, do you know anyone who has DS in the phil? all i see are psp's

 

[Orc]

Wow that's a fucking high. :/ Guess getting my cousin in Australia to get me a Wii is out of the question then. I will most likely have to wait til December for the Japanese release

since getting the US version here will be too expensive. That or bite the US version and skip out on a few DS games (ex. Pokemon Rescue US, Pokemon D/P, Rocket Slime US, Gintama, YuuYuu and alot more.

)... hell maybe I will... who the hell buys DS games anywayÂ

off topic, but yeah, do you know anyone who has DS in the phil? all i see are psp's

Yes. My friends, gf and sisters. Some of my sister's friends too. You see people displaying their PSPs because you know it's a "status symbol" here.

 

[_ORiON_]

Wow that's a fucking high. :/ Guess getting my cousin in Australia to get me a Wii is out of the question then. I will most likely have to wait til December for the Japanese release

since getting the US version here will be too expensive. That or bite the US version and skip out on a few DS games (ex. Pokemon Rescue US, Pokemon D/P, Rocket Slime US, Gintama, YuuYuu and alot more.

)... hell maybe I will... who the hell buys DS games anywayÂ

off topic, but yeah, do you know anyone who has DS in the phil? all i see are psp's

Yes. My friends, gf and sisters. Some of my sister's friends too. You see people displaying their PSPs because you know it's a "status symbol" here.

great, i'm forced to agree with it as a "status symbol". urghh... stereotyping...

 

[=D-----]

Why is Europe always last

and why do I have to pay 30% more than US people

 

[Pikachu025]

European Price: 250,00 EUR = 37.227,54 JPY
Japanese Price: 25.000,00 JPY = 167,896 EUR

Oh well. I expected that, sadly. Still'll get one, obviously.

And I want the VC-games cracked as soon as possible.

 

[Darkforce]

Nintendo just SMS'ed me, telling me the aus launch and price...I think i'll send a message back telling them where to shove the $399

Well I'm not from Australia but surely the $400AUD price tag was a given? And I don't understand why it's a bad price... prices will obviously be a bit more than the US; the market is not as large and they've got to ship the things over here. You're paying about $67AUD more... but it wouldn't work out any cheaper importing one, as you'll pay more than $250USD for the Wii with bank/paypal currency conversion charges, so infact you're probably paying about $40AUD more, and that's about what it'd cost to ship a US machine out to you anyways, right?
I've not even covered tax, because I don't know how its worked out over there or at what percentage but at the end of the day $400AUD seems like a fairly good price, not to mention you'll have a warranty on the thing unlike an imported machine.

And even though you can grab a core Xbox360 for $500AUD, don't! Honestly you'll regret not getting a premium version instead.



Looks like the UK price has just been announced at £179.99 (250 Euro), nothing suprising I guess... £150 had been rumoured and would have been nice, but unrealistic with our stupid vat/tax levels lol >_>.
Hopefully there'll be some half decent pre-order deals knocking about... I can imagine GAME and Gamestation offering the Wii and a game for £200.

Well I'm getting a Wii, Zelda TP and ExciteTrucks on launch day come rain or shine, so I'm all sorted... Only problem I have is that the 8th December release date sucks major ass! Argh! That's like almost 3 weeks after the US launch! In normal circumstances I wouldn't care much but I'm really desperate to play Zelda so I'm really tempted to import one now. =\ I'm just a tad worried about third parties putting region locks on their games like with the Xbox 360.

 

[Orc]

Why is Europe always last

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Try researching 'Purchasing Power' as GamerGuyDude mentioned. Maybe you came across it in your Economics class like I did. As for late... dunno really. I mean why US first and not Japan.

great, i'm forced to agree with it as a "status symbol". urghh... stereotyping...

You know it's true

and dunno everytime I see a person I don't know playing a PSP it's either GTA or those sucky NFS ports. :/

As for DS people I don't really know, I've seen a lot really and talked to them about games (yeah I just randomly butt-in). Usually at Greenhills or browsing at DataBlitz for games. I've even taught some random girl about the Supercard in some shop in GH and she ended up buying one.

And trying to slightly go back on topic, alot of people here aren't even familiar with Wii lol... but alot are waiting for the PS3 but they won't get one at launch. Reason: "Hintayin ko magka-pirated." (Translation: I'll wait until we can pirate games.)

I love the Philippines. XD

 

[Harsky]

8th of December? Considering the DS launch dates went like this:

United States - 21st November 2004
Japan - 2nd December 2004
Europe - 11th March 2005

And the Gamecube launch went like this

Japan September 14th 2001
United States November 18th 2001
Europe May 3rd 2002

Three weeks is nothing. Still not sure about the price though but then again, it IS £20 cheaper than an Xbox 360.

 

[HereZia]

Wait, €249 = $317.13?! Almost double the Japanese price, damn it O.O!
Okay, time to import the Japanese console for €167 ($212).

Stop thinking that the Japanese Wii Version is cheapest than the EU.

If you import Wii it'll cost :

Wii + Shipping Cost + Customs Cost (I don't know if it the exactly word for "Douane" in french)

170€ + 30€ + nearly 40-50€ maybe more ( 40€ for my japanese DS)

Nearly 250€ for an imported Wii with NO GAME !

So i'd prefer buy my Wii in France for 250€ and a game, although Wii sport is not my most wanted game .

 

[ConraDargo]

Aye, getting the Wii trough customs could really hurt your wallet, but I think I'm willing to take my chances - just need to find an online store that is willing to write down the value and stuff like that ^^

 

[TheStump]

...$399

WHY NINTENDO...WHY!!!!
i feel like kicking someone in the groin, where's bloody opium, he lives the closests to me.
*walks off looking to vent...with rage kicks*

[EDIT] i have an idea, lets convince the Bif N to just make the systems in our country so they dont rape us with sur-charges.

*makes a stupid internet pertition*

 

[Opium]

...$399

WHY NINTENDO...WHY!!!!
i feel like kicking someone in the groin, where's bloody opium, he lives the closests to me.
*walks off looking to vent...with rage kicks*

[EDIT] i have an idea, lets convince the Bif N to just make the systems in our country so they dont rape us with sur-charges.Â

*makes a stupid internet pertition*

I'll remember to lock my door

but yes, very bad news

 

[Renegade_R]

I'm glad I'm not you guys. You guys always seem to get the short end of the stick in gaming.

 

[Darkforce]

Three weeks is nothing. Still not sure about the price though but then again, it IS £20 cheaper than an Xbox 360.

Yeah 3 weeks later is pretty good going for Nintendo Europe, both in regards hardware and software, but if I can get my hands on Zelda TP 2 and a half weeks early then it's worth it; this game is gonna rock!

The graphics from the video released yesterday look awesome (if you can get past the low quality vid: link), especially the overworld... Nintendo has said that it takes 45 minutes to travel from one side to the other on horseback! Some people on Spong.com worked out that would mean the game world is going to be about 450 square miles in size! Crazy huh?! (In comparison GTA San Andreas is only 17 square miles). I think the whole square miles stuff in games is a bit BS myself, but point is this Zelda game is going to be massive!

 

[lookout]

ok guy just order one Nintendo Wii Console + Wii Sports with The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess, 2ed Nintendo Remote Control for £244.97

 

[Harsky]

Anyways, this console will be on my, "to get" list when I (hopefully) go to Hong Kong next year. I really, really hope the region free aspect is true or maybe someone is willing to hack it to do that.

 

[Deleted User]

I was hopeing for about $350 AUS but was expecting $400 AUS. It's not that expensive I guess. I'm thinking Nintendo put an inflated price on it so they had some leway to counter an inevitable XBox 360 price drop. I just hope the games aren't going to be $100 here.