Nintendo Wii megathread. More info than you can shake several sticks at.

[Shannow]

I put my preorder deposit down today in Game.

Wiiiiiiiii

[Hammer]

Is it an actual pre-order or is it a 'place in our Wii order queue', which was what they were advertising when I was in on Monday, but which doesn't guarantee getting a Wii on the launch day.

[Shannow]

It was a 'give us £20 to secure one on launch day' preorder.

[Hammer]

Sweet I may have to pop down on Monday. I can't help but feel we're heading towards another Xbox 360 launch with the retailers over committing.

[Shannow]

From what i hear, the big N are shipping over 2 million units for launch.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Shannow

From what i hear, the big N are shipping over 2 million units for launch.

Yeah. Should be 4 to 6 million shipped by the end of the year, but that is spread across Japan, America and the PAL territories. We'll see what happens.

[PapaZeb]

Virtual Console pricing and release list just hit the net today.

In US currency on the US Virtual Console (no prices as yet for Euro)
$1 = 100 Wii points.
NES games start at $5, SNES games at $8, N64 games at $10.
Mega-Drive/Genesis games start at $8 and PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 games start at $6

Holy freaking crap, I can buy Dungeon Explorer for 6 bucks and play it on the Wii and follow it up with Toejam and Earl? SOLD!
Games on Virtual Console:

Nintendo Entertainment System:
* Mario Bros.(R)
* The Legend of Zelda(R)
* Donkey Kong(R)
* Donkey Kong Jr. (R)
* Ice Hockey
* Pinball
* Soccer
* Tennis
* Urban Champion(R)
* Baseball
* Wario's Woods(TM)
* Solomon's Key

Super Nintendo Entertainment System:
* F-Zero(R)
* SimCity(TM)

Nintendo 64
* Super Mario(R) 64

Mega-Drive (Sega Genesis)
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Altered Beast
* Golden Axe
* Columns
* Ecco the Dolphin
* Gunstar Heroes
* Space Harrier II
* Toe Jam & Earl
* Ristar
* Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

PC-Engine (NEC's TurboGrafx-16)
* Bonk's Adventure
* Super Star Soldier
* Victory Run
* Bomberman '93
* Dungeon Explorer

(games list compiled from Kotaku - http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/nintend...les-211421.php )

[GoddamnElectric]

Gunstar Heroes? I'm in

[m0nkeymafia]

Am I the only one that thinks thats a bit of a weak launch line up?

[Syxx]

For the virtual console, aye it is a bit. I was expecting a bit more of, well, everything.

[Hammer]

Aye. I was hoping for a NES or N64 Zelda game and at least one version of Mario Kart.

I'll still be downloading Sonic and a few other games out of that lot though.

[PapaZeb]

Originally Posted by m0nkeymafia

Am I the only one that thinks thats a bit of a weak launch line up?

I've said it before and I'll say it again - the Wii has the strongest launch titles of all 3 systems.

I think the VC titles are nicely staggered so they can do further releases down the line...I mean would you prefer they just drop all the big names right at the start?
Nintendo has classically had 10-30 strong titles for their systems with each release...if the N64 VC offering had come outta the gate with Mario64, both Zelda games, GoldenEye, and Conker's Bad Fur Day - would you really bother buying very many games after the initial release?

Combine that with them probably waiting to spawn more N64 titles after they come out with the N64-style add-on controller (Mario64's gonna be easy to map to the Wii controller....But could you see Ocarina of Time on what's essentially an old school NES handheld brick?)

Aye. I was hoping for a NES or N64 Zelda game and at least one version of Mario Kart.

Second listed game on that list under NES is:
Legend of Zelda.

Also - Zelda fans will be far too busy playing Twilight Princess to be bothered wanting to play anything but Majora's Mask or Ocarina of Time as an aside.

[m0nkeymafia]

Originally Posted by PapaZeb

I've said it before and I'll say it again - the Wii has the strongest launch titles of all 3 systems.

I was refering to the VC.

[PapaZeb]

I was including the VC in that list as well.

There's probably twice the number of titles in the VC release list that I'd rather play than on the 360 and PS3 release lists combined.

[m0nkeymafia]

Europe also get Donkey Kong Country on the SNES and Japan get a whole host of extras:

From 1up.com

NES Games (500 Wii Points)

* Legend of Kage: Ninja rescues Princess in this platform game from Taito.
* Gradius: Konami's classic space shooter.
* Go-moku Narabe: also known as Five-in-a-Row.
* Xevious: Seminal vertical shooter from Namco.
* Ninja Jajamaru-kun: Another popular Ninja platformer.
* Wario's Woods: Puzzle game and the last licensed NES game in the US.

SNES Games (800 Wii Points)

* R-Type III: Classic organic shooter from Irem.
* Super Castlevania IV: Simon Belmont stars in this remake of the first CV.
* Contra III: Shooting and platforming in one!
* Street Fighter II: The definitive beat-'em-up. Accept no substitute.
* Donkey Kong Country: Rare's platformer with high-end graphics.
* Super Mario World: Super. Mario. World. Come on!
* Zelda: Link to the Past: The only Zelda on SNES in the US.
* Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo: A classic strategy RPG.
* Super Mario Picross: Paint by numbers, with Mario.

Genesis Games (600 Wii Points)

* Shadow Dancer: Ninja Hayate and his ninja dog, Yamato, beat up bad guys

TurboGrafx 16 Games (600 Wii Points)

* Joshoken Necromancer: Horror RPG from Hudson.
* New Adventure Island: One of many sequels to Adventure Island.
* Battle Lode Runner: Sequel of Lode Runner, with a multiplayer Battle Mode.
* Bomberman '94: The superior version?